Mary Ann Wenner DeMeo
October 28, 2011
Mary Ann Wenner DeMeo died peacefully on Friday, October 28, 2011, at the United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Township. She was a month short of her 89th birthday.
Mary and her husband, Tom, were longtime residents of Price Street, Kingston, before relocating to Wesley Village. She was born on November 25, 1922, to Michael and Anna Wenner in Wilkes-Barre.
Following her graduation from Coughlin High School in 1940, Mary moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., where she met Silvio "Tom" DeMeo. They were married January 3, 1942, in Brooklyn.
During World War II, Mary worked for the Dupont Company in the Empire State Building, and later enlisted in the Navy and worked at the Oakland Navy Yard in California.
Following the war, Mary attended Barnard College in New York City, but left when she became pregnant with her first child, as at that time "pregnant women did not attend college." Mary and Tom moved to the Wilkes-Barre area and raised a family. Following the Agnes flood of 1972, she worked for the Bureau of Veterans Appeals in Wilkes-Barre for many years. Mary loved opera and the theater, was an enthusiastic reader and a longtime member of a hiking club. She especially enjoyed travel, often meeting her children in Europe, Asia or Africa. In addition to these long sojourns, she always enjoyed going back to New York City.
Her husband, Tom, passed away in September 2010; they were married 68 years.
She was the mother of four children, Pat Greenfield, Exeter; Nancy LeBaron, Washington, D.C.; Tom DeMeo, Portland, Ore., and Cate Kelly, West Chester, Pa. She was also the beloved grandmother of 10 grandchildren, Becky Rusek, Haverford, Pa.; Emily Jordan and Chris LeBaron, Washington, D.C.; Patrick, Grace, Jeanne and Luke DeMeo, Portland Ore.; and Erin, John and Tommy Kelly, West Chester, Pa. She also had two great-grandchildren, Sam and Abby Rusek, Haverford, Pa.
A private Memorial Funeral Mass will be celebrated by the family in West Chester, Pa., at Thanksgiving.
Mary will be entombed at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
The family wishes to thank the staff of Wesley Village and Heartland Hospice.
Published in Times Leader on October 31, 2011.
Mary Ann Wenner DeMeo
October 28, 2011
Mary Ann Wenner DeMeo died peacefully on Friday, October 28, 2011, at the United Methodist Homes, Wesley Village Campus, Jenkins Township. She was a month short of her 89th birthday.
Mary and her husband, Tom, were longtime residents of Price Street, Kingston, before relocating to Wesley Village. She was born on November 25, 1922, to Michael and Anna Wenner in Wilkes-Barre.
Following her graduation from Coughlin High School in 1940, Mary moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., where she met Silvio "Tom" DeMeo. They were married January 3, 1942, in Brooklyn.
During World War II, Mary worked for the Dupont Company in the Empire State Building, and later enlisted in the Navy and worked at the Oakland Navy Yard in California.
Following the war, Mary attended Barnard College in New York City, but left when she became pregnant with her first child, as at that time "pregnant women did not attend college." Mary and Tom moved to the Wilkes-Barre area and raised a family. Following the Agnes flood of 1972, she worked for the Bureau of Veterans Appeals in Wilkes-Barre for many years. Mary loved opera and the theater, was an enthusiastic reader and a longtime member of a hiking club. She especially enjoyed travel, often meeting her children in Europe, Asia or Africa. In addition to these long sojourns, she always enjoyed going back to New York City.
Her husband, Tom, passed away in September 2010; they were married 68 years.
She was the mother of four children, Pat Greenfield, Exeter; Nancy LeBaron, Washington, D.C.; Tom DeMeo, Portland, Ore., and Cate Kelly, West Chester, Pa. She was also the beloved grandmother of 10 grandchildren, Becky Rusek, Haverford, Pa.; Emily Jordan and Chris LeBaron, Washington, D.C.; Patrick, Grace, Jeanne and Luke DeMeo, Portland Ore.; and Erin, John and Tommy Kelly, West Chester, Pa. She also had two great-grandchildren, Sam and Abby Rusek, Haverford, Pa.
A private Memorial Funeral Mass will be celebrated by the family in West Chester, Pa., at Thanksgiving.
Mary will be entombed at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
The family wishes to thank the staff of Wesley Village and Heartland Hospice.
Published in Times Leader on October 31, 2011.
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