Gloria Jean Lidman Cartozzo, 80, of Johnson City, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Erick and Virginia Hart Lidman and was born in Rockford, Ill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Peter Joseph Cartozzo, a sister, Helen Hausenyager, and a brother, Charles W. Hart Jr.
Mrs. Cartozzo was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church where she worked as a volunteer making doll clothes, Christmas ornaments and other crafts for the church craft sales. She loved to work puzzles, watch murder mysteries on TV, garden and work with her flowers.
Those left to cherish her memory include two sons, Steve Cartozzo, Elizabethton, and Mike Cartozzo, Atlanta, Ga.; two daughters, Jennie Fletcher, Johnson City, and Anna Williams, Jonesborough; five grandchildren, Elaine Fletcher, Joe Deel, Derek Cartozzo, Randi Williams and Cassie Williams; one great-granddaughter, Justice Deese; one great-grandson, Cason Williams; a sister, Pat Baker, Bossier City, La.; and a brother, Michael Hart. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted on Friday, December 23, at noon at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church with Father Dennis J. Kress officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 11 a.m. until noon Friday, prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Online condolences may be shared with the family by visiting our website, www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is serving the Cartozzo family. Office: (423) 542-2232. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917.