Theresa Isabelle Martin

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Isabelle T. Jirousek (nee Martin), 94, of North Ridgeville, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2010, at her residence following a short illness. She was born July 19, 1915, in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. In her late teens she moved to Cleveland and lived with a sister until she got married.
In 1955, she and her husband and five sons moved to North Ridgeville, where she has resided ever since. She attended St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church in North Ridgeville. She enjoyed bowling, dancing, playing cards and traveling with her family. She especially enjoyed taking trips to North Bay, Ontario with her sister and brother-in-law.
She is survived by five sons, Donald (Sondra), Robert (Mary Ann) and Gary (Patricia), all of North Ridgeville, Edward (Lonna) of Elyria and Thomas (Phyllis) of Grafton; 13 grandchildren: Malinda, Yvonne, Steven, Michael, Shelly, Debby, Jennifer, Kimberly, Thomas, Robert, Richard, Heather and Amber; 25 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and one great-great-grandchild on the way.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alva J. Jirousek; three sisters, Marie Lane, Margaret Cabanaw and Geraldine Farmer; five brothers, Harold, Edward, Leo, Vincent and Raymond Martin; and her parents, Clovis and Marymae Alice (nee Amille-Hamill) Martin.
The family will receive friends from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at the Liston Funeral Home, 36403 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville. A prayer service will be held Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at 9:15 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by a 10 a.m. mass at St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church, 5500 Lear-Nagle Road, North Ridgeville. The Reverend Dr. Richard A. Gonser will celebrate the mass. Burial will be at St. Peter Cemetery in North Ridgeville.

Elyria Chronicle Telegram (OH); Monday, April 12, 2010, B2; photo.
Courtesy of Kay Rybak

Family/Spouse: Alva J. Jirousek. Alva (son of Joseph Franklin Jirousek and Catherine Margaret Hafer) was born on 6 Jul 1903 in Shelby, Richland County, Ohio; died on 1 May 1984 in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio; was buried in St. Peters Cemetery, North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]