Rita Anne Iero

Rita Anne Iero, 78, passed away on April 8, 2015. A Rosary will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, April 11, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, in Bryan. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Mausoleum. Rita was born in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, to the late Theodore and Rita McClintock. Little did she know at the time, but her caring nature toward her younger siblings, Ted and Mary Jane, would plant the seed for her career in nursing later on. Rita spent most of her childhood growing up in North Canton, Ohio. She attended college at Mount Union and returned to Canton to enter nursing school at Aultman Hospital. It would be at Aultman where she met Dr. Domenico Iero from Reggio Calabria, Italy. They were married on July 11, 1959, at St. Joseph’s Church in Canton, Ohio. Rita and Domenico spent the first year of their marriage in Italy. During that time, she learned Italian perfectly and also mastered the art of Italian cooking. Realizing that medicine in America was so far advanced from that in Italy, Rita and Mimmo traveled back to Canton and raised four children. The Iero family would travel yearly to Reggio Calabria to spend their summers with their many relatives. Once the children were old enough, Rita returned to nursing in her husband’s office. They worked together until he retired in 1994, moving to Galveston, Texas. For their 50th wedding anniversary, they renewed their vows at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Bryan, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, in April, 2010. Survivors include her sons: Tony Iero and wife, Emily, of North Canton, Ohio, Phillip Iero, DDS, MD. and wife, Melissa, of Bellaire, Texas, Joseph Iero, MD and wife, Kimberly, of College Station, Texas; daughter, Marsha Beckley and husband, Stephen, of Katy, Texas; grandchildren: Domenic, Anthony, Isabella, Lilia, Sofia, Alexa, Joseph, Giancarlo, Alessandro, Giacomo, Ashton, and Gabriela; many other relatives and friends. K18