- Date Of Birth: November 8, 1932
- Date Of Death: December 17, 2019
- State: New Jersey
Dorothy S. Peeney (nee Shestko), 87, of Lavallette, NJ passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Born in Trenton, NJ, she raised her family in Fanwood, NJ and spent her summers in Lavallette since 1972 before becoming a full time resident in 2011. A graduate of Kean University, Dorothy was employed by the Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission as a Speech Therapist.
She volunteered as a Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader, was an avid gardener, lover of literature, a member of the Fanwood Senior Club, as well as the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Art Association, a parishioner of St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church in Scotch Plains, NJ, and most recently, a parishioner of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina in Lavallette, NJ.
Dorothy is survived by her loving husband James; sons Timothy and his partner Andrew Capasso of Brooklyn, NY, and Thomas and his wife Christina of Scotch Plains, NJ; her daughter Jennifer and her husband John Richardson of Branchburg, NJ; sister Ilene and her husband Edward Bulanowski of Mantoloking, NJ; and five grandchildren: Michael, Matthew, Katelyn, Thomas, and Lauren.
She is preceded in death by her parents Francis “Frank” and Marion Shestko, and her sister, Marion Zanet and her husband John Zanet.
