Joanne Patricia Singer

Joanne Patricia (Sapienza) Singer, Jo, longtime resident of Newark, Delaware, passed away peacefully at 88 years and 17 days of age, in the company of loved ones at 8:23 pm on Sunday, December, 17 2023, in the AccentCare Inpatient Hospice Care Unit of the Christiana Care Hospital, Wilmington. The Family is grateful for the excellent care she received there. Jo is survived by her loving husband of 68 years, Victor; their four surviving children: Glenn of Lewisburg, WV, Tracey Fleming of Newark, DE, Leslie (Roman) Kucharczyk of Keene, NY, and David (Jane) of Wilmington, DE; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her oldest daughter, Hindey (Preston) Moser of Medford OR; her mother, Philomena "Lena" Sapienza; her aunt, Kay DeGeorge; sister, Claire Jordan; and Claire’s husband, Bob Jordan, all of Boston. She was born in Boston, Mass on December 1, 1935. She and her sister Claire were raised by their mother Philomena and their Auntie Kay. While attending Boston City Hospital School of Nursing, she met Victor, an engineering student at MIT, at a dance. Thereafter, both knew that they belonged together. They married when she was 20 and he was 22, and lived in Somerville, Mass, until Vic qualified for his first Professional Engineer license and accepted employment with what was then Thiokol Corporation, which moved the family to Ogden, Utah, then Brunswick, GA, then in 1965 to Newark, Delaware. After raising five children nearly to their teen years, Jo was employed by newly-formed Resurrection Parish of the Roman Catholic Church in the early 70’s. During her 27 years there, she became the Director of Religious Education as the parish grew to 800 families. Her dedication and devotion to her work was an inspiration to all who knew her. She loved playing Scrabble with her mother, children and grandchildren. For many years she enjoyed gathering with the family for a week each summer at a beach house in Lewes, DE. In the last few years, she enjoyed much time with family, regular weekly visits with her great grandson: Sebron Ernest Fleming the fifth, known as "Little," and countless hours with Vic, her daughter Tracey, and their beloved family dog Chewy. She was a kind and loving person and will be remembered fondly. In accordance with Jo's and Vic's planning for many years, their cremated remains will eventually be mixed and spread in their garden at home and in Leslie's garden in Keene, NY. The plantings thus fertilized will be a visible approach to eternal life. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 AM on December 28, 2023, at the Parish of the Resurrection Catholic Church, 3000 Videre Dr, Wilmington, DE 19808. For directions or to send an online condolence please visit www.stranofeeley.com.

Joanne Patricia Singer

December 1, 1935 - December 17, 2023

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