Garnet Lillian “Miss Daisy” Ciesla, age 93, of Toledo, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Aspen Grove Assisted Living with her daughter by her side. She was born on January 19, 1924 to John and Mildred (Roth) Porter in Toledo. During WWII Garnet worked at Libbey Owens Ford with her mother, sister and aunt assembling windshields for fighter planes. She also worked at Tiedtke’s Department Store. Garnet’s passion was crocheting afghans, making over 300 of them and gifting them to others. She enjoyed sewing and crewel embroidery. Garnet grew up in Point Place and loved to fish whenever she could. She enjoyed time spent with her son-in-law and grandsons and will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 53 years, George Ciesla; they married on February 8, 1945 right before he left for the U.S. Navy. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, John “Pete” and Kenny Porter. Garnet is survived by her only daughter, Anita (Don) Masters; grandsons, Todd, of Newport Beach, CA and Dane (Chris Stommel), of Detroit, MI; sister, Emmeret Schulz; dear friends, Tammy (Chris) Schlachter and Luann (Dave) Albert; and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive guests on Sunday from 2 – 8:00 p.m. at Newcomer Funeral Home, 4150 W. Laskey Rd., Toledo (419-473-0300). Funeral Services will begin Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that you please consider a donation to Hospice of Northwest Ohio.

The family would like to give a special thank you to all of the staff and nurses at Hospice of Northwest Ohio for all of their love, care and support given to Garnet and our family through this difficult time.

The family wishes to thank the nurses, med passers, aides, housekeeping and kitchen staff at Aspen Grove for their care and compassion they've shown to Garnet.

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