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Marietta Del Corso

Marietta Del Corso

Female 1919 - 2020  (100 years)


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  • Name Marietta Del Corso  [1, 2] 
    Birth 11 Sep 1919  Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 24 Aug 2020  North Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial 2 Sep 2020  North Olmsted, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Sunset Memorial Park
    Person ID I4372  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Family Lloyd Bernard Portzer,   b. 19 Jul 1921, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1960, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 1953  [1] 
    Family ID F540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S396] Howard-Ouattlebaum Funeal & Cremation Center, Portzer, Marietta "Del".
      Marietta “Del” Portzer

      Marietta Portzer, 100, of North Palm Beach, Florida, passed away at her home August 24, 2020 and was laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Park in North Olmsted, Ohio on September 2, 2020.

      She was born in Berea, Ohio on September 11, 1919 to Antonio and Rose DelCorso.

      Marietta graduated from Western Reserve University in 1945 and began a career in medicine. She worked as a Nurse Anesthetist at the Cleveland Clinic and was instrumental in creating the Cleveland Clinic School of Nurse Anesthesia and held the position of Educational Director.

      She married the love of her life, Loyd Portzer in 1953.

      Marietta relocated to North Palm Beach, Florida in 1973 where she continued her career in anesthesia until retiring from Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in 1998 at the age of 78.

      She enjoyed traveling, hiking, cooking, baking and continuing education on a multitude of subjects but loved spending time with family and friends the most.

      Marietta was a forward thinker always ahead of her time, highly intelligent, generous, courageous, industrious, loving and much more including an extreme patriot whose life epitomized the “Greatest Generation”.

      She was preceded in death by her loving husband Loyd and her seven siblings. She is survived by her nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews.

      She will be missed and lovingly remembered by her family and many friends.

      Donations may be made in her memory to Trustbridge Hospice Foundation, 5300 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33407 or www.trustbridgefoundation.org

      Dignity Memorial / Howard-Quattlebaum Funeral & Cremation Center
      Accessed: 16MAY2024

    2. [S5] Cleveland Necrology File & News Index, (Name: Name: Cleveland Public Library; Location: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States;;), Portzer, Lloyd.
      Portzer. Lloyd Portzer, late residence, 3212 W. 142 St., beloved husband of Marietta (Del Corso), dear brother of Gerald and Thomas. Friends received at Corrigan's Funeral Home, Lorain Ave. at W. 148 St. Funeral mass Saturday, Dec. 31, St. Mel Church, 14436 Triskett Rd., at 10 a. m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

      Cleveland Necrology File: Cleveland Public Libary
      Cleveland Press, The: 30DEC1960