Dec 28, 2020
CANFIELD Lucille “Lu” Zyznar, 95, passed away at her home with her loving family at her side, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020.
Born May 11, 1925, in Youngstown, to Frank and Veronica Kraynak, Lu was one of seven siblings.
Lu married her Woodrow Wilson High School sweetheart, Chester (Chet) Zyznar in 1947, upon his return from wartime Naval service. They started a family and shared 66 years together until his passing in 2013.
As a mother and grandmother, Lu flourished in these roles. Her happiest moments were when everyone was in town, and she was surrounded by her children and grandchildren. “Grandma Lu” was the grandmother everyone wished they had. She participated, either in person or long-distance, in every aspect of their lives holidays, birthdays, athletics, milestones, letter-writing, sharing her recipes and telling her life stories along the way. She demonstrated that any lifelong dream is possible, when at age 38, she entered college to become a teache