Erma Theresa Dulian

Erma Theresa Dulian, 90, of Ottawa, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at Community Hospital of Ottawa. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 22, 2007 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church with the Rev. Gerald J. Meyer officiating. Burial will be in Grand Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Liturgical Prayers at 4 p.m. Mrs. Dulian was born July 22, 1917, in Farmington, Ill., to Charles and Theresa (Orsini) Monterastelli. She married George Russell Dulian on February 8, 1938, in Ottawa. He died June 30, 1987. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and was past president of the Altar and Rosary Society. She retired from Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. after ten years of employment. She is survived by a daughter, Donna Jean (John) Ritchie of Pekin, Ill.; a son, George R. (Linda) Dulian of Ottawa; six grandchildren, Stefanie (William) Edgar, Daniel (Samantha) and John (Ann) Ritchie, Jr., Jodyna (Adam) Cap, Jeff (Dolores) Dulian and Matthew Dulian; eleven great grandchildren; three brothers, Nello (Phyllis) Monterastelli of Ottawa, Larry (Marilyn) Marta of Navarre, Fla., and John (Jane) Monterastelli of Bloomington, Ill. She was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur Monterastelli; and a sister, Gilda Kennedy. Pallbearers will be Stefanie, Edgar, John, and Daniel Ritchie, Jeffrey and Matthew Dulian, and Jodyna Cap. Memorials may be directed to the donors choice.