Colette M. Dispenza 1928-2009

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AUSTINTOWN - Colette M. Dispenza, 81, of Austintown, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at Assumption Village in North Lima.

Colette was born March 26, 1928, in Warren, a daughter of Frank T. and Coletta Kotheimer Moran.

She was a teacher for the Austintown Local School District and a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.

Survivors include four children, Frank of Canfield, L. Robert of Fort Wayne, Ind., Jill Dispenza of Chicago and Don of Athens; two sisters, Dorothy Dalrymple of Warren and Suzanne Moran of San Diego; three brothers, Frank of Post Falls, Idaho, Robert of Pittsburgh and Martin of Cape Cod, Mass.; and nine grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis J. Dispenza, and three sisters and one brother.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Austintown, preceded by closing prayers at 10 a.m. at Lane Funeral Home Austintown Chapel. Friends may call from 2 until 5 p.m. Sunday at the Lane Funeral Home Austintown Chapel.

Family and friends may view this obituary and send condolences at www.lanefuneralhomes.com