Martha “Toots” Pisacreta, age 92 of Eastpointe, Michigan. Toots died November 3, 2018 at Appledorn Assisted Living in Holland, Michigan, where she had been a resident since May 2013. Before that, she made her home in the metro Detroit area. The always lively and outgoing Martha was nicknamed ‘Toots” when she was a little girl and was known as Toots or Tootsie her entire life. She was born February 1, 1926 in Detroit to Jim and Mary Peraino. Toots had a great singing voice and performed on the radio as a child and adolescent. Because she loved to sing and dance, her fondest memories revolve around the Sundays she and her older sister and cousins spent at the Vanity Ballroom in Detroit. It is also where she first danced the jitterbug with her future husband Lary Pisacreta, a dashing naval aviator. Lary and Toots were married on January 7, 1950 in a double ceremony with her sister Mary, aka “Muchie”, and Brooks Hanson. Toots and Lary were married fifty-eight years, making sure to visit Las Vegas on an annual basis.
She was a huge Tiger baseball fan and always said if she had been a man, she would have wanted to play professional baseball. Toots never tired of watching old Hollywood movies or listening to Judy Garland sing. Survived by her daughters and granddaughters, Toots was a fiercely protective and doting mother to Sharon Schoenfelner and Susan Sarpa, and a proud, loving grandmother to Alison, Emma, and Emily. She was especially pleased that her daughters married such wonderful men, Barry Schoenfelner and Michael Sarpa. Toots always proclaimed her gratitude at having been born to a close and devoted family, which included siblings Mary Hanson, Frank Peraino, and Laurie Kazyak. She is now reunited with her husband, siblings, and parents and will forever be remembered as the vivacious, outspoken, and affectionate Toots. A memorial service will be held along the lakeshore next spring since Toots always preferred the warmer months.Please visit www.lakeshorememorial.com to leave a message or memory for the family.
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