Joanne M. Toomey

Albany, NY-Joanne Marie Skelly Toomey, 93, was born in Albany, NY on April 27, 1931 to Edna Leddy and Joseph J. Skelly, entered Eternal Life Monday, June 17, 2024 at Albany Medical Center Hospital with her family at her bedside. Joanne was a loving wife and proud mother to nine children, grandmother to 13 grandchildren, and great grandmother to four great grandchildren. Joanne attended Vincentian Grammer School, Vincentian High School, and The College of St. Rose. She was a teacher at St. Teresa of Avila Grammer School and Lansingburgh High School. She was a Lector and Eucharistic Minister at St. Teresa of Avila and Mater Christi parishes. Joanne also taught religious education and confirmation classes at Mater Christi. She was a confirmation sponsor to numerous grandchildren and family members. Joanne was appointed by Governor Carey to the New York State Governor’s Commission for Developmental Disabilities (NYS Council on Developmental Disabilities). She served on the parents teachers association at St. Teresa of Avila and as president of the CBA Mother’s Auxiliary. She was involved for many years with the Pre-Cana classes. Joanne served as a dedicated member of the Mater Christi Funeral Planning team. Joanne was a woman of great faith. She valued the spiritual bonding she shared with her daily morning Mass friends. She was always very supportive of whatever events her children and grandchildren were involved in. She could be seen at numerous CYO basketball games, volleyball matches and crew events as well as being a decades long mainstay at CBA basketball games. In her early married years she enjoyed Fall trips to Lake Placid. Since the early 1970’s she cherished the family vacations spent at her favorite destination, Lake St. Catherine, VT. It was at Lake St. Catherine where she shared her love for the Lake with her grandchildren who in turn have found a great joy in being at the Lake. Joanne was the beloved wife for 67 years of the late William A. Toomey, Jr, whom she married on January 6, 1953; cherished mother of Bill, Nancy (Jack) Spillane, Jim, Meg (John) Capozzola, Joe (Kathy), Paul (Lisa), Maura, and John (Ashley) and the late Mary Beth Toomey Dunne; mother-in-law of Phil Dunne; grandmother of Bridget (Andrew) Holbrook, Matthew (Sarah) Spillane, Kevin (Juliann) Spillane, Ellen (Kevin) King, Catherine (Gary Root) Capozzola, Shannon Capozzola, Connor Toomey, Joe Toomey, Faith Skibbee (Josh), Maeve (Trevor Ryan) Toomey, Kean Toomey, Quinn Toomey and Ryan Toomey; great grandmother of Adelaide Skibbee, Rosalie and Jack Spillane, and Anna Holbrook. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with Joanne’s family Thursday, June 20, 2024 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at McVeigh Funeral Home, 208 North Allen Street, Albany, NY 12206. Please enter the funeral home from the rear parking lot entrance only. Funeral services Friday, June 21, 2024 at 9:00 am at The Parish of Mater Christi, 40 Hopewell Street (Rev. Kenneth Doyle Way), Albany, NY 12208 where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated. The Funeral Mass will be live streamed at YouTube.com/C/parishofmaterchristi The Rite of Committal will be held at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY immediately following the Mass. To leave a message for the family please visit www.McveighFuneralHome.com Those wishing to remember Joanne in a special way may send a contribution to either the Wildwood Foundation, 1190 Troy Schenectady Road, Latham, NY 12110 or the Food Pantry of Mater Christi Parish, 40 Hopewell St (Rev. Kenneth Doyle Way), Albany, NY 12208.

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Joanne M. Toomey

April 27, 1931 - June 17, 2024