Lois Madonna (Rulong) Downes

Lois Madonna Downes, 100, of West Brownsville, PA, formerly of Roscoe, died Thursday, August 11, 2022.

She was born Wednesday, July 19, 1922, in Charleroi, PA, a daughter of the late Cecil and Helen (Ritzer) Rulong.

She was a member of the former St. Joseph’s Church in Roscoe.  Mrs. Downes was a teacher’s aid in the California Area School District and the telephone receptionist for Mariscotti Insurance in California.

In addition to her parents Lois was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel R. Downes (1965) and five grandchildren Marlene Zidek, Heather Rose Hayden, Eric Zidek, Daniel Hayden and David Hayden.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Carolyn Zidek of Roscoe, and Donna Eastwood and her husband Smokey Eastwood of West Brownsville; four grandchildren, Mark Zidek, Dawne Roberts, Jason Eastwood, and Sammi Eastwood (Greg Flick).  Also surviving are eight great grandchildren, Shelby Zidek, Ron Chester, Steve Chester, Juliann Chester, Colden Eastwood, Hunter Eastwood, Kylie Hartley and Ashton Flick and one great-great- grandchild, Jayden Chester.

Interment will be private and at the convenience of her family.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Mariscotti Funeral Home, Inc., Anthony N. Mariscotti, Supervisor, 323 Fourth Street, California, PA.

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