Patricia R. Jankowski, 65, Loved Family Vacations at the Beach
Patricia R. Jankowski (née Pennell) age 65, of Avon, surrounded at home by loving family, peacefully succumbed to her illness on the evening of Friday, 13 November 2020, following a valiant, hard fought battle.
Pat, loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and friend was born on 4 May 1955 in Pontiac, Michigan and grew up a short distance away in Walled Lake, Michigan. She graduated from Walled Lake Western High School in 1973 and went on to attend Eastern Michigan University and later Lorain Business College, where she earned an associate degree in accounting. Pat married her husband, Don, and moved to Ohio in 1975 where she has resided ever since. Pat had a more than 25 year career as the Business Office manager for Catholic Charities Health and Human Services Corporation for the Cleveland Diocese before retiring from her position in 2018. She loved family vacations at the beach but mostly she loved being the grandmother of five. She was always willing to lend a hand and was full of love for, and loved by, nearly everyone she knew. This wonderful lady of tremendous heart, one who held a great care and compassion for others, will forever be sorely missed.
Pat is survived by her beloved husband of 45 years, Rev. Mr. Donald M. Jankowski, two sons, Eric Jankowski (Viktoria) of Alexandria, Virginia, and Matthew Jankowski (Diana) of Cleveland, Ohio, grandchildren Brody, Nina, Silas, Heidi and Cole Jankowski, mother Donna Pennell of Avon, Ohio, sister Connie (Charles) Miller of Ceresco, Michigan as well as many cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews who reside in Ohio, Michigan and around the nation.
Pat was preceded in death by her father, Sherll F. Pennell, her paternal grandparents, Frank and Elva Pennell and her maternal grandparents, Stuart and Jessie Walls.
Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, all services will be private, but the Mass will be live streamed on Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, Avon Lake Facebook page 11 AM Monday December 7, 2020. Arrangements by Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Memorial contributions in Pat’s name can be made to The Hospice of the Western Reserve, 17876 St. Clair Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44110 www.hospicewr.org
For further information or to send on-line condolences, please visit www.bognerfamilyfuneralhome.com.