Dora M. Cicchini

She was born May 18, 1933, in Kinzua, Pa., a daughter of the late Bruno and Sabia Di Tonto Pace and was a 1951 graduate of Warren Area High School.

Before her retirement, she was employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a clerk in the Lakewood Post Office. She had also worked as a secretary for the former Bank of Jamestown and for the Warren Bank and Trust Company.

She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Lakewood, N.Y., and a member of the Lakewood Fire Department Auxiliary, the Lakewood Book Club, and the Chautauqua Lake Partnership.

Surviving are her two children: P. Richard Cicchini (Shawn) of Bemus Point, N.Y., and Natalie (David) Knizner of Bridgeville, Pa., with whom she made her home; four grandchildren: Peter Cicchini, whom she raised of Pittsburgh, Pa., Justin (Alexis) Cicchini of California, John Knizner of Bridgeville, Pa., and Kristine Knizner of Springfield, Va.; a great-granddaughter, Aidah Cicchini of California; three sisters: Antoinette (Michael) Durkin of Maryland, Sylvia Larson and Mary T. Munch both of Florida; a sister-in-law, Charlene Pace of Warren, Pa.; as well as several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Perry Cicchini, whom she married Oct, 10, 1953, and who died Oct. 10, 2006; a sister, Raffaella Peck; and a brother, Vincent Pace.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Lakewood, N.Y. The Rev. Piotr Zaczynski, pastor will be celebrant. Entombment will be in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Mausoleum.

Friends will be received from 10-11 a.m. Friday, just prior to the Mass in the church.

Memorials may be made to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 380 East Fairmount Ave. Lakewood, NY 14701 or the Lakewood Fire Department, 37 Packard Way, Lakewood, NY 14750 or to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital at www.stjude.org/donate.

You may leave words of condolence to Dora’s famly at www.lindfuneral home.com.