Leona Blanche Porreca's Obituary
Leona Blanche Porreca (nee Carrigan), recently of Voorhees, but formerly of Cinnaminson and Delran; a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend to so many, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2021 at the age of 82.
Lee was the youngest daughter of Michael and Leona Carrigan and was raised in Philadelphia along with her three sisters, Patricia, Elaine and Lorraine. She was a proud graduate of Little Flower High School where she met her life-long sorority sisters.
In 1959, she married the love of her life, Al Porreca, and a few years later they moved to Delran, NJ where they raised their four children; Michelle, Michael, Jeffrey and Andrew.
Lee held various jobs, but she loved nothing more than entertaining her family and friends around her kitchen table. Everyone was welcome, and their kitchen table certainly was entertaining! She carried her positive, infectious love for life everywhere she went. Her beautiful smile, warm heart, kindness and generosity were a blessing to all who were fortunate to have known or met her. Lee and Al moved to Cinnaminson in 2003, where they enjoyed more family, friends and travel. In 2018, she moved to Brandywine in Voorhees, where she loved and was loved by a new family of friends.
Lee is survived by her four children, Michelle (Bob), Michael (Lauri), Jeffrey, and Andrew (Amy); seven beautiful grandchildren, Danielle (Abdiel), Bobby, Christian, Carly, Allie, Jackson, and Lily; and many nieces and nephews, family and friends who were near and dear to her heart. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Due to the pandemic, the family decided to not have a public service for Lee. In Lee’s spirit and memory, the family asks that you perform a random act of kindness.
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