My
stay on earth is over,
Jesus
has called me Home.
Our
Blessed Mother (Ann) was
there
to meet me, No more
on Earth shall I roam.
I
am with the Angels in Paradise,
Where
lasting happiness abides.
I
kiss the precious Golden
Key
That opens Heaven’s
door
to Eternity.
My prayers will always be with
You
To help you on Life’s journey.
Just
call on me when needing help,
I’ll
give your plea to Jesus myself.
When
your earthly life is over,
And
Jesus calls you Home,
I’ll
be there to welcome you -
What
bliss to see you come!
Nancy Kathryn Dunn (Pitonak), 78,
of Barrington, NJ, departed us unexpectedly, yet peacefully
on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at Our Lady of Lourdes in Camden,
NJ surrounded by love as she unfolded in the universe welcomed by Ann + John.
Nancy was born in Philadelphia, PA to Ann and John on Monday, June 26, 1944, and lived at 2657 N. Bancroft Street until 1952, 811 W. Indiana Avenue until 1967, 5914 Tabor Avenue for two years, shifting to New Jersey for the balance of her life. Mom attended St. Bonaventure grammar school, went to high school at Little Flower and graduated in 1962. She went on to work as a counselor at the American Girl Temporary Employment Center in Philadelphia and spent summers on the Washington Avenue beach in Margate, NJ with her girlfriends. Nancy was married in 1969 and raised her son at home until 1977 to begin working at the Gloucester County Educational Commission and in 1980 started at West Jersey Hospital (Virtua) in the Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) in Voorhees, NJ and retired after 26 years. Nancy dedicated the next years of her life to care for her beloved mother Ann at home in Barrington, NJ until her passing in 2007.
Nancy is survived by her son, Blanton Dunn of Swarthmore, PA, grandsons Hudson and Grey Dunn of Swarthmore, PA; her brothers Jack (Petra) Pitonak of Tucson, AZ and Joseph (Mary) Pitonak of Southampton, PA; her nieces and nephews: Neal Pitonak of Tucson, AZ, Sean (Debbie) Pitonak of Burlingame, CA; Melissa Pitonak of Southampton, PA, Geraldine (Matt) Sykes of Chalfont, PA, Christine Fetterolf (Pitonak) of Southampton, PA, Joseph Pitonak of Southampton, PA; great-nieces and nephews: Claire and Rachel Pitonak (Sean); Danny and Jackie Sykes (Gerri), Stephanie and Ryan (Tailor) Fetterolf (Christine); life-long childhood/school friends, friends, neighbors, mom’s work family at MICU and her dear, long-time friend Dennis Gilles of Barrington, NJ.
Nancy is survived by her former spouse Blanton Dunn and his family; sisters: Lillian Mancini (Dunn) of Burlington, NJ and Catherine Balducci (Dunn) of Haddonfield, NJ, her nieces and nephews: Michael (Penny) Mancini of Haddonfield, NJ, Patrick (Debbie) Mancini of Pottstown, PA, Tommy (Geanine) Mancini of Burlington, NJ, Richard (Julie) of Harleysville, PA, Joseph Mancini of Burderim, Queensland, Australia, Kathleen (Joel) Eden (Mancini) of Haddonfield, NJ; Dominic (Debbie) Balducci of Voorhees, NJ, Samuel Balducci of Haddonfield, NJ, Ronald Balducci of Haddonfield, NJ and Cathy (Tommy) Bertini of Voorhees, NJ.
Nancy is preceded in death by her mother Ann (Wiest) and her father John (1991) Pitonak; her former parent-in-laws: S. Blanton and Francis (Butler) Dunn of Haddonfield; former brother-in-laws: Samuel Balducci (Catherine) and Thomas Mancini (Lillian), Ronald Mancini, Jr (Ronald), and her adored friend Regina Twisdale.
Mom’s wishes
are to forgo a viewing, be cremated: “One half of my ashes are to be spread
over my Mother and Father’s graves [at Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem, PA]. The
rest of my ashes are to be sprinkled in the ocean at Washington Ave. in
Margate, NJ.”
Fertig Funeral
Home in Mullica Hill, NJ arranged the cremation at Lake Park, in
Swedesboro, NJ. Interment private. In due time, if appropriate, plans to be
determined and announced.
Love,
love, love, Hudson, Grey + Blanton