KNIPPER, URSULA (nee Janke), age 81, passed away peacefully on December 9, 2020 at her home surrounded by her children, Daniel (Nancy), Cyndee Richards, Connie Lee, Tina Minns (Greg) and Steven (Nora). Also survived by grandchildren, Christopher, Kelsey, Sean, Jonathan, Myriah, Rebecca, Kenneth, Emily, Kory, Timothy and David, two great-grandchildren, Nina and Emmett, and twin sister, Irma Porco (Vince) . Ursula is preceded in death by her loving husband, Kenneth, and her parents, Waldemar and Czeslawa Janke.
Services will be held at Zabor Funeral Home, 5680 Pearl Road, Parma, Ohio 44129 on Sunday, December 13, 2020 from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Parma, Ohio. Private interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please donate to a pet shelter in Ursula's memory or Hospice of the Western Reserve.
Ursula was a strong, independent and amazing woman who was truly loved by all she met. She was the devoted and loving wife to Kenneth until his death in 1983. When her husband died, she got a job and finished raising her children on her own. She never complained or asked for help. Yet, she still loved life – she loved to dance with her ballroom friends at Starz, she loved her church and to sing in the choir, and she loved helping out at the pet shelters in her free time. She leaves behind two very devoted pets, Honey and Fonzy, who thought the world of her as was witnessed daily in their protective actions.