to view the live service of Janice on Saturday at 10:30am
www.sacredheartparish.org which is the church website and scroll down to the black screen. As soon as the mass begins it will open up.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Janice's memory to Kids in Need Foundation.
www.kinf.org
Click here to make donation
Please wear a mask to all ceremonies.
The legend of Janice Marie Iorio began in Suffern, NY. Daughter of Edith Clifford and Joseph Iorio, she was born August 8, 1951. The oldest of five children, she helped to nurture and raise her four brothers, Richie, Joe, John and Stephen, after her mother passed when Jan was only 11 years old. Her support system included eighteen aunts and uncles, and many, many more cousins. Even today, you can’t help but drive through town and pass a house, park, or street that isn’t named after, built by, or currently housing a member of her family.
Jan attended Sacred Heart, with her best friend and cousin, JoAnne. The hilarious adventures they had together have been retold countless times, or perhaps the number of adventures themselves were countless.
Jan excelled at story telling and entertaining. Everyone knew when you went out to eat with Jan, the meal was your appetizer, the dessert was actually dinner, and the dessert was the stories that lasted until the restaurant owner would personally greet you with pleasantries such as, “we’re closed.”
Along the journey of life, Jan finally met her game, set, and match - Larry. They married in 1980, and had two kick ass children, Rob and Kim. Until Jan’s very last day, she would say she, “I am so blessed to have two amazing children.”
For Jan it was always family first, whether you were a Stern, Iorio, Clifford, Murray, Collins, Salo, Gulla, D’Ercole, Ellyson, Mamo, Buxton…
Jan spent a lifetime devoted to teaching. She taught elementary school students in multiple districts, she prepped her own children for a lifetime of success, she educated many on her political beliefs, she taught her husband to pick up after himself, and she even attempted to teach the family pet frog, Fred, how to read [There is no autocorrect in the prior sentence].
She loved her friends, family, and all of her students that became like family. She was loving, caring, and full of energy. It took cancer 14 years to finally wear her down, but until her last days, she was still teaching us all a thing or two about determination.
Janice will be missed. Parties will be quieter, stories will be less wild, and language will be more proper. However, she will not be forgotten, because we all have stories of Jan, and it is time to let her live on through them.