Muriel C. Minnelli

June 3, 1922 - March 22, 2017

Muriel C. Minnelli, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Golden Years Nursing Center. She was 94. Mrs. Minnelli was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on June 3, 1922, the daughter of Harrison and Elsie O’Brien Burckey. She was joined in Holy Matrimony to William J. Minnelli at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on September 10, 1955. They were blessed with four children and nine grandchildren, whom she dearly loved. Mrs. Minnelli attended Hanover School and graduated from Hamilton High School. She also attended the Hamilton Business College and worked as a secretary at Champion Paper before her marriage. She was a member of St. Peter in Chains Catholic Church and the Rosary Altar Society. Mrs. Minnelli loved arts and crafts, gardening, cooking, canning vegetables, staying fit through diet and exercise, sewing, working daily crosswords, talking on the phone, fashion, shopping, and laughing with the girls. She is survived by three children, Thomas (Karen) Minnelli, Killen, Alabama, Rosemary (Jeffrey) Borman, Charleston, West Virginia, Karen (John) Holcomb, Hamilton; nine grandchildren, Timothy Minnelli, Hamilton, Sarah (Nick) Lough, Athens, Alabama, Amy (Tyler) Martin, Florence, Alabama, Jennifer, Brian, Ben, and Eric Borman, Charleston, West Virginia, Julie, and John “Jack” Holcomb, Hamilton, and many loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, one son, Richard Minnelli, her parents, sisters Elaine Becker and Melba Hausman, and brothers Eldon, Charles, and Warren Burckey. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 24, 2017, at St. Peter in Chains Catholic Church, Liberty Street and Ridgelawn Avenue, with Father Rob Muhlenkamp officiating. Entombment will be in St. Stephen Mausoleum. Visitation will be Thursday, March 23, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Weigel Funeral Home, 980 N. W. Washington Blvd. Online condolences are available at www.weigelfuneralhome.com