Mary Angeline Elinsky (nee Lagnese), 91, passed into eternal life on April 9th 2024 at HCA Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, FL.

Mary Angeline (Mariaarcangela) was born on Oct 27th, 1932, in Rankin, Pa to Mariantonia Lagnese (nee Diana) and Giovanni Lagnese. Mary and her loving husband Joseph moved to Cleveland, Ohio where they raised their 5 children and were she became very involved with Ladies Guild at St. Mary’s Byzantine Greek Orthodox Catholic Church and St. Rose of Lima parish and St. Edward High School communities. In her early years Mary worked as quality control in the Smallman Fresh Fruits & Vegetables Auction Yards of Downtown Pittsburgh. In her mid-years she started her own small business cooking and catering special celebratory events for family and friends that grew and spread by word of mouth.  Later she was asked to run catering and operate a restaurant within a new development, which she established with the help of her husband, daughter and close friends.  Elinsky’s Lakehouse Restaurant on Lake Erie was open for four years and then under others for many decades thereafter.  When her husband retired in 1985, Mary went to work as a Bank teller for TransOhio Savings and Loan [STAR BANK].  She truly enjoyed her reentry to the workforce at the Broadview Road location where she held her position for over 10 years. In her later years Mary was a leading member with the local Port Charlotte Italian Club (Italian Heritage Social Club) where she served as Vice – President and then President. Mary was a cherished member that worked faithfully for the benefit of the community, friendship and camaraderie that the club provides. She held the respect of the membership over two decades. They traveled back to Pittsburgh often to visit family and extended relatives. The past 25 years she lived in Port Charlotte, FL with her husband Joe and made many friendships at the Italian clubs where she belonged and the Elks and Moose lodges. Mary made wonderful friendships everywhere she went and ruled with a wooden spoon by sharing her great capacity for love, especially through the meals she would make for family and friends. Every occasion she would make wonderful meals however Easter and Christmas she gathered her family to prepare special meals and give thanks and praise to our Heavenly God. A mother and grandmother; she was a very caring and loving matriarch with a spontaneous, easy, and flexible style for life. She enjoyed traveling and loved simple things. In her last years she enjoyed watching the birds and animals and feeding and encouraging them to come to her back patio where she would sit and enjoy the day gratefully with family and friends. She will always be loved, cherished, and missed greatly by all who loved and knew her, and she wanted us all to know she would be watching us!

She was the wife of Joseph Theodore Elinsky(deceased) of 58 years where they were married at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Braddock, PA. Mother of five children, Joseph P. (Sheryl Doyle) Elinsky, Michael A. Elinsky (son Aiden), John A. Elinsky (children Jessica, Johnny), Gina M. (Michael) Trebilcock; (children: Alyssa, Michael, Kristian) and Gregory N. (Renee M. Lynch) Elinsky (children, Nicholas, Sydney, Felicita, Giovanni).

A visitation will be held 4:00PM-7:00PM, Monday, April 29, 2024 at Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel. A Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 11:00AM at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in Port Charlotte. Interment will be held12:30PM, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at Sarasota National Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida.

Arrangements are by Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel.