MARY JO EDDY PADACH - 82 HACKETTSTOWN, NJ-MARY JO PADACH OF HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, FORMERLY OF YOUNGSTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA, DIED ON MAY 31 FOLLOWING A ONE YEAR ILLNESS. SHE WAS BORN IN 1925 IN YOUNGSTOWN, THE DAUGHTER OF MAURICE F. EDDY AND LILLIAN NORRIS EDDY ROCHE. WHILE LIVING IN YOUNGSTOWN SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. EDWARD'S CHURCH; FOLLOWING HER MARRIAGE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. CHARLES. SHE MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1966 WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL 2005 WHEN SHE MOVED TO A RETIREMENT VILLAGE IN HACKETTSTOWN, NJ TO BE CLOSER TO HER DAUGHTER. MARY JO WAS A 1943 GRADUATE OF URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER RAISING HER FAMILY SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE WAS SELECTED FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY. SHE THEN GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM BRYN MAWR COLLEGE WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES. FOLLOWING HER GRADUATION SHE MAINTAINED A PRIVATE COUNSELING PRACTICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN ADDITION TO HER PRIVATE PRACTICE SHE VOLUNTEERED SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK AT THE LOCAL LIBRARY. SHE WAS ALSO THE EDITOR OF THE MONTHLY WEATHERSTONE TOWNHOUSE NEWSLETTER IN PAOLI, PENNSYLVANIA FOR 25 YEARS. MARY JO LOVED BOOKS AND LEARNING AND WAS AN AVID READER. HER LIFE WAS FILLED WITH A SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE, A SEARCH FOR INWARD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, SHARING MUCH OF WHAT SHE LEARNED WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, OFTEN INCLUDING HER FAVORITE VERSES AND QUOTES IN HER LETTERS AND CARDS TO HER MANY FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES. SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH HER TWO GRANDCHILDREN WHEN THEY LIVED ON LONG ISLAND AND IN BUFFALO AND NEW JERSEY. HER FAVORITE PLACES WERE WATCHING THE SUNSETS ON LAKE ERIE, GOING TO THE JERSEY SHORE WITH THE FAMILY AND ATTENDING NUMEROUS PLAYS AND CONCERTS. SHE ALSO LOVED BRIDGE AND PLAYING GOLF. HER HUSBAND, PHILIP, WHOM SHE MARRIED IN 1947 DIED IN 1979; HER SON KENNETH PADACH, M.D. DIED IN 1997. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, JEFFREY PADACH OF PHILADELPHIA, PA AND KEVIN PADACH OF DENVER, CO.; A DAUGHTER CAROL (ERNIE) WICHERT OF HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, AND TWO GRANDSONS, PETER WICHERT OF HACKETTSTOWN, AN EMPLOYEE OF IBM AND CHRIS WICHERT WHO CURRENTLY ATTENDS EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY IN DAYTONA BEACH. FL. A SISTER PATRICIA EDDY, FORMER NURSING ADMINISTRATOR AT TRUMBULL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT ROBINSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESIDES IN BOARDMAN. BESIDES HER HUSBAND AND SON, SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS. TWO BROTHERS PAUL EDDY IN 1966 AND JIM EDDY IN 1997, AND HER STEP-BROTHER CHUCK ROCHE IN 2002. A MEMORIAL MASS WILL BE HELD AT ST. CHRISTINE CHURCH AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 7. THE FAMILY REQUESTS MATERIAL TRIBUTES BE IN THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BEATITUDE HOUSE, 238 TOD LANE AVENUE, YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44504.