Johanna Marie Caruso
Johanna Marie Caruso, 72, of Morgantown, WV, unexpectedly passed away at home last fall, October 13, 2024, from cardiac arrest.She was a daughter of the late John A. and Marie C. Caruso.She was a 1970 graduate of Morgantown High School, as well as a graduate of West Virginia University with a BA, in German and Spanish and an MA and Ed.D in language education. She devoted her life to teaching for which she had a life-long passion.While a teacher at St. Francis High School, she was instrumental in obtaining a Blue Ribbon School award for St. Francis in 1994, where she and Sisters Patricia and Dorothy travelled to Washington D.C. to receive this distinctive honor from the President. She continued to teach Spanish and English at St. Francis High school and then St. Francis Central Catholic School until her retirement in 2019, whereby she continued her interests in substitute teaching for schools in the area. She taught for over forty years in public and private schools.In addition to her teaching, she cared deeply for animals in the area often who were rescues or strays, even providing shelter for them.She is survived by her sister, Camille and brother-in-law, James Weiss of Salem, MA and her many wonderful friends and neighbors of whom her survivors are most appreciative.A memorial celebration of her life will be held at Hastings Funeral Home, 153 Spruce St., Morgantown, on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 1 until the time of the service at 2:30 p.m.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School, 41 Guthrie lane, Morgantown, WV 26508 and/or Animal Friends of North Central West Virginia, Dellslow, WV 26531.
Hastings Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements and online condolences may be made to the family at www.hastingsfuneralhome.com.
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