- Date Of Birth: December 31, 1928
- Date Of Death: May 10, 2017
- State: New Jersey
Jacqueline M. “Jackie” DiFronzo (nee Rhyne), age 88 of Burlington, passed away on Wednesday May 10, 2017 at Lakeview Rehabilitation & Care Center in Wayne, NJ. Mrs. Di Fronzo was born in Dallas, NC and graduated from Dallas High School in 1947. She had been a homemaker all of her married years and an active parishioner of St. Paul’s Church in Burlington.
Jackie was a Past President of; St. Paul’s School PTA and the now defunct Woman’s Club of Burlington. She was a member of the St. Paul’s Young at Heart Club and volunteered her time in the St. Paul’s School Cafeteria for many years. At home she loved to bake and was an avid bridge player. Jackie is the widow of her late husband, James DiFronzo.
She is the mother of Jamie & her husband Peter VanGilst of Glenwood, NJ, the late Francine Cathcart & her husband Edwin Cathcart of Denton, MD. Mrs. DiFronzo is the proud grandmother of Erik & his wife Brooke VanGilst of Drums, PA, Jessica & her husband William Dehn of Kinnelon, NJ, Peter J. VanGilst of Sussex, NJ, Lauren & her husband John Baio of Denton, MD, Edwin Cathcart of Burlington and great grandmother of Riley, Jake and Brad VanGilst. Johnny & Hope Baio. Jackie si also survived and will be sadly missed by her siblings; Mary Louise Huggins of Dallas, NC, Nancy & her husband John Merck of Charlotte, NC and Louis & his wife Sally DiFronzo of National Park, NJ.
