- Date Of Birth: May 5, 1928
- Date Of Death: March 8, 2018
- State: Ohio
SALEM – Doris Jean (Atkinson) Zangara, age 89 of Salem passed away at 3:55 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Blossom Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on May 5, 1928 in Salem the daughter of the late Agnes (Gatti) Atkinson and J. Vance Atkinson. After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School, she worked for the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company before marrying her high school sweetheart, Don. After the children finished college, Doris returned to work for several years at McCulloch’s Department Store and Schwartz’s in Salem. Doris had an eye for fashion, was a talented seamstress and also knitted beautiful coats and sweaters for the family. She was a member of many social organizations in town where she made many lifelong friends.
Doris will be remembered by her children, as a protective and doting mother, who always had her children’s backs, and loved Snickers so much that she hid them in strange places so no one else could find them. She was a warm and loving grandmother and also treasured the friendships she made through the years, including the McDonald’s Coffee Drinkers.
Doris was preceded in death on July 9, 1999 by her husband of 50 years of marriage, Donald Zangara, whom she married June 25, 1949. A sister, Joanne Smith also preceded her in death
She is survived by her sons, Robert “Bob” Zangara (Denise) of Simpsonville, SC and Frank Zangara of Salem; a daughter, Dawn Zangara Regan (Philip) of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren: Mark Zangara (Franchesca) of Palm City, FL, Andrea Zangara of Orlando, FL, Matthew Minotti (Kaity) of Toledo, OH, Katherine Regan of Charlotte, NC and Michael Regan of Charlotte, NC; a great-granddaughter, Paige Zangara of Palm City, FL, a grand dog, Boris, and many nieces and nephews.
Private Family Service Saturday, March 10, 2018
