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Helen Dolores Pompei, 87, Lorain Resident for 70 Years

Helen Dolores Pompei (nee Ricco), 87, of Sun City Center, Florida died Saturday August 30, 2003 at the Sun Terrace Nursing Home in Sun City Center.

She was born June 3, 1916 in Union Town, Pennsylvania and had resided in Florida for the past 7 years moving from Lorain where she had lived for 70 years.

Mrs. Pompei worked in the cafeteria at St. Joseph Hospital in Lorain. She was a member of the Catholic Church of St. Peter in Lorain.

She is survived by her daughter Donna Greeley of Denver, Colorado; sons; Bob Pompei of Mansfield and Dick (Betty) Pompei of Sun City Center, Florida, brother John Ricco of Elyria, brother-in-law Rocco Proia of Lorain; 6 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband John Rudolph Pompei in 1956, brother Benny Ricco and sisters Rosie and Letitia Pacetti.

Friends may call Friday from 7-9 p.m. at the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada funeral chapel, 3224 Broadway Ave., Lorain. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral chapel followed by a funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. at the Catholic Church of St. Peter, 3501 Oberlin Ave., Lorain. The Rev. Kenneth Wolnowski, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Lorain.

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