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AUREA ROSA IRIZARRY (nee Zeda), age 98; beloved wife of the late Maximo; loving mother of Hector Irizarry (Annie), Henry Irizarry (Mary), Enid Milagros Torres (Carlos), Kenneth Irizarry (Tammy), Carmen Rosa (Freddie, deceased), Helen Irizarry (Victor, deceased), Maximo Irizarry, Jr. (Teresa) and Joseph Irizarry (Stephanie); loving grandmother of Carlito, Lissette, Lisa, David, Danielle, Annalisse, Efren II, Gabriel, Isaiah, Israel, Francisco, Kenneth Michael, Jennifer Marie, Anamarie, Jennifer Elicia, Melissa, Kenny, Jesus (deceased), Antonio “Little Tony”, Harley, Aidan, Chase, Addyson, Kruz and Alexa; great-grandmother of Juan Thomas (deceased), Dante, Xiomari, Xavier, Bella, Lily, Elias, Adrian, Nadia, Kali, Doc, Arjuna, Carsten, Kylee, Charley Jean, Madison, Mallory, Marshall, William, Benjamin, Emmett, Luna, Benicio and Nico; daughter of the late Francisco and Epifania; sister of the late Francisco, Bernabe, Edelmira, Gloria, Margarita and Georgina; treasured aunt to a host of nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 3395 East 53rd St., Cleveland, Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Please meet at church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to THE RIPEPI FUNERAL HOME, 5762 PEARL RD. (AT SNOW RD.), FRIDAY 4-8 P.M.
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