MARIE ZANI
Marie Elizabeth (Freund) Zani left this earthly life on June 30, 2023. She had used her heart to love so much, it finally gave out. Marie was 81, eight decades of memories and sunsets, living life to the fullest. It seems like so many, 81 years, yet it’s hardly enough. Is it ever? Marie was born on Aug. 20, 1941, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, to Julia (Sanovich) and Carl Freund, named for her own treasured grandmother. She grew up on a farm “up the road” from Bridgeport, Ohio, where part of the property was known as Milk’s Hill, overlooking all the surrounding river valley. It’s now ...