Age 25, of Batavia, died Sunday July 15, 2012 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. She was born October 14, 1986 in Fern Park, FL, a daughter of Martha (Winer) Pontillo of New Mexico and the late James V. Pontillo Jr.
Jeanne graduated in 2005 from Batavia High School with a regent's diploma and was voted most inproved in her senior year. A member of the Faith Community Chapel and its choir, she volunteered at the Gensee County Nursing Home and did mission work in Honduras, Mexico, Belize & Texas with her brother Jimmy. Jeanne was always of sound mind and full of grace, kind, generous and forgiving. She had a love of children and they loved her, Jeanne was fascinated by the Japanese and Egyptian cultures and someday hoped to visit both.
Surviving along with her mother is her brothers, Jimmy of Byron, Luke of New Mexico, sister Corrina (Jeff) Holmes of New Mexico and half-brother Nicholas of LeRoy; paternal grandmother Jeanne E. Pontillo of LeRoy; maternal grandmother Mercedes B. Winer of San Diego, CA; special great uncle Jim Eichelberger of Maryland, uncles Eric & David Winer both of San Diego; nieces Ariel Pontillo of Byron & Amorah Holmes of New Mexico along with many cousins and friends.
Family and friends may visit from 3-7 PM on Friday July 20 at the Michael S. Tomaszewski Funeral & Cremation Chapel, LLC 4120 West Main Street Road Batavia, New York 14020 where a Celebration of her Life will be held 11:00 AM Saturday July 21. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery and in lieu of flowers memorials in Jeanne's memory are suggested to the family to be used for her favorite charity. For more information please call Michael at (585)343-7500.
THE FAMILY OF JEANNE VERONICA PONTILLO IS BEING CARED FOR BY THE MICHAEL S. TOMASZEWSKI FUNERAL & CREMATION CHAPEL, LLC 4120 WEST MAIN STREET ROAD BATAVIA, NEW YORK 14020.
