Jo-an Lee (Marino) Jacobs

Jo-an Lee (Marino) Jacobs, 86, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2023, with her family by her side.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, on July 23, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Marino and Lillian (Koons) Marino.

Jo-an grew up in Audubon, New Jersey. She spent much of her childhood vacationing at the Jersey shore. She attended Audubon High School. As a young woman, she found herself living at the YWCA in Philadelphia, where she would meet and live with her lifelong friends, Nancy, Anna and Rachael. While vacationing in Atlantic City, she would meet and marry Jack Jacobs in August 1959. After the youngest, Jerry, went off to school, Jo-an did dictation for the therapists at the Child Guidance Clinic of Stamford and later was an executive assistant to the owner of Goodway Tools in Stamford, where she retired from in 1995.

Though Jo-an’s mother tragically passed away when she was only 10 years old, she was an amazing and loving mother to her children, JWayne Jacobs (Claire) of Dunedin, FL, Jodi Lee Sanchioni

( John) of Norwalk, Jill Rudolf (Steve) of West Haven, and Jerry Jacobs (Mary) of Doylestown, PA. She is also survived by her beloved sister, Carol Welch; and her cherished grandchildren, Jaxson, Jacob, Amanda, Kyle, Kamryn, David; and great-grandchildren, Raymond, Adriana, Talia; niece, Erica; nephew, Austin; and great-nephew, Joey.

She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph ( Jack/ Jake) Jacobs (2004), and brother, Guy Marino (1993), and half-siblings, Nancy and Joseph. Her presence is also greatly missed by her constant four-legged companion, Bubba.

A Celebration of life will be held on Saturday, March 9, at 11:00 a.m. at Union Memorial Church, 58 Church Street, Stamford, CT.

Donations of remembrance can be made to one of her favorite charities: PAWS of Norwalk, 504 Main Street, Norwalk 06851, or Union Memorial Church, 58 Church Street, Stamford 06906.