JoAnn Dube Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

On Monday, September 2, 2019, at 7:48 am JoAnn Dubé passed away in our apartment in Los Angeles, CA. We moved out to California from Florida to be closer to our adult children once we received her terminal diagnosis. She was a loving and devoted mother to her three children; Mia, Jack, and Christy, as well as a loving and devoted wife to her husband, Deacon Serge, of 23 years. JoAnn was born on January 13, 1947, in Canaan, CT. She received her degree from Southern Connecticut State University in Art Education. After college, she spent one year in New York City exploring fashion design but did not find the city life to her satisfaction so returned home to the northwest corner of CT to teach art for one year at the high school level. Her artistic passion though was better channeled in designing and building homes, taking after her father, Fiorello Segalla who was a builder. JoAnn’s children were the center, light, and love of her life. She designed and built homes, created rental properties, and for a time started home daycare so she could have the time to devote to the raising of her children. In the Summer of 1997, JoAnn and Deacon Serge with their children moved to the east coast of Florida, Jupiter/Palm Beach Gardens area, which would be their permanent location for the next 22 years. Mia, Jack and Christy, after graduation, all ended up moving to California. JoAnn had a passion for life. She loved babies and puppies and was overjoyed the four years that we were able to breed and raise Golden Retrievers. The Bible verse that embodied JoAnn’s life is from Micah 6:8: “You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with our God.” JoAnn believed in the dignity of all life from the moment of conception until natural death. All life at every stage she felt ought to be afforded the right to be taken care of and treated with dignity and respect. She was passionate about justice for all people. JoAnn showed this in her everyday encounters with people striving to reach out with a smile, a simple compliment of affirmation, or to help someone solve a problem. Her ministry at our parish of St Peter was as a greeter, so it was a natural fit for her. She believed very strongly in every problem having a solution and worked tirelessly to find that solution. She also loved to give gifts to people whether that was in small material ways or through her acts of kindness. JoAnn believed our purpose here on earth is to love one another. This was on full display right up until the final days of her life, when Hospice nurses came in eight-hour shifts to take care of her the last week. She constantly was making sure they were comfortable, had enough to eat, not too cold and the like. One of her greatest joys over the past two years was being a part of our weekly small group at St Peter Catholic Church. The friendships and relationships she developed there were invaluable to her and were such a blessing. JoAnn will be deeply missed as she has touched many hearts with her gentle ways of doing small things with great love. Yet she will continue to be a part of our lives and be with us when we do the same. As we catch the eye of another person we can smile, if there is someone in need we can provide our presence, we can reach out to encourage one another through affirming and lifting each other up. In each of these ways and more, the legacy JoAnn leaves us is to love, love, love. The funeral arrangements for JoAnn are as follows: Visitation times will be Friday, September 13 from 6:30-8:30 pm and the prayer service will be from 7:30 - 8:00. Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home 250 Center Street Jupiter, FL 33458 The Funeral Mass will be Saturday, September 14 and beginning at 10:00 am. St Peter Catholic Church 1701 Indian Creek Parkway Jupiter, FL 33458 Interment will follow the Mass, JoAnn's body will be taken via police escort to: Our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery 10941 Southern Blvd Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 All are invited to attend a luncheon reception to be held in the St Peter Catholic Church Parish Hall at approximately 1:30. Same directions as above for funeral Mass. If you are not able to attend the funeral Mass in person, the Mass will be live-streamed online at the Church: Type in - https://stpeterjupiter.com On the top menu bar, hover over the word - watch Left-click on the first option - Live Streaming Then you ought to be good to go! In lieu of flowers: JoAnn has always been very practical. She would much rather that we donate the money that we would have spent on purchasing flowers to save lives. Please donate to the St Jude Children's Research Hospital in JoAnn Dube's name. The site is stjude.org and they have a donation page. They will ask for our email, you can use jsdube4765@comcast.net or serge.dube@cardinalnewman.com.

JoAnn Dube

January 13, 1947 - September 2, 2019