Anna Teresa Perritt, 98, Avid Bowler

She was born in Lorain, Ohio on August 25, 1920 and had resided in Lorain for the majority of her life with a few years also spent in Elyria. Anne was a homemaker and had previously worked at the National Tube Company, Western Enterprises, and Finance Manufacturing.

She was a parishioner of the former St. Vitus Catholic Church in Lorain, and was also known at St. Peter Parish.

Anne was an avid bowler who won several bowling trophies; she also loved to golf, paint ceramics, cook, and read. Her favorite pastime was spending time with her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Stanley in 1995, parents Matt and Anna (nee Dragevic) Nekich, sisters Rose Doslovich and Katherine Mlakar, and brother Jacob Nekich.

Anne is survived by her niece Dorothy Myosky of Amherst and nephew Jake Nekich of Fort Myers, Florida. Additional survivors include thirty-six great, great-great, and great-great-great cherished nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be Friday December 28th from 9:30 a.m. until the time of closing prayers at 11:00 a.m. in the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Avenue, Lorain. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:30 a.m. in St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish, 2143 Homewood Drive, Lorain. Reverend John C. Retar, pastor of the parish will officiate. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, Anne requested that contributions in her memory be forwarded to either the Lorain County Library System, 351 Sixth St., Lorain, OH 44052, to the Friendship Animal Protective League, 8303 Murray Ridge Rd., Elyria, OH 44035, or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

To share your memories and condolences with Anne’s family, please visit www.gluvna.net.