Shirley A (Dobos) Giura
March 5, 1950 — November 18, 2016
New Springfield - Shirley A. Giura, 66, passed away, unexpectedly on Friday, November 18, 2016. She was born March 5, 1950 in Youngstown, daughter of Steve and Jacquie DeMarco Dobos.
Shirley was a 1968 graduate of Ursuline High School and graduated from YSU in 1993 with a degree in English. She was employed at the Catholic Exponent as a reporter and writer and also worked at CCA Graphics as a designer and was an instructor at ITT, where she taught composition writing. Shirley was very artistic, creative and had a deep love for her family, especially her grandchildren and was also an animal lover.
She leaves her husband, Thomas Giura, whom she married in 1969; four children, Mara Stevens, Thomas Giura Jr, Jill (Joe) DeRamo and Rita (fiancé Andrew) Giura; eight grandchildren, Cody, Dominic and Anthony DeRamo, Zak, Josh and Luke Stevens and Connor and Abigail Jones; her father Steve Dobos; and two brothers, Scott and Stephen Dobos.
She was preceded in death her Mother, Jacquie Dobos, Grandmother, Mary Zupko and son-in-law, Daniel Stevens.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Saturday at 10am at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 10143 Main St. New Middletown, OH 44442. Interment will follow in Lake Park Cemetery.
The Davis-Becker Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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