Larisa M. Lucaci

LARISA M. LUCACI (née Moruzeanu), devoted wife of the late Peter; loving mother of Larisa Lucaci-Vashee (Kirti) and George Lucaci (Barbara); dearest grand-mother of Maya, Lina, Alexander, Emma and John Peter. Larisa's many involvements included: a weekly television show on WJW on ethnic culture; first demonstration classroom in the U.S. as a pioneer in FLES (Foreign Language in the Elementary School); teacher of gifted and talented in the Cleveland Public Schools' Major Work program; and Russian professor, Western Reserve University. She was the first to introduce Romanian folk dance in America, teaching and influencing many international folk dance instructors. Larisa was also a longtime member of St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Cathedral's "George Enescu" Choir. Larisa's late husband, Peter Lucaci, was well-known in the American and Canadian Romanian communities as Editor-in-Chief of "America" Romanian News. VISITATION THURSDAY 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M. (SARACUSTA SERVICES 8 P.M. THURSDAY) AT CORRIGAN CRACIUN FUNERAL HOME, 20820 LORAIN RD., FAIRVIEW PARK. All Funeral Services Friday 10 a.m. at St. Mary Romanian Orthodox Cathedral, 3256 Warren Rd., Cleveland. Rev. Fr. Remus Grama Officiating. Interment Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Family suggests memorial donations to Alzheimer's Association National Office, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601. Online condolences at www.craciunfuneralhomes.com.