RYDAR (RYDAROWICZ), Margaret Audrey

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Posted: Friday, August 15, 2014 - Margaret Audrey Rydar (Rydarowicz), 93, died Thursday morning, Aug. 14, 2014 at Liberty Health Care Center. She was born Oct. 7, 1920, in Youngstown, Ohio. She and her now deceased husband, Stanley, were longtime residents of Hubbard, Ohio before moving to Arizona in 1974, where they lived for more than 25 years. They returned to Hubbard in 1999 and were members of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church. With her good friend, Ella Marie Budno, she volunteered every Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, until her recent illness. She raised a family and also had a career, first as secretary at Niles Aluminum Casting Company and then as office manager and bookkeeper for DeBald Office Supplies, both in Youngstown. She was a graduate of Ursuline High School. She learned a great deal about cactus gardens and enjoyed entertaining friends with Stan’s homemade Polish sausage, smoked in their own backyard. She studied ceramics and painting and was an avid knitter and quilter. She leaves her sons, John Stanley Rydarowicz of Leetonia, and Francis Jerome Rydarowicz (wife Jean) of Hubbard, and daughter, Kathleen Rydar- Boyden of San Francisco. She also leaves her sister, Kathleen Brooks of Hubbard and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. There will be a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church with the Rev. Timothy H. O’Neill officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Patrick School Scholarship Program, 38 East Water St., Hubbard, OH 44425. Please visit www.krcummins.com to view the entire obituary and to send condolences to the family.