Jeanne Whitney

August 27, 1927 - January 19, 2020

WHITNEY (nee Shaffer), Jeanne – 92, of Hammonton, NJ died on January 19, 2020 at Voorhees Senior Living in Voorhees Twp., NJ. She was born in Jersey City, NJ. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Lillian (nee Ramsay) Shaffer, her brothers Charles, Robert and Harold Shaffer. Her husband Bernard W. Whitney, father of her five children, died in 1978. She married Luther Katinos in 1983, who predeceased her in 1993. Jeanne is survived by her children: Bernard J. Whitney (Melinda) of Maggie Valley, NC, Kathleen Whitney Barr (Stephen) of Newark, DE, Maureen Depalma (Mark) of Hammonton, NJ, Kevin J. Whitney (Lainie) of Hammonton, NJ and Adrienne J. Esposito (Andrew) of Hammonton, NJ, one sister, Audrey Belter (Neal) of Fort Mill, SC, ten grandchildren: Thomas Barr (Christina), Gregory Barr (Annemarie), Victoria Barr, Elizabeth Barr, Lucy Barr, David DePalma (Colleen), Kevin Whitney II, Jillian Plavchak (Eric), Kellen Whitney, MacKenzie Esposito, one great-grandson: Hunter John Plavchak, and eleven nieces and nephews. Jeanne went to Glassboro State College in the 1970’s. She graduated as a school librarian and reading specialist for grades K - 8. She was on the dean’s list which was inspiring to her children. Her teaching career extended throughout the South Jersey area. For much of her career she worked as a remedial math and reading teacher contracted by the State of NJ to work in Catholic schools. Jeanne enjoyed socializing, music, dancing and traveling to foreign countries. She volunteered at the USO on Governor’s Island, NY, the Welcome Wagon in Hammonton, NJ and Parents Without Partners in the Mays Landing Chapter Board. She also was a member at St. Joseph Church and the Winslow Twp. Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary. Mom will be greatly missed by her family and always remembered for her one-liners and zingers but most especially for always wishing everyone “Sweet Dreams”. To celebrate Jeanne’s life, Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday (Jan. 24th) at 11:30am in St. Joseph’s Church, 226 French St., Hammonton where the family will receive friends prior to Mass from 10am until 11:20am. Interment will follow in Germania Cemetery, Egg Harbor City. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to benefit the American Lung Association through “In Memory Of” for acknowledgement and convenience purposes by visiting www.inmemof.org/jeanne-whitney (Spilker Funeral Home, Cape May) info and condolences: spilkerfuneralhome.com