1919 - 2015

Newton Falls - Anne Z. Couch, 95, died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Hospice of the Valley in Poland, OH.

Anne was born Nov. 18, 1919, in Pittsburg, PA, the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Gerey) Zokosky

A 1938 graduate of Warren G. Harding, Anne received an Associates Degree from Tri-C in 1976.

Anne retired in 1985 as Treasurer of North Royalton School District. She also worked as the treasurer for the Newton Falls Schools and as a telephone operator at the Warren Telephone Company.

She was a life long member of the North Park Avenue Baptist Church in Warren and was involved with the Friends of the Library in Newton Falls and many other civic organizations.

Anne's husband, Howard C. Couch, Sr., whom she married August 29, 1942, died September 28, 1997.

She leaves behind a son, Howard C. Couch, Jr. of Villages, FL; a daughter, Marianne C. (Pat) De Marco, of McDonald; a brother, Peter Zokosky of Long Beach, CA; and four grandchildren, Carie De Marco of San Diego, CA, Nick De Marco of Florence, KY, Benjamin (Jackie) Couch of Wilton, CT, and Peter (Nickie) Couch of Ravenna; and six great-grandchildren.

Visitation for Anne will be Friday, from 12 to 1 pm, with the funeral service at 1 pm, at Crown Hill Chapel Mausoleum in Vienna. The Reverend Jim Baer will officiate the service.

The family requests that any donations be sent to Hospice of the Valley, 9803 Sharrott Rd. Poland, OH 44514.

Burial will take place in Crown Hill Burial Park.