Eleanor Jean Gay Stankevich, age 88, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2025.
Born August 27, 1936, in Edray, she was a daughter of the late Cecil and Stella Waugh Gay.
She was a graduate of Marlinton High School, Class of 1955. Jean, as she preferred to be called, married Louis Joseph Stankevich in June 1963, in Levittown, Pennsylvania, the place she called home for the next 62 years. Lou passed away in 1983, but they were both blessed with their beautiful daughter, Deborah, to complete their family.
Jean worked more than 45 years as an Instructional Assistant at Walter Miller Elementary School, retiring in 2018. She was loved and respected by students, staff and parents. In addition to her instructional role, she supervised the school’s Safety Patrol. Jean also worked as a Shift Manager for Rite Aid Corp. in its Yardley and Levittown stores, retiring in 2021 after 40 plus years.
When Jean was not working at her jobs, she was a Junior Bowling coach and a secretary for the Women’s Bowling Leagues. She loved her Safties.
In addition to her parents and husband, Jean was preceded in death by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Peter and Mary Kushmeder Filipek; and 10 siblings: Ruth Gay, Edith Stafford, Samuel Gay, Albert Gay, Madge Fair, Merl Gay, Opal Byrd, Grace Mynuk, Jimmie Gay and Stearl Gay.
She is survived by her devoted daughter, Deborah Stankevich, with whom she resided; sister, Pat Sharp, of Burgaw, North Carolina; her beloved dog, Charlie; and many nieces and nephews.
A short gathering was held Thursday, January 9, 2025, at the James J. Dougherty Funeral Home in Levittown, Pennsylvania, with burial in Resurrection Cemetery in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
Memorial contributions may be made in Jean’s memory to Alzheimer’s Association, American Heart Association or S. P. C. A.
