West Brighton native was devoted to her family
Joanne Iommi-Shanley, a native Staten Islander and systems programmer who resided in N.J., died Thursday in N.J. She was 48.
The former Joanne Iommi was born in West Brighton. As a girl, she lived in Port Richmond and Mariners Harbor, and graduated from St. Peter's Girls High School, New Brighton.
She married her high school sweetheart, in 1981 and the couple moved to Huguenot in the early 1980s. They settled in Matawan 20 years ago.
"She was devoted to her family," said her husband, who added that juggling a career and family was her specialty. "She loved spending time with her daughter, and taught her through example how to be kind and caring and respectful of other people."
After receiving a degree in computer science in 1980 Mrs. Iommi-Shanley began a 25-year career as a systems programmer She had been a director there for one year She also liked to cook and read romance novels.
Brighton.
The funeral will be Tuesday from the Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Port Richmond, with a mass at 11 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Brighton.
∼Staten Island Advance (NY) - September 3, 2005
Deceased Name: JOANNE IOMMI -SHANLEY, 48
Date of Death 09/01/2005
West Brighton native was devoted to her family
Joanne Iommi-Shanley, a native Staten Islander and systems programmer who resided in Matawan, N.J., died Thursday in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, N.J. She was 48.
The former Joanne Iommi was born in West Brighton. She was 6 years old when her mother died, and her aunt, Julia DiFortuna, helped to rear her.
As a girl, she lived in Port Richmond and Mariners Harbor, and graduated from St. Peter's Girls High School, New Brighton.
She married her high school sweetheart, Dennis A. Shanley, in 1981 and the couple moved to Huguenot in the early 1980s. They settled in Matawan 20 years ago.
"She was devoted to her family," said her husband, who added that juggling a career and family was her specialty. "She loved spending time with her daughter, and taught her through example how to be kind and caring and respectful of other people."
After receiving a degree in computer science in 1980 from Hunter College in Manhattan, Mrs. Iommi-Shanley began a 25-year career as a systems programmer for AXA Financial, Leonia, N.J. She had been a director there for one year before she stopped working in April.
A member of the National Hemophilia Association, Mrs. Iommi-Shanley helped with the Staten Island chapter's functions.
She enjoyed taking road trips with her family to Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Hawley, Pa., to the Jersey shore and other locations. She also liked to cook and read romance novels.
Mrs. Iommi-Shanley was a parishioner of St. Benedict's R.C. Church in Holmdel.
While living on the Island, she was a parishioner of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, West Brighton.
In addition to her husband, Dennis, she is survived by her daughter, Kaitlin J. Shanley; two stepbrothers, John and David Babicky, and two step-sisters, Linda Fogliani and Susan McGuinness.
The funeral will be Tuesday from the Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Port Richmond, with a mass at 11 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Brighton.
West Brighton native was devoted to her family
Joanne Iommi-Shanley, a native Staten Islander and systems programmer who resided in N.J., died Thursday in N.J. She was 48.
The former Joanne Iommi was born in West Brighton. As a girl, she lived in Port Richmond and Mariners Harbor, and graduated from St. Peter's Girls High School, New Brighton.
She married her high school sweetheart, in 1981 and the couple moved to Huguenot in the early 1980s. They settled in Matawan 20 years ago.
"She was devoted to her family," said her husband, who added that juggling a career and family was her specialty. "She loved spending time with her daughter, and taught her through example how to be kind and caring and respectful of other people."
After receiving a degree in computer science in 1980 Mrs. Iommi-Shanley began a 25-year career as a systems programmer She had been a director there for one year She also liked to cook and read romance novels.
Brighton.
The funeral will be Tuesday from the Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Port Richmond, with a mass at 11 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Brighton.
∼Staten Island Advance (NY) - September 3, 2005
Deceased Name: JOANNE IOMMI -SHANLEY, 48
Date of Death 09/01/2005
West Brighton native was devoted to her family
Joanne Iommi-Shanley, a native Staten Islander and systems programmer who resided in Matawan, N.J., died Thursday in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, N.J. She was 48.
The former Joanne Iommi was born in West Brighton. She was 6 years old when her mother died, and her aunt, Julia DiFortuna, helped to rear her.
As a girl, she lived in Port Richmond and Mariners Harbor, and graduated from St. Peter's Girls High School, New Brighton.
She married her high school sweetheart, Dennis A. Shanley, in 1981 and the couple moved to Huguenot in the early 1980s. They settled in Matawan 20 years ago.
"She was devoted to her family," said her husband, who added that juggling a career and family was her specialty. "She loved spending time with her daughter, and taught her through example how to be kind and caring and respectful of other people."
After receiving a degree in computer science in 1980 from Hunter College in Manhattan, Mrs. Iommi-Shanley began a 25-year career as a systems programmer for AXA Financial, Leonia, N.J. She had been a director there for one year before she stopped working in April.
A member of the National Hemophilia Association, Mrs. Iommi-Shanley helped with the Staten Island chapter's functions.
She enjoyed taking road trips with her family to Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Hawley, Pa., to the Jersey shore and other locations. She also liked to cook and read romance novels.
Mrs. Iommi-Shanley was a parishioner of St. Benedict's R.C. Church in Holmdel.
While living on the Island, she was a parishioner of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, West Brighton.
In addition to her husband, Dennis, she is survived by her daughter, Kaitlin J. Shanley; two stepbrothers, John and David Babicky, and two step-sisters, Linda Fogliani and Susan McGuinness.
The funeral will be Tuesday from the Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Port Richmond, with a mass at 11 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Brighton.
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