Saporito, Janice M. Macedon: July 5, 2015. Predeceased by her parents, Michael Mary Bednar; brother, Michael Bednar. Survived by her devoted husband, Michael J. Saporito; children, AnnMarie (Vincent) Powers Michael (Mary) Saporito; grandchildren, Aiden, Connor Emmerson Powers, Skylar Michael James Saporito; many nieces, nephews cousins. Jan was retired from the Greece Central School District, where she worked for over 35 years. Janice enjoyed working with children and enjoyed watching them grow throughout the years. Her family would like to extend a sincere thank you to her nurses physicians from the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital for their compassionate care. Jan's visitation will be held Friday, July 10 from 2-4 7-9 PM at the funeral home, 1411 Vintage Lane. Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated 9AM on Saturday at the Church of the Assumption, 20 East Ave. in Fairport. Interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Humane Society at Lollypop Farm, 99 Victor Rd, Fairport NY 14450 in memory of her loving dog Shadow. Janice was born in Binghamton, NY on September 16, 1944. Her parents were Michael and Mary Silvanic Bednar. She attended grade school and high school in Binghamton, then to Oswego, NY where she received a B.S. degree in Education at SUNY Oswego. After graduation, she moved to Greece, NY and was a student teacher at the Greece Central School District Lakeshore School. She was ultimately hired as a kindergarten teacher at that school. She rented an apartment on Merrill Street, off Lake Ave., in Rochester. On one sunny day in July, this handsome fella came home on leave from the Air Force. One day when he was outside his mother's house across the street from where Jan's apartment was, she got up the nerve and crossed the street to that young fella and said, "Hi, my name is Jan." (Where do you think they came up with the Toyota car commercial on TV?) We two hit it off immediately and my mother liked her, too! That's important in an Italian family. I reported back for duty, but we stayed in contact constantly. So much so, that Jan's phone bill was always high. I bought her a wrist watch for her birthday in September. This meant that things were serious with this beautiful girl. The following year when I was discharged, I returned home and we began to date. On the first day, we played miniature golf and guess who won? I didn't let her beat me! We got engaged in August of 1969. It happened one night when we went to dinner at the Crescent Beach Hotel on Lake Ontario. I proposed and presented her with a ring. As we were leaving the restaurant, we walked outside to the car and before us was the brightest light show in the sky. A big summer thunderstorm was approaching and lightning was flashing all over. I don't know if someone was trying to tell us something about our upcoming marriage or what, but as far as I am concerned, it has been nothing but great! Well, we were married on August 22, 1970 in Binghamton, NY in the Byzantine Church (Holy Spirit) where Jan's parents attended. The ceremony was beautiful and long. We both wore flower crowns. Much of both of our families were in attendance. Following the ceremony, we had one heck of a party in a big party tent. One of Jan's former boyfriend's parents owned the company which rented Jan's parents the tent?! We did all the usual wedding things: the dance, the cake cutting, throwing the garter and the flowers. The part I liked the best was everybody dancing with the bride. Everybody stuffed rolled dollar bills into a large pouch. We collected some nice spending money for our honeymoon. The following day, we left for that trip. We flew down to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. We stayed at Blue Beard's Castle Hotel. We had a great time in the sun and on the beach. One day while driving our rented VW, we drove off the end of the road that just ended. No one was hurt with the help of some locals who pushed the VW back onto the road, and we were on our way. Oh yeah, we stayed one extra day to go deep-sea fishing. We caught a 210 pound blue marlin. Still have it hanging on our basement wall. We returned home and rented an apartment and then the following year had a home built in Greece, NY. Then we got down to business. We had two beautiful children,. Annmarie was born in 1974 and Michael Patrick in 1978. We did all the kid things for years to come: soccer, t-ball, and little league. Then came hockey for MP, traveling all over the countryside and Canada. Both children did great-Annmarie in soccer and Michael in hockey. Annmarie tore her ACL and Michael broke his back and a few teeth. Both graduated from Aquinas Institute and went on to the Universities of Dayton and Penn State. Jan and I had so much fun visiting them while at school. Annmarie went on to Indiana State University and then moved to Charlotte, NC where she met her future husband, Vincent Powers. Mike played golf and had a good intercollegiate career. He qualified and played in the US Amateur at Pebble Beach, California. Jan's greatest joy was watching them play. She would travel great distances to see them. Michael moved to Chicago to live the good (fun) life. He worked there and met his future wife, Mary. They both got married, Annmarie here in Rochester and Michael in Cincinnati. Then their children came. That was Jan's greatest joy, and what she saw as the future: Aiden, Connor, Skylar, Emmerson, and Michael James. Family was first and only; watching them when they were born, to growing up-now 7, 6, 5, 4, and 2. All the excitement of watching them play, play sports, graduate, and get married will now have to be seen from heaven. Jan and I had the best of times. We worked hard and we enjoyed our lives; whether it was traveling through Europe and Italy, cruising the oceans, and of course taking trip on our many boats we owned over the years. She always had the boat loaded when it came to the weekends. These past couple of years we just enjoyed being together and putting up with each other. She put up with me more than I with her. We will miss her, but through the many pictures and memories, we will still see the smile and joy on her face forever! I love you so much, Janice. Michael