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January 15, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, January 22, 2011 from 2-5 PM. A Funeral Service will be held at the funeral home immediately following the visiting hours at 5 PM on Saturday.
Joi Ellen Mann (nee Varcardipone), age 44 of Little Falls, died on Saturday, January 15, 2011. Joi grew up in Wayne and had lived in Little Falls for the past fifteen years.
She began her nursing career at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in 1987 as a graduate nurse in the BICU, caring for severely burned patients and it was there that she became interested in pediatrics. She became the first nurse manager of the newly established Pediatric Intensive care unit in 2000 before taking leave to care for her newborn twins. While raising her children, she worked part time as a nursing supervisor at Saint Barnabas before returning full time. Caring for children wasn’t just her passion as a mom, but it was her passion in life. She discovered her greatest joy working in the PICU at St. Barnabas, like the devoted mother that she was to her own three children, she lovingly and sincerely cared for all the ill kids in her charge. Her job provided her with an emotional reward that perhaps only another PICU nurse would truly understand, and Joi felt lucky to be there every day. She will be dearly missed not only by her coworkers, but also by the untold number of young people she nursed back to health.
As a young woman, Joi was always on the go; travelling, skiing in Europe, taking wine tasting classes, and socializing. After having children, her focus changed to being a mom and caring for her kids. She became involved in her community, the school, PTO, and essentially overindulged to the point where she felt she was doing everything she could for her kids – and then she’d do just a little bit more. She loved Mackenzie, Cameron, and Delaney with every bit of her soul and they will now have to carry her memory safely in their hearts.
Joi is survived by her three loving children: Mackenzie Elizabeth, Cameron Joseph, and Delaney Ellen, her dear mother; Ellen Varcardipone of Ocean City, Maryland, her sister; Jill Stagg and her husband George of West Milford, her nephews; Christian and Erik Stagg, and a very large, extended family of cousins, caring friends, and coworkers. She was predeceased by her dear father, Joseph Varcardipone just five short months ago, in August of 2010.
In Joi’s memory, donations to support her three children’s education would be greatly appreciated. A fund is being established and donations can be delivered to the funeral home, made payable to “Jill Stagg”. As an alternative, donations would also be appreciated to the St. Barnabas Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Fund, care of St. Barnabas Hospital.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, January 22, 2011 from 2-5 PM. A Funeral Service will be held at the funeral home immediately following the visiting hours at 5 PM on Saturday.
January 15, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, January 22, 2011 from 2-5 PM. A Funeral Service will be held at the funeral home immediately following the visiting hours at 5 PM on Saturday.
Joi Ellen Mann (nee Varcardipone), age 44 of Little Falls, died on Saturday, January 15, 2011. Joi grew up in Wayne and had lived in Little Falls for the past fifteen years.
She began her nursing career at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in 1987 as a graduate nurse in the BICU, caring for severely burned patients and it was there that she became interested in pediatrics. She became the first nurse manager of the newly established Pediatric Intensive care unit in 2000 before taking leave to care for her newborn twins. While raising her children, she worked part time as a nursing supervisor at Saint Barnabas before returning full time. Caring for children wasn’t just her passion as a mom, but it was her passion in life. She discovered her greatest joy working in the PICU at St. Barnabas, like the devoted mother that she was to her own three children, she lovingly and sincerely cared for all the ill kids in her charge. Her job provided her with an emotional reward that perhaps only another PICU nurse would truly understand, and Joi felt lucky to be there every day. She will be dearly missed not only by her coworkers, but also by the untold number of young people she nursed back to health.
As a young woman, Joi was always on the go; travelling, skiing in Europe, taking wine tasting classes, and socializing. After having children, her focus changed to being a mom and caring for her kids. She became involved in her community, the school, PTO, and essentially overindulged to the point where she felt she was doing everything she could for her kids – and then she’d do just a little bit more. She loved Mackenzie, Cameron, and Delaney with every bit of her soul and they will now have to carry her memory safely in their hearts.
Joi is survived by her three loving children: Mackenzie Elizabeth, Cameron Joseph, and Delaney Ellen, her dear mother; Ellen Varcardipone of Ocean City, Maryland, her sister; Jill Stagg and her husband George of West Milford, her nephews; Christian and Erik Stagg, and a very large, extended family of cousins, caring friends, and coworkers. She was predeceased by her dear father, Joseph Varcardipone just five short months ago, in August of 2010.
In Joi’s memory, donations to support her three children’s education would be greatly appreciated. A fund is being established and donations can be delivered to the funeral home, made payable to “Jill Stagg”. As an alternative, donations would also be appreciated to the St. Barnabas Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Fund, care of St. Barnabas Hospital.
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