Marian Justine "Sister" Pontoriero

Graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 15, 2010 at Roselawn Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 –8 p.m. Thursday at Culley’s MeadowWood Riggins Road Chapel.

A native of Lamont, FL, she was retired from Sam’s Wholesale as a Membership Sales Representative and retired from Winn Dixie Meat Department. Marian loved the outdoors, she loved gardening, fishing, crossword puzzles, Fox News and feeding her Hummingbirds.

She is survived by her children: son, William Howell, daughters, Patricia Boykin (Sam), Lisa Pontoriero (Melissa), and Denise Barnett (Brad), her sister, Mary Vaughan, a dear friend, Johnny Silvy, her grandchildren, Leane Howell, Kevin McGuffey, Ralph McGuffey, Tonya Stoney, Vic Roy, Tyler Barnett, Payton Barnett, Falynn Barnett, Riley Yown and Reed Yown, and her beloved pet and companion, Sissy. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Deborah Ann Campbell, her brother, John Porter Reams, her first husband, William Roland Howell and her second husband, Michael Pontoriero.

Flowers or memorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, 6520 North Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309.

Arrangements are under the direction of Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Tallahassee, FL.