Naomi D. Spiro
Devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, Naomi D. Spiro (91) died on April 20, 2010 at Lake West Hospital. She was born in New York City and moved to Willoughby in 1962 when her husband, Frank, changed jobs. Mrs. Spiro worked as an executive secretary for more than 40 years, retiring after 20 years with Continental Lighting Services in Eastlake. As a member of The League of Women Voters, she was very active in the founding of Lakeland Community College. She was a Lake Hospital System front desk volunteer for more than 28 years. After retirement, she continued to serve the community as a volunteer in the nursing office at Lake West Hospital, and as a receptionist at the front desk. She also knitted hundreds of baby caps for hospital newborns and sewed and stuffed heart pillows for the Mended Hearts at Lake West Hospital, sewed wheelchair chart bags and continued at the front desk, totaling more than 30,000 hours of service. She also volunteered at Edison Elementary School in the Reading Lab tutoring first and second graders. Mrs. Spiro also gave many hours to the Browning Senior Center knitting many lap robes for nursing home patients and donated more than 12 gallons of blood to the Red Cross. Mrs. Spiro was honored with several community recognition awards, including the Salt of the Earth award presented to her by the Willoughby Kiwanis organization. She loved the English language and was a prolific reader and was also a member of R.S.V.P. and Friends of the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library. Mrs. Spiro was a crafter, enjoying quilting, knitting, sewing, and needlepoint. Surviving are her daughter, Janet Kiikka (Niel), of Zanesville, and son, Clifford (Linda Artley) of Savannah, Georgia, two grandchildren, Ian (Molly) and Miranda (Emannuel Tomas) and two great grandchildren, Oscar and Pearl.Her husband, Frank, passed away in 1996. Her parents and two sisters and a brother are also deceased. Blessings Crematory is handling all arrangements. No calling hours. Contributions are suggest to Ohio Special Olympics or St. Jude’s Research Hospital.