Joan Santangelo
March 27 1938 - June 5 2010
Visitation :
John Quint Treboni Funeral Home
Thursday June 10th 2010 4:00-8:00 PM
1177 W. 5th Avenue
Columbus Ohio 43212
Services:
Funeral Mass
Friday June 11th 2010 at 10:00 am
St. Cecilia Catholic Church
434 Norton Road
Columbus
, Ohio 43228
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Obituary
Joan Regan Santangelo, age 72, lost her valiant fight with breast cancer on June 5, 2010 at The Ohio State University Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Joan graduated from St. Basil Academy and Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, Class of 1959. Joan worked at Lincolnview Physicians, along side her devoted husband of 21 years Dr. Vincent J. Santangelo, who preceded her in death in 1981. She retired from Medibill, Inc. in 2005 after 28 years of dedicated service. Joan was a devout Catholic all her life and a long time member of St. Cecilia Catholic Church. She loved spending time with family, reading, doing puzzles, participating in trivia, rooting on The Ohio State Buckeyes, and being at her beloved beach house in Wildwood Crest, NJ. She was a courageous and hard-working mother to her 5 children, and she loved boasting endlessly about her family. Her grandchildren, who called her Nana, were her infinite passion. Joan will be fondly remembered for her articulate conversations, quick wit, humorous sarcasm and the endearing poetry that she wrote to mark the milestones of her family's lives. She is preceded in death by her parents Josef and Gertrude. Joan is survived by her children, Michelle Santangelo (Kathleen), Denise Byrnes (Mark), Lisa Latorre, Paul Santangelo, Steve Santangelo (Catherine), grandchildren, John Vincent, Anthony, Nicholas, Taylor, Ryan, Samuel Vincent, Laura Regan, Varenna, Vince, and Evan and her brother Tim Gazak of Colorado Springs, CO. The family would like to express their grateful appreciation to the wonderfully compassionate MICU staff at The OSU Medical Center. Friends may call THURSDAY June 10, 2010 at the JOHN QUINT TREBONI FUNERAL HOME, 1177 W. 5th Avenue, from 4:00-8:00 PM. Funeral Mass will be held 10:00 AM on FRIDAY June 11, 2010 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, 434 Norton Road, Rev. Fr. Raymond Larussa, Presider and Rev. Msgr. Anthony Borrelli, Con-Celebrant. Interment will follow at the St. Joseph Cemetery, 6440 South High Street, Lockbourne, Ohio. Friends who wish may contribute in memory of Joan to the Northwest Special Olympics c/o The Northwest Superstars, 5323 Cemetery Road, Hilliard, Ohio 43026. Condolences may be sent via www.johnquint.com.
Contributions
Contributions may be directed to any of the followingCondolences for Joan Santangelo
From : Carmen,Debi,Mike,Ashlee & Nick Latorre
To : John Vincent,Ryan, and Nicholas Latorre
Date: June 7th 2010
Joan spent many birthdays and holidays with us Latorres. She was always fun,laughing, and always had such a genuine way of making you feel important. She had a way of letting you know she cared about you and whatever was going on in your life. She had many challenges in her life but she seemed to just keep on looking for the best things in life, no matter how hard she had to look, she found something positive in it all. We know she was also a wonderful, spectacular "nana" to you all. May God comfort you and as each day passes...you will start to see her all around you in things you do....and in the goals you stive for...and in the dreams you dream......
From : Tracy & Larry Rota
To : The Santangelo Family
Date: June 8th 2010
Please accept our heart felt condolences for the passing of Joan. I worked with Joan for nearly 30 years and we shared many, many laughs. Tracy and I found her to be pleasant and fun person that always spoke lovingly of her family. Joan was also very dedicated to her work and a true professional. She will be dearly missed.
From : Dixie Rose Fown, Jeffrey Fown
To : The Santangelo Family
Date: June 8th 2010
Our hearts are saddened by your loss and our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. We pray that God will give you strength & courage in this time of bereavement.
We will remember Joan for her loving spirit, her genuine nature and her kindness as demonstrated recently during my own Father's passing. We feel blessed to have known her as a co-worker and a friend.
We are praying for friends to comfort you...may loving memories of family surround you and give you strength in the days ahead.
Dixie Rose-Fown
Jeffrey Fown
From : Shellie White
To : Paul Santangelo
Date: June 9th 2010
Paul, I am very sorry to hear of the loss of your Mother. May God comfort you and your family during this time and time ahead, memories will get you through. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. God Bless
From : Doctor Bob Maurer
To : Michelle, Denise, Lisa, Paul, and Steve
Date: June 9th 2010
To: Michelle, Denise, Lisa, Paul and Steve...
Many, many fond memories of times together in
Philadelphia, Columbus, Wildwood, Pico, Great Gorge and especially the week in Sandusky, Ohio
My sincerest condolences to you all and lots of love to you and all the spouses and grandchildren
Dr. Bob Maurer, Edison, New Jersey
From : Anthony & Pattie
To : Joan's Family
Date: June 9th 2010
Joan's family: We can't seem to find the words to comfort you at this time. We can tell you what an extraordinary woman your Mom was. How she touch everyone's life differently. The minute we met her we loved her. She always had a smile. We always looked forward to seeing her when the Summer arrived. So glad she got to spend more time last Summer. Days spent on the beach talking and then catching up some more in the back yard for a barbeque and some Tanqueray!! We will never forget all the fun times we had with her and you, her lovely family. She always beamed when talking about her children and grandchildren. How proud she was of you. The Summers just won't be the same. Here's to Joan! You will be missed, but not forgotten.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Your friends,
From : The Sopka's
To : The Santangelo Family
Date: June 9th 2010
To Michelle, Kathleen, Sam, Laura and the rest of the Santagelo family- Our deepest heartfelt condolances. We are thinking of you every day. Lots of love, Mary, Dennis and Emmy Sopka
From : Mike Renza
To : Michelle, Denise, Lisa, Paul, and Steven
Date: June 9th 2010
I am very sorry to hear of the passing of your mom. She was a wonderful person and I consider myself lucky to have known her. I cherish many fond memories of traveling with your family and you are all in my thoughts.
From : Nick Pytel
To : The Santangelo Family
Date: June 9th 2010
Joan will always be a staple on Washington Avenue in Wildwood Crest. She was a sincere and compassionate woman with a spark who always expressed happiness and exuded positive energy!
To Joan's Family, she loved all of you and spoke highly of all of you and loved telling stories of your childhood and adulthood and she so looked forward to having you all visit throughout the summer.
I will miss Joan and I will miss our talks on the beach where we would catch up from September through June. There will never be a time where I won't see an Ohio State Flag and not think of Joan. She hung her flag proudly every summer!
My thoughts and prayers are with you all in this difficult time! She will be missed and my life is better for having know such a beautiful person.
From : Davies
To : Santangelo, Latorre & Byrnes
Date: June 9th 2010
Hello Santangelo, Latorre & Byrnes,
I know I should be writing condolences to you but you know me and we will talk about our Joan later at the shore.
What I would like to do, is not say good-bye but remember the fun things that Joan and I did together like the time you put an OHIO STATE tattoo on my toilet seat. Then I put a Florida Gators license plate on the front of your car when you were going back to Ohio and you found it at Michelle and Kathleen’s house. How about your shed where I keep the Harley when you went back to Ohio and you and Johnny put up the OHIO STATE PARKING ONLY sign on the wall. Oh let’s not forget the OHIO STATE helmet you and Ryan put on my truck.
I will never forget the game time phone calls, you would call me and say ȁCJim 15 minutes to kick-offȁD then the next call would be after a touch down. (One game we called each other 12 times)
Joan thank for the time we had together talking on your porch (with a glass of Tanqueray and tonic) about your family and mine. I fell like I knew Vincent even thou I never know him. Speaking about your porch the Ohio State flag is flying.
Joan it’s Thursday and you know what I need to do so I can only say ‘we love and will miss you always and always remember ȁCOH-_ _ȁD
Love
Jim & Kathy
From : Betty Goebel Larney '59
To : Joans family
Date: June 9th 2010
My condolences and prayers for all of you.Your Mom and I were classmates at Misericordia and as many know our class remains close just celebrating our 50th Anniv. Your Mom remained close to us and I have kept them in the loop via email. I will send this link out and I am sure all will enjoy your family treasure as much as I did. Joan was through a lot but faced it like a trooper. We never know what is ahead in life just pray wew can handle it with Gods help.
Blessings to all
From : Diane Settle (Tom Settle)
To : The families of Joan
Date: June 10th 2010
I am sorry to hear of your loss. I hope you find comfort in knowing that she touched alot of people's hearts. She loved her family dearly and spoke of all of you highly. Tom worked with Joan for many years and I worked with her for 5 years at Medibill. A few of us would do company outside functions such as, going to the clippers, having a ball team, playing trivia pursuit,cookouts and Joan was always the shining star. She had that wonderful smile, her outgoing personality and her caring love for everything. I saw Joan just about a month ago and even with her health problems she still had that special smile and cheerful way. I am proud to have known her and she will be missed but not forgotten.
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Date: June 10th 2010
From : Kris & Robert Renza
To : The Santangelo Family
Date: June 10th 2010
There are so many fond memories of your mom.
Or as we called her Joanie-Poo
We will miss her here and Wildwood Crest will never be
the same without her.
We had so many laughs together over some of our escapades at pico and various vacations together.
In her retirement years when she came to the shore we would hit Carini's for a hoagie and the ice cream stand for a dusty-road. She never came enpty handed. Always had a few packets of pictures of all of her kids and grandkids to show us. Rest assured that Joanie-Poo will be missed forever, but will always be in our hearts.
Love to all of you.
From : DALE STEVENTON, DO
To : SANTANGELO FAMILY
Date: June 10th 2010
Dear Family Members,
I am sorry for your loss and to hear about your mother's fight with cancer. I am a class mate of your dad. I remember them both and we shared a brief and fun times during our years at PCOM after wich I think I saw them one time at a national meeting. They were great folks and I know they have imparted much love and wonderful guidance to all of you. God bless all of you.
Dale
From : Mary Lou and Jack Janney
To : The Santantangelo Family
Date: June 10th 2010
I recall many memories of Joanie during our days of Nursing school at Misericordia. She was so much fun. I know she fought a valliant battle, and that you will miss her terribly. God Bless You as you move forward in days ahead. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
From : Dr. and Mrs. John Costino
To : The Santangelo Family
Date: June 10th 2010
Please accept our heartfelt sympathy for the loss of your mother. We met your parents through the Renzas and we thought the world of both your parents. We are sure that you have beautiful memories and may you cherish them forever. Many years ago we spent a day in Las Vegas with Joan and Vincent and we will never forget that day, we had so many laughs!
From : Dave Maurer
To : Everyone
Date: June 11th 2010
The time passes by so quickly. It seems like just yesterday we were walking on the boardwalk in Wildwood and your mom was pushing my icecream cone in my face. To this day, I think of Uncle Vince every time I eat Rocky Road icecream. I sincerely miss all of you. Be strong and be well. Peace
From : Barbara McBee
To : Denise
Date: June 11th 2010
Keeping you and your family in thought and prayer during this difficult time. May you find peace in the many wonderful memories you have of your Mom.
From : Robyn Renza Lazaro
To : The Santangelo Family
Date: June 13th 2010
I am so sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences. Your mother was a wonderful person. I will miss seeing her at the beach in Wildwood Crest. I always will remember all the ski vacations we had together with our families and all the fun at the beach since childhood. God bless your family.
From : Diane Shaw
To : The Santangelo Family
Date: June 19th 2010
I had the pleasure of Joan coming to my home for dinner last summer. She was such a fun and loving friend. I will miss her trip to the shore this summer. My prayers are with you.
From : Dan Stollenwerk
To : Michelle, Denise, Lisa, Paul, Steve
Date: June 20th 2010
Hello to all -- Michelle, Denise, Lisa, Paul and Steve:
My sister, Carol, sent me the news of your mother's death. I wanted to wish you my condolences.
It has been such a very long time since I've seen you -- when we were all very young. I'm in New Zealand now, married 20 yrs, 3 children.
I wish you all the best with the death of your mother and with the lives you've created.
Dan Stollenwerk
From : Dave Campbell
To : Joan's Family
Date: May 1st 2011
Please accept my condolences for your loss. Joan and I dated in high school. Fifty-five years later, I still remember her as fun, cheerful, and fully involved in whatever she was doing. She was a beauty, too. It is a real loss.