Joanne V. Cipolla

Visitation for Joanne V. Cipolla (nee Speciale), 93, of Lake Zurich, will be held Tuesday, August 14, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral Mass, 11:00 a.m. at S. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 33. S. Buesching Rd., Lake Zurich. Father David Ryan will officiate. An Interment in Transfiguration Cemetery, Wauconda, will follow.

Joanne was born February 22, 1925 in Chicago, and passed away August 8, 2018 in Florissant, Missouri.

She was the Beloved wife of the late Sam Cipolla; loving mother of Terri (Ken) Schmalbeck and Jerry (late Jeannette) Cipolla; loving grandmother of Michelle Schmalbeck, Angela (Matthew) Cypret, Tony (Melissa) Patano and Karla Patano; loving great-grandmother of Maxx, Niko and Rylon Patano and Neenah Gomez; dear daughter of the late Felippo and Consiglia (nee Garifo) Speciale; fond sister of the late Frank & Joseph Speciale and the late Mary Sahli.

In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated to the Alzheimers Association, 225 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60601, www.alz.org, or to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, www.stjude.org.