Jo Ann and Trish at Trish's Wedding

Trish always called her mom our shining star and so it was with a feeling of great satisfaction that I found that by contacting the International Star Registry that a star could be named for Jo Ann. The naming is as of January 12, 2004, the day she went home to God.

I thought about it many times while she was alive, but somehow never found/made the time to do it. She'd have loved that and I really wish I'd done it sooner.

"Jo Ann absolutely LOVED life! She squeezed more out of the ordinary day than anyone I ever knew. She simply LOVED the act of living". .....

"She was SO loved by everyone, that I can't even begin to articulate most of the examples, but I'm attaching a copy of a letter from the seven year-old girl who used to live next door. The picture was on the other side of the letter. This child's mother handed the letter to me as we came into the back of the church for Jo Ann's funeral Mass. I read it in the limousine, between the church and the cemetery. "Out of the mouths of babes……" ( See Rebecca's letter and Rebecca's Story)

..."Jo Ann Piscitello Wendelken went to heaven at 1:57PM on Monday, January 12, 2004. She died peacefully, surrounded by people who loved her, my daughter holding her right hand, with me holding her left."

"What a loss! I'm certain that we'll survive, but I have no idea how. "

The above quotes are excerpted from "Jo Ann's Story". Click HERE to see the full text.

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