Michele "Mickey" Anastasia

Michele ‘Mickey’ Patricia Anastasia, 72, of Newton Falls, Ohio, passed away following a recent stroke at Gillette Nursing Home in Warren, Ohio on January 28, 2026.

Mickey was born 08/19/1953 in Ravenna, Ohio to John Henry O’Hare and Myrtle Louise Stone O’Hare.

Beloved and survived by; one son, Patrick Michael (Ginger) Anastasia, two daughters; Patti Dawn (Bill ) Greene III, and Kari Lou (Robert) Wingfield, Jr., 15 grandchildren; Anthony Anastasia, Joseph Anastasia, Jack Riera, Myla Rhodes, Lilly Rhodes, James (Jessica) Dickey, Nathan (Julie) Dickey, Gabriel Greene, Bill Greene IV, Cierra Stephens, Sabrina (Bill) Richards, Chayse Harris, Karissa Wingfield, Clay Wingfield, Kimberly (Dehaun) Zalick, Brianna (Michael) Zalick, and 13 great-granchildren; Lyndsey, Colton, and Quinn Dickey, Anastasia Dickey, Autumn Greene, Holden, Destiny, Andy and William Richards, Derek and Payton Iser, Aubrie Speck and Gabriella Zalick, three sisters; Diane Louise (John) Lincoln, Deborah Sue (Donald) Sheppard, Judy Darlene (Keith) Swartz, two brothers; Paul Edward (Marie) Hopkins, Jr., Eugene Edward (Judy) Hopkins, and countless nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews, whose hearts and lives have been forever marked by “Aunt Mick”.

She was preceded in death by her parents; John and Louise O’Hare, four brothers; Michael Patrick O’Hare (her namesake), Duane Lee O’Hare, John Leo O’Hare, and Alton Ray (Bonnie) Hopkins; four sisters; Jean Marie Brown, Sandra Jean Weaver, Juanita Louise Cole, and Marsha Lynn Gibson, two nephews; John Edward Lincoln, Jr. and Erik James Lough.

Born 11th in line of a big, noisy family with much ado about everything, Mickey somehow blossomed into this beautiful mix of quiet, unassuming, easy-going, kind, and gentle.
Irish, and that same mischievous twinkle of her daddy’s in her eye, she was like a prism casting rainbows and coloring the lives of those around her.
Never without a smile that inevitably would spread to the faces of everyone in the room, you simply couldn’t be in the presence of Mickey and not smile, or just plain laugh out loud. She had the innate ability to make you belly laugh, tears streaming, can’t-stop laughing, over nothing. It was just Mickey, her beautiful self, that made you laugh. Many of you reading this are smiling or laughing right now at the very thought of her. She was created to help the world around her discover their own sense of humor.
God’s girl, she was truly a light that shown ever-so-bright. She loved God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of her life. Cleansed by the blood of her Savior, Jesus Christ, she lived to show His wondrous love and grace to those around her and prayed earnestly that those she knew and loved would come to know Him as their Savior, too.
One-of-a-kind. One-in-a-million. One life that forever marked the lives of those around her.
! Mickey will forever remain and be remembered as the cherished Mother, Grandma, Great-Grandma, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, and forever friend she was, who added simple joy and beauty to every moment of our lives.

If you knew Mickey at all, you knew BINGO was her favorite pastime. She has hollered BINGO here for the last time now, but in doing so, has hit her biggest jackpot ever.

We pray with her that all would come to know her Jesus and call on His Name to be cleansed of their sin, so that we will all see her once again when we ourselves cross that river and step onto those golden shores of Heaven to join her there.
The Behm Family Funeral Home of Geneva is assisting the family at this time. Online obituary and condolences may be viewed at www.behmfuneral.com