JoAnne Ruttenberg Weiss
RUTTENBERG WEISS: JoAnne Ruttenberg Weiss passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012, in her home, with her family at her side, in Boynton Beach, Fla. She was born September 25, 1941, in Washington, daughter of Frances Cohen Ruttenberg and granddaughter of Sam and Pearl Cohen. Mrs. Weiss was the wife of Sidney “Sid” H. Weiss of Carnegie for 48 years; the mother of William (Dana) Weiss of Marlboro, N.J.; and mother of twin daughters Sharon (Sean) Lalloway of Brookfield, Conn., and Sandra (Stuart) Sharpe of Atlanta, Ga. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Eden and Logan Weiss, Katie and Jake Lalloway and Francine and Hannah Sharpe; sister Harriet (Dennis) Gould of Washington; and many relatives and friends. She graduated from Washington High School in 1959. She then went on to graduate from nursing school and worked at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh before moving to Queens, N.Y., with her husband, Sidney, and son Billy. Her twin daughters, Sharon and Sandra, were born in New York. There, she continued her nursing career at UpJohn Health Care in New York and enjoyed volunteer work in that field. In 1999, she and her husband started spending their winters in Boynton Beach, Fla., and made this their permanent residence in 2010. Mrs. Weiss had a passion for life and enjoyed her family and friends. She also enjoyed traveling, vacationing on cruise ships, shopping, meeting people, planning parties, ceramics, playing canasta and especially her yearly trip to Ocean City, Md., with her family. Family request any contributions be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33409 www.hpbcf.org
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