Shirley M. Fonagy

Shirley M. Fonagy 80, of Brookfield, Ohio passed away at 2:20 PM on Friday January 6, 2012 at her home following a brief illness. Mrs. Fonagy was born on November 30, 1931 in Sharon, PA. Shirley married her sweetheart Joseph Fonagy on March 16, 1951 and with him shared more than sixty-years and their four children. A homemaker and mother to her family for all of her life, Shirley also enjoyed playing bingo, bowling, and taking trips to the Casino. She will be sadly missed by her loving daughters Gloria Combine and her husband Mark of Slippery Rock, PA, Karen Phipps and her husband Terry of Brookfield, her son Dr. Joseph Fonagy and his wife Sue of Brookfield, brother James Hougleman of California, eight grandchildren Dr. JJ Fonagy, Amber Fonagy, Trisha Stewart, Dr. Jordan Yersky, Dr. Angela Santis, Chad Fonagy, Robert Phipps, and Danielle Phipps, and by seven great-grandchildren whom she cherished. She was preceded in death by her husband on July 25, 2011, her parents, her daughter Gail Hollern, four brothers Harold, Glenn, Joseph and Robert Hougleman, three sisters Margaret Hassel, Thelma Duncan, and Janet Brannon, and her great-granddaughter Abigail Stewart. The family will receive friends on Monday January 9, 2012 from 5:00-8:00PM at the Madasz Funeral Chapel in Brookfield, OH. Funeral services will begin at 10:00AM on Tuesday January 10, 2012 at the funeral home with the Rev. Robbie Arnold as officiant. Burial will be with her husband at the Brookfield Township Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy the family requests that contributions be made to the Hospice of the Valley.