Obituary of Doreen Ann Spinelli

Doreen Ann (Nicolosi) Spinelli, 76, of Monroe Township, NJ, passed away, surrounded by her family, on April 28, 2025, after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Doreen was born in Sea Isle City, NJ, and raised in Dorothy and Vineland, NJ. She was a 1966 graduate of Sacred Heart High School and a 1970 graduate from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) with a degree in teaching. She taught for 38 years in Millville, Our Lady of Mercy Academy, and the Vineland school systems, focusing on elementary, English, history, adult education, and English as a Second Language. Doreen was recognized by her students of all ages and her fellow educators for her teaching skills, including being recognized as "Teacher of the Year." She touched many lives from primary education to adult learners, and she enjoyed seeing, hearing from, and catching up with her former students. Doreen loved to travel, especially to Hawaii, and she loved going to the beach. She was an avid shopper, scrap booker, and researcher of family history and genealogy - her family's history and anyone who showed an interest in learning their own. She made friends everywhere and anywhere she went. She was the center of the family, a cherished special friend, and is loved and will be missed by her family and her friends, old and new. Doreen is survived by her husband of 52 years, Charles A. Spinelli; her three children, Stefanie D. Spinelli-Kreider (Karl), Debra L. Spinelli, and Gregory C. Spinelli (Lynn), and five grandchildren, Emeline Kreider, Ava Kreider, Jacoby Spinelli, Samantha Spinelli, and Jameson Spinelli. She is also survived by her brother Anthony Nicolosi (Sharon); sisters Cheryl Nicolosi and Donna Procopio (Joseph), and many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and friends. Doreen is predeceased by her parents Anthony and Sophie Nicolosi, and her in-laws, Angelo and Julia Spinelli. PLEASE NO FLOWERS as the cemetery disposes of them. For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Doreen's honor to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, www.pancan.org or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, www.stjude.org A funeral home visitation will be held on Monday evening, May 5th from 6pm to 8pm at Rone Funeral Service, 1110 East Chestnut Avenue, Vineland, NJ and at the church on Tuesday morning, May 6th from 9:45am to 10:45am followed by a funeral mass at 11am from Christ The Good Shepherd Parish - Church Of Sacred Heart, 1010 East Landis Avenue, Vineland. Entombment will follow in All Saints Cemetery, Newfield. ARRANGEMENTS are under the supervision of Rone Funeral Service, 1110 East Chestnut Avenue, Vineland, NJ 08360 To send online condolences please visit our website at www.RONEFUNERALSERVICE.com