Linda A. Wrona

January 22, 1950 to March 5, 2020

Linda A. Wrona, 70, formerly of New Castle, died Thursday afternoon, March 5, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. Mrs. Wrona was born on Jan. 22, 1950, in Youngstown, Ohio, a daughter of Frank and Marie (Apicelli) Argiro.

Raised in New Castle, she was a graduate of Neshannock High School. While raising her children, Linda was a dedicated mother and homemaker. After her children were in high school, she went back to school and received her licensed practical nursing degree from Lawrence County Vo-Tech. While going to school, she worked as a home health care aide and later as an LPN for many years at the former St. Francis Hospital in New Castle. In the early 1990s, she relocated to Ohio and has lived in Lowellville for many years.

She was a member of Holy Spirit Parish at St. James the Apostle site, and also worked in retirement for AMVETS. In her free time, Linda enjoyed doing arts and crafts, and especially loved spending time with her family, always looking forward to planning family get-togethers.

Linda is survived by her daughter, Wendy (Dan) Butch of Edinburg; daughter-in-law, Ann Wrona of Pulaski; brother, Craig (Nan) Argiro of Kentucky; five grandchildren, Larissa, Jenna and Caden Butch, and twins Brandon and Christopher Wrona; and her dear friend, Hank Popovich of New Middletown, Ohio.

In addition to her parents, Linda was preceded in death by her son, Brian Wrona.

Family and friends will be received from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday at the Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, 244 McGill St., Lowellville, Ohio, and from 9 to 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday at Holy Spirit Parish at St. James the Apostle Church, 4019 U.S. 422, Pulaski. A Mass of Christian Burial, celebrated by Fr. Brendan Dawson, will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at the church. Interment will be at St. James the Apostle Cemetery.