We welcome friends and family to submit your fondest thoughts and memories of Joanne, or your condolences to her family, so that we might add them to a list of tributes to share with all who visit our web site. To do so, simply complete a Memorial Tribute form and submit it to us. We will post your tribute as soon as possible.

Monday, January 9, 2006

Joanne,

You were so kind to us when our daughter was born.You and Nick came to visit us. That was March 1977.

Frank Piperata
(nephew of Josephine and Pete Piperata)

Monday, January 9, 2006

Dear Marilyn,

You and your entire family have Marty's and my deepest sympathy. I pray that your sister has found peace after such a long illness.

Kathy Murray
kathy.murray@verizon.net

Monday, January 9, 2006

With deepest sympathies, our prayers are with you at this time.

Mr. and Mrs. Sebastiano Galati
cgalati@eden.rutgers.edu

Monday, January 9, 2006

Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Although we are many miles apart, we share in your sorrow.

Casper and Sara Balistreri
Brookfield, WI
cbalistreri@sbcglobal.net

Monday, January 9, 2006

As you all know, Joanne was a big part of my family life. I can remember as far back as going to kindergarten and Joanne was with my mother as I was being dropped off for school. As I was growing up, Joanne was always included as part of the family for everything that was going on. When I got married Joanne was there with me at the church; the day I had Michael, Joanne was there with my parents. There will always be a special place in my heart for her as long as I live. She will always be remembered as part of my family. I will miss her very much.

Love Gale Piccione and Family
volvo1255@aol.com

Monday, January 9, 2006

Our family express sincere sympathy to our Cicero cousins for the loss of your sister, Joanne. Miles separate us but we always feel a bond in our hearts. We enjoyed our visits, although they were too few. You are in our prayers.

Love to all,
Ed & Mary (Maniaci) Straszewski
Bob & Rosemary (Maniaci) Jennaro
nanoa@mindspring.com

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

My deepest sympathy to all of Joanne's family and friends, I had the pleasure to work with Joanne for ten years, in that time I also had the pleasure to know most of her family and friends. She had the most wonderful circle of friends and such a loving family, she was such a good friend to all of us at Komb In Motion. I will miss her very much, I'll never forget her kindness and sense of humor, she taught me a lot in that time and I am forever grateful to have had her in my life.

Tricia Knight
knight14@ptd.net

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Joanne was the extra daughter my Mom (Bessie Seifert) never had. Mom would never change her hairstyle and only Joanne and Jo could do it right for her..we would always get a big laugh out of this. Joanne was my fixer upper hairstylist whenever I would play hairdresser to my own hair..and she would threaten me if I ever did it again which I always did..she was a very caring and giving person..I am sorry I lost contact with her since my Mother's death..she was a true lady and friend to all who knew her..

Esther Seifert Phelps
ESP42@webtv.net

Monday, January 16, 2006

"Auntie"- Thanks for being the best Aunt, and also a good friend. I was very happy when you married my Uncle Nick, and would always love watching how much in love you two were, I always wanted to have that. I loved you both and you meant so much to me, that is why I asked you and Uncle Nick to be my Best Man & Maid Of Honor in my wedding to Camille. Thank you for being there and helping me through when she died, it meant a lot to me. All of our Mondays getting together for lunch, just me and you, were very special, and when we met for lunch before last summer, I thought and was hoping that we would start our Mondays again, but your sickness was starting to change your way of life. No more pain and suffering for you now, the family & friends that you've touched will live with that now. Now you're at peace with God and those of who, have gone before you; tell Uncle Nick..."Yo! Nick!" and I miss him and give Camille a big kiss for me, and tell her how proud she would be of her daughter.

I'll always love and miss you Auntie!!, your nephew,

Joey Marine
joevm57@comcast.net

Monday, January 16, 2006

(The following remembrance was read at the conclusion of the Funeral Mass for Joanne by her niece, Mouna Moussa.)

Aunt Joanne.

Wife. Loving. Strong. Sister. Caring. Stubborn. Intelligent. Beautiful.

All of these words raced through my mind as I searched for a way to express the love I have for my aunty. These last few days have been a blur, and the nights have been spent sleepless, looking for the best way to honor her entire life.

Today, I am standing here, a bit scared, eyes filling with tears, still wondering if I can remember her every gleaming smile, every quick witted comment, that I know you all are familiar with, or every hug that I can still feel at this very moment.

As we honor Joanne's life, all her strength, uniqueness, beauty, and generosity, I cannot help but to think about the aspect that was missing in the life of a woman who had everything- Children. My Aunt Joanne never had the joy of having her own children. She was not responsible for bagged lunches, first kisses, late night phone calls, broken hearts, and all the other little perks that come with motherhood. Throughout her entire life, she was never called mom, and that used to make me sad, because I knew my Aunt Joanne would have made a great mother; even though it would have taken me hours to convince her! But today, today I look out at all these faces; her closest friends and family, and then I think about my brother and myself, and I stop and realize I am wrong. My Aunt Joanne is a mother, and not just to me because she took me to my first day of college, threatened to put soap in my mouth, or because she has loved me my whole life, but to everyone that sits before me today, who's felt enriched for having known her. The connections she has made with her family and friends, and the lives she has deeply affected cannot be anything less than that of a mother's touch.

Today, Aunt Joanne, as we put your body to rest, I am giving you a long overdue Mothers Day card from the people you've made laugh, and to the ones you've made cry, all the way down to the person that will miss you with every ounce of her being. I recognize your goodness, your heart, your smile, and the lives you've touched. Lastly, as we prepare to let you move on, I want you to know I have my fingers crossed just for you, and aunty, I LOVE YOU. I love you a bushel and a peck.

Mouna Moussa
mlcm2033@temple.edu