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Jennifer Curcio Mellis' life was cut suddenly and tragically short on October 16, leaving behind her husband Matthew (a public school science teacher) and her two young girls, Ava and Madison. She was just 40 years old.
Jenn grew up in West Deptford, New Jersey surrounded by a large Italian family on her Dad's side and a large Irish family on her Mom's side. She loved her parents, Jim and Peg, and her brother, Chris, and spending holidays at her grandparents’ tables among great food and laughter. With her love of family always in her heart, she moved to North Carolina in 2008, where she found herself lucky enough to meet the love of her life (also from a large Italian family in New Jersey!) and start her own family.
Matthew, Ava, and Madison were Jenn’s entire world—she loved spending time with them at home, at ECU football games and baseball games, cruising to places like Disney World and the Gulf of Mexico, and cheering them on at gymnastics and tee ball. Her dream was to provide a home for her girls where they could thrive, which she and Matthew realized just this past August when they moved into the first home they had ever purchased as a family in Smithfield, Virginia.
Jenn was a loving wife, mother, daughter, and sister. Please help us raise money to support her funeral costs and to support her husband and children.
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Jenn grew up in West Deptford, New Jersey surrounded by a large Italian family on her Dad's side and a large Irish family on her Mom's side. She loved her parents, Jim and Peg, and her brother, Chris, and spending holidays at her grandparents’ tables among great food and laughter. With her love of family always in her heart, she moved to North Carolina in 2008, where she found herself lucky enough to meet the love of her life (also from a large Italian family in New Jersey!) and start her own family.
Matthew, Ava, and Madison were Jenn’s entire world—she loved spending time with them at home, at ECU football games and baseball games, cruising to places like Disney World and the Gulf of Mexico, and cheering them on at gymnastics and tee ball. Her dream was to provide a home for her girls where they could thrive, which she and Matthew realized just this past August when they moved into the first home they had ever purchased as a family in Smithfield, Virginia.
Jenn was a loving wife, mother, daughter, and sister. Please help us raise money to support her funeral costs and to support her husband and children.
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Organizer and beneficiary
Lindsay Pack
Organizer
Baltimore, MD
Matthew Mellis
Beneficiary