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Anna Marie Brunotts

Anna Marie Brunotts

  • December 16, 1911 - July 20, 2011
  • Columbus, Ohio
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“Bobby and Family, Your mom was a wonderful person. I will always remember all of the care packages she sent to you in college and her kind spirit...Read More » ”
1 of 11 | Posted by: Thomas Tomko - Orlando, FL

“Dear Carol and Family, Please accept our sincere condolences for the loss of your beloved Mother, she was a wonderful person.and we will miss her. ...Read More » ”
2 of 11 | Posted by: Linda Maynard - Lorain, OH

“Dear Bob and Douang: Our hearts are saddened by the loss of your beloved mother. We know the time is difficult and may it comfort you to know we...Read More » ”
3 of 11 | Posted by: John & Andina Wenzelberger

“Bob & Family, My sincere condolences on the passing of your mother. You are a great family. Congratulations, though, on your marriage! ”
4 of 11 | Posted by: Bill Klein - Lorain, OH

“Remember always the feeling of comfort in Aunt Annie's presence on the hundreds of social occasions at her house on Lexington Ave. in Lorain,...Read More » ”
5 of 11 | Posted by: Frank & Pat Brunotts - CA

“I always experienced extra joy during my visits to Bob and Douang's home and being included in family functions because I loved seeing his mothers...Read More » ”
6 of 11 | Posted by: Armond Herbst - friend of family

“Dear Carol and familiy, my deepest sympathy and prayers are with you in a very special way. May your beloved mother now rest in the arms of our...Read More » ”
7 of 11 | Posted by: Sister Jeanne Marie Glorioso, H.M. - OH

“Dear Carol, Please accept my sincerest sympathy in the death of your mother. May faith sustain you and your family in your time of grief. ...Read More » ”
8 of 11 | Posted by: Marcia (Karolak) Wargo - Lorain, OH

“Although this day is, without a doubt, a sad, sad day for her family and friends, I take great comfort in believing that she is in heaven cooking for...Read More » ”
9 of 11 | Posted by: Shari Myers (Urban) - neighbor

“Although this day is, without a doubt, a sad, sad day for her family and friends, I take great comfort in believing that she is in heaven cooking for...Read More » ”
10 of 11 | Posted by: Shari Myers (Urban) - neighbor

“What a beautiful obituary. I always loved her home made Italian pizza bread and the family gatherings in their basement as a child. She was a...Read More » ”
11 of 11 | Posted by: Jeff DeSantis - Amherst, OH


Anna Marie Brunotts (nee DeSantis), a long-time resident of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Born in York Run, PA, December 16, 1911, to Dominic and Antonia DeSantis, she moved with her family to Lorain at an early age.
Anna was one of five sisters, Lena Sposato (deceased), Eva Costin, Mickey Kosanovich and Violet Horvath and one brother, Peter, also deceased. She attended Garfield School and Lorain High School before marrying her sweetheart, Anthony (Tony) Paul Brunotts (deceased 1999) in 1930.
Anna lived in Lorain and remained in her home until 2009 when she moved to Columbus to be closer to her family. Beautiful, as evidenced by her many trophies won for such in her youth, Anna’s true beauty shone from within as a selfless, gracious and kind woman, friend, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
A member of Lakeland Women’s Club as well as various exercise organizations in the area, she participated in both aerobics and line dancing. Ann worked a short time at White’s company and later at Winkleman’s in Lorain, but undoubtedly her greatest happiness in life was her abundance of family and friends. She was a Brownie Leader,
Room Mother, and PTA participant for her children. She was also a lifelong member of St. Peter’s Church.
Her talents in the kitchen were unparalleled, as she loved to bake for the fortunate many who tested her creations both in and out of her home. She especially loved baking for family, and whenever traveling to see her children and grandchildren she would lovingly pack and additional suitcase filled with homemade baked goods and proceed to host a feast. In her final years, her greatest joy came from the marriage of her youngest son, Bob, and the recent birth of her two beautiful grandchildren.
Anna is survived by her daughter, Carol Lewis, of California; sons, Ronald of Dayton and Robert, of Columbus; six grandchildren; one great-grandson; sisters, Eva Costin, Mickey Kosanovich and Violet Horvath.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Anthony; parents, Dominick and Antonia DeSantis; brother, Peter DeSantis; and sister, Lena Sposato.
The Brunotts family will receive family and friends on Sunday, July 24, 2011 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the Dovin and Reber Jones Funeral & Cremation Center, 1110 Cooper Foster Park Road, Amherst where closing prayers will be said on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at the Church of St. Peter, 3655 Oberlin Ave., Lorain. Rev. Fr. Eric Orzech, Associate Pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in Ridgehill Memorial Park, Amherst Twp.
Online condolences may be left for the Brunotts family at www.dovinreberjones.com