Joann M Raghanti

Joann M. Raghanti, passed peacefully Thursday morning October 24, 2024, at the Hospice House, with her loving family by her side.

Joann was born July 12, 1935, in Youngstown, the daughter of the late George L. & Eleanor A. McGee Rubenstahl, and was a lifelong area resident.

She graduated from South High School class of 1953 and St. Elizabeth School of Nursing in 1956.

Joann was a nurse for 40 years at St. Elizabeth Hospital until her retirement in 1997. After her retirement, she was an office nurse for Dr. Molloy and Dr. Smith and volunteered through Hospice of the Valley. She lived to serve others and provided strength, wisdom, and care for everyone she encountered. 

Devoted to her faith, Joann was a longtime member of Saint Charles Church, the  Ladies Guild, and the Bereavement Ministry.  Her husband Alfred P. Raghanti, whom she married May 2, 1964, passed away November 30, 2012.  She leaves to cherish her memory, her children Joseph (Susann) Raghanti, John (Tracey) Raghanti, and Mary Ann (Christopher Barton) Raghanti, daughter-in-law Cynthia Raghanti, and stepchildren Ralph Raghanti and Rose Ann Grubb, sisters Judith Ortsey and Eleanor Anderson, brother George “Skip” (Beverly) Rubenstahl, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by son David Raghanti and sister Roberta A. “Bobbie” Lenhart. Friends may call from 2 to 4 Sunday Oct 27 at the Fox Funeral Home, Boardman.   A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Msgr. John Zuraw at 11A.M.  Monday Oct 28 at St. Charles Church.  Joann’s family respectfully suggests material tributes be made in her memory to Hospice of the Valley, 9803 Sharrott Rd, Poland, Ohio  44514

Family and friends may call from 2 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday October 27, 2024, at the Fox Funeral Home, Boardman, a mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 a.m. celebrated by Very Rev. Msgr. John A. Zuraw. She will be laid to rest with her husband at Calvary Cemetery.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Edward J. Fox & Sons Funeral Home, 4700 Market St. Boardman.

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