Jennifer Ilgauskas, wife of Cleveland Cavaliers legend Zydrunas Ilgauskas, dies at 50

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jennifer Ilgauskas, spouse of former Cavaliers star Zydrunas Ilgauskas, has handed away.

Jennifer Ilgauskas, who owned a number of Northeast Ohio well being care firms (Rebound Bodily Remedy, North Olmsted Pressing Care, Lakewood Pressing Care and medical billing firm Darbo) and was an avid supporter of many charitable organizations, leaves behind her husband and two sons — Deividas and Povilas. She was 50 years outdated.

Her obituary with Lakewood’s Zeis-McGreevy funeral dwelling recalled her devotion to household and countless generosity.

“Many people had been touched by her acts of kindness, however few knew the far-reaching extent of her charitable work,” the obituary stated. “She was a beautiful, giving and intimate good friend to so many. Jennifer’s strategy to her skilled life was visionary and selfless, executed with a servant coronary heart.”

Jennifer and Zydrunas married in 2004, whereas he was taking part in for the Cavaliers. The middle, who was drafted in 1996 and performed till 2010, had his No. 11 jersey retired throughout a particular ceremony in 2014.

On Wednesday afternoon, Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman expressed his sympathy on behalf of the group.

“We needed to acknowledge and provides a heartfelt condolence to the Ilgauskas household,” Altman stated. “Our ideas and prayers are with the Ilgauskas household, his two boys and it’s clearly a very, actually unhappy time for that household so we want them the very best. Our hearts, minds and prayers are with the Ilgauskas household.”

A funeral Mass open to the general public shall be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. James Church, 17514 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood.

In lieu of flowers, donations are inspired in her reminiscence to Catholic Charities, 1404 E. ninth St., eighth Ground, Cleveland OH 44114 https://www.catholiccommunity.org/ways-to-give/donate/tribute or Care Alliance 1530 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114 https://www.carealliance.org/donations-gifts/ways-to-give/