DeAnna Lee Pasciuto (nee Stark), age 38 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Monday January 15, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer and while receiving the loving care of her family.

DeAnna was born to Joann and Thomas Stark and was raised in Ledgewood, NJ. She graduated from Morris Catholic High School with the class of 1997. DeAnna went on to further her education at Richard Stockton University in Galloway Township. Here she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and her Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy. After earning her degrees she went to work for Advanced Rehabilitation Therapy in Springfield, NJ where she worked for eight years. DeAnna then earned a position at Atlantic Healthcare in Morristown where she was employed for nearly three years until her illness prevented her from returning to work.

During the summer of 2005, DeAnna was introduced to a young man by the name of Mike Pasciuto by a mutual friend. Not many people expect very much from a blind date, however, as fate would have it, DeAnna and Mike fell in love, dated for a few years, engaged in February of 2007, and were married on August 15, 2008. Their marriage ceremony was in St Therese Church in Succasunna, NJ. DeAnna and Mike first lived in Morris Plains after getting married, and lived there for two years. Then in 2010 they moved to Packanack Lake in Wayne where they have resided for the last eight years and where both of their children were born.

DeAnna was extremely active in the Packanack community where she was known and loved by many people. You would be exceedingly hard-pressed to find anyone that disliked DeAnna. Not only did DeAnna coach but also played in the Adult Soccer League in her community. She was an avid New York Giants fan and “adopted” the New York Yankees to make her husband Mike happy. DeAnna was also a music fan and was particularly fond of “The Boss” Bruce Springsteen. Her family remembers the many summers at the Jersey Shore house they owned in Point Pleasant, as well as the winters spent snowboarding and vacations in Cape Coral, Florida.

DeAnna loved and cared for so many people and truly enjoyed planning and hosting parties and events at her home. DeAnna was very strong and passionate about everything that she did in her life. Her family remembers her also being a visionary, she always planned her future with great thought. She was such a “strong” woman, that her husband Mike nicknamed her “Rocky.” Mike’s and DeAnna’s family recalls never having met someone stronger than DeAnna. Aside from all of DeAnna’s interests, talents, and hobbies, nothing was more important to her than caring, nurturing, and spending time with her family. She and Mike both cherished their ten years of loving and loyal marriage together. DeAnna was an extraordinary person who touched the lives of many people. She was taken too soon from this life and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.

DeAnna is survived by her husband Mike Pasciuto of Wayne, her son Anthony Pasciuto of Wayne, her daughter Ava Pasciuto of Wayne, her sister Dawn Gessner, and Husband Steve Gessner of Walkersville, MD, her parents; Joann and Thomas Stark of Hazelton, PA formerly of Ledgewood, her mother-in-law and father-in-law Richard and Johanna Pasciuto of Haworth, NJ, her brother-in-law Stephen Pasciuto, his wife Nancy Pasciuto of Hillsdale, NJ, and brother-in-law Richard Pasciuto and his husband Larry Pasciuto of Ridgefield Park, NJ, as well as a large extended family.

Those planning a donation in DeAnna’s name are asked to consider St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959, or March of Dimes Foundation, Donation Processing Center, P.O. Box 673667, Marietta, GA 30006.