Joanna M. "Jennie" Milita

August 12, 1918 - May 10, 2015

Joanna "Jennie" Milita, age 96 of Millville, died Sunday, May 10, 2015 after a long illness. Born in Bellaire, Ohio, she moved to Millville with her family at age 8. After graduating from Millville High School in 1936, she served 25 years as secretary in the Personnel Office of Millville Manufacturing Company. In 1968, she moved to Washington, DC, where she worked in the Registrar's Office at George Washington University and was active at St. Stephen Martyr Church. In 1971 she returned to Millville and worked at the former Airwork Corporation until retiring in 1982. The oldest daughter of the late Emmett and Mary Milita, Jennie is survived by her sister Virginia of Millville, and by two nieces and four nephews. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Minnie Gavigan and Violet Smith of Millville, and her brothers Emmett of Millville, Vincent of Tuckahoe, Eugene of South Vineland, and Thomas of Millville. A lifelong member of The Parish of All Saints in Millville, Jennie was an avid reader and a collector of early American antiques. She enjoyed traveling to New England and to Italy to visit cousins in Aprilia and Sermoneta near Rome. She was known for being a fine and caring writer who held to correspondence standards of a bygone era. Jennie will be sadly missed by her family and many friends in Millville and Washington, DC. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 15, 2015 at St. Mary Magdalen Church, Buck and Depot Sts. in Millville. The burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery in Millville following the Mass. Memorial gifts may be made to The Parish of All Saints, 621 Dock St., Millville, NJ 08332. Arrangements are under the direction of Christy Funeral Home, Millville. Memories and expressions of sympathy for Joanna Milita may be shared on the Obituary Tribute Wall at: www.christyfuneralservice.com.