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JOHN GEORGE CRESANTE, JR., Age 84; beloved husband of 51 years to Rose Ann (nee Hundza); loving father of Shawn Cresante, grandfather of Gianna; son of the late John George, Sr. and Mary Cresante; brother of Mary Ann Good (David, deceased) and Robert Kenneth Cresante. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Stephen Catholic Church,1930 W. 54th St., Cleveland, Monday, November 10, 2025 at 10a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends received at THE RIPEPI FUNERAL HOME, 5762 PEARL RD. (AT SNOW RD.), SUNDAY from 5-7 p.m.
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