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Mary Anne DeVecchis (nee Tracy) passed from this life in the company of her sons on September 21, 2025. Born December 30, 1950, to Anna (DiLemmo) and Thomas Tracy, Mary Anne was raised in the company of her beloved brother Nicholas [Nick] in West Philadelphia and Lansdowne, PA. She was a proud alumna of ArchbishopContinue Reading
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Mary Anne DeVecchis
(nee Tracy) passed from this life in the company of her sons on September 21, 2025.
Born December 30, 1950, to Anna (DiLemmo) and Thomas Tracy, Mary Anne was raised in the company of her beloved brother Nicholas [Nick] in West Philadelphia and Lansdowne, PA. She was a proud alumna of Archbishop Prendergast High School and West Chester University.
She married the love of her life, Francis M. [Frank] DeVecchis on October 20, 1979. Together they had three sons and their home on Hickory Circle in Washington Twp., NJ bore witness to countless family celebrations, Sunday dinners, CCD lessons, coffee talks, and, on Friday nights, dances in the kitchen to Sinatra. It was a warm place where all were always welcome.
Mary Anne was a lifelong educator who instilled a love of the Spanish language through enthusiasm, art, and music to hundreds of students in the Wenonah, Washington Twp. & Logan school districts.
As devoted parents, Mary Anne and Frank were fixtures on fields, courts, pools, and auditoriums but outside their home, no place was more important to them than the Church of the Holy Family – the supportive community in which they practiced their shared faith, raised their family, and forged lifelong friendships.
Kind, funny, loving, and always as willing to lend an ear as she was to bend one, Mary Anne’s enormous capacity for love made her a dear sister, aunt, cousin, and friend to many. Though of all her titles, the most important was MomMom.
Mary Anne is survived by her sons Frank (Lindsay), Nick (Jamie), and Joe (Theresa) and adoring/adored grandchildren Ryan, Jack, Emily, Timmy, Cecilia, Robbie, Juliana, & Zachary.
Family and friends are invited to attend her viewing Thursday 6:00 – 8:30 pm at the Egizi Funeral Home, 119 Ganttown Road, Washington Twp. And Friday 9:45 – 10:45 am at the Church of the Holy Family, 226 Hurffville Road, Washington Twp. Mass of Christian Burial 11:00 am. Interment St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Chews Landing.
In honor of Mary Anne’s life, in lieu of flowers or other acts of sympathy, her family would encourage any donations to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, 226 Hurffville Road, Sewell, NJ 08080.
“A Life Well Lived Is Worth Remembering”
Karen And Patrick Sebastiani
left a message on October 1, 2025:
Patrick and I were so very sorry to hear about Maryann. What a lovely lady and the best neighbor anyone could ask for. We are sending the family prayers during this difficult time.
Jeannie and Bob LaBuz
left a message on September 28, 2025:
Dear DeVecchis Family- Sending prayers, support and love. Your Mom was such a faith-filled, caring, and reinforcing woman who always remembered so many specifics of another’s life.
We always enjoyed interacting with her and your dad after Mass at Holy Family and subsequently on Facebook. We didn’t find out about her passing until 9/27 at Mass. So sorry that we missed her funeral Mass. The tribute was beautiful! God’s Peace be with all of you. 💜🙏
Robin (Deutsch) Herman
left a message on September 26, 2025:
May Mary Anne’s memory be for a blessing to her sons and their wives and those beautiful 8 grandchildren. I’d like to share this: Mary Anne and I began our teaching careers together when we were 22 in West Chester, PA. What sealed our friendship then was our adventures on Spring Break to Miami and Orlando. The fact that Mrs. Tracy, of blessed memory, allowed Mary Anne to go off on this trip was a big deal! We enjoyed going to the Marriott for Fridays with Frank together in those days. I enjoyed all the stories she would tell me when we would talk on the phone through the years-meeting her beloved Frank, raising their sons together and then the gift of their precious grandchildren My life has been enriched by this beautiful soul, who was a huge part of my life. She was like a sister to me. I will miss her but I will carry her spirit and love with me forever.
Maria Riegel
left a message on September 25, 2025:
So sorry for your loss. A beautiful lady inside and out. Before school Spanish was so much fun with Mrs DelVecchis. RIP beautiful lady❤️
Sean Murray
left a message on September 25, 2025:
When your friends have a mom like Mrs. DeVecchis, it is impossible not to know love - because she gave it to all who entered that house. How blessed was I to have grown up with her in my life! Were it not for Auntie Mary Anne, I would not have known the sound of Frank Sinatra, what patron saint went with which day, or what teachers were like when they weren't teaching. Speaking of... I don't remember asking for as many Spanish lessons as I received, but I cherish them. It is no wonder that, upon meeting the woman I was sure I would marry, I brought Gina to two houses when she first came to Washington Tpw.: my own, and 1 Hickory Cir. I recall my excitement that Mrs. DeVecchis would get to meet Gina. But, not that I really think about it, it was absolutely the other way around. I will love her always. Que Dios la tenga en su gloria!
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
Joanne Tacconelli
left a message on September 25, 2025:
My condolences to Mary Anne's family. She loved them dearly. Mary Anne was warm- hearted and had a lovely spirit. She was resilient and had an infectious sense of humor that brightened many lives. She will be missed beyond words. Rest in Peace dear Tracy.
Jeanne Cannavo
left a message on September 25, 2025:
Maryanne was a dear friend and colleague whom I first met when I began teaching at Logan Elementary in the late 1990s. She was my mentor as I went through a provisional teaching program in New Jersey and I couldn't have asked for a better mentor! She was very supportive when Italian was added to the curriculum. We shared an office and many jokes as we wound through each day on our carts and we traded ideas for instruction and projects on a daily basis. She was always upbeat and of course everyone loved her. Since many of the younger children did not know her name she was always Maestra to them. I dubbed myself Maestra dos as she was the one and only Maestra. To the staff's consternation we always made a big fuss over Cinco de Mayo celebrations with songs she made up of snacks that made the front office smell like a salsa joint. She spoke daily of her family with great love and pride. After I retired I kept in touch and though I hadn't seen her in a few years we did talk, about her family and mine and those wonderful days at Logan. I was driving up 55 on Sunday thining about her and saying a prayer for her. She was blessed to be with her family at the end and will now be reunited with her beloved Frank. My family sends our love and I will always treasure our time together. Rest in peace Maestra. You will always be in our hearts. Jeanne (Maestra Dos)
Robin Wilson
left a message on September 25, 2025:
My husband and children were very sorry to hear about the loss of dear "La Maestra". My children remember her as kind, loving, and made learning the spanish language fun. I remember her sense of humor and smile. I love the stories she would tell me about her husband Frank, Frank Sinatra, and Barry Manilow. Also how she loved her sons, their wives, and grandchildren. We will miss her, but cherish the precious memories.
Fr Robert Hughes
left a message on September 24, 2025:
Frank, Nick & Joe,
To you and your families, I express my condolences and offer my prayers. Your mom was a wonderful and thoughtful woman. May God grant her peace and all of you a share in that peace. I have a funeral here in Atlantic City at the same time as hers. I will offer Mass for her.
God bless, Fr. Hughes.
Debbie Pozielli
left a message on September 24, 2025:
Maryann was a shining light and inspiration to both our students and teachers at Logan .She will be remembered for her wonderful sense of humor (she told some great jokes), lively personality, creativity and positivity. She touched many lives and will always live in my heart. Rest in peace 🙏
Edward Rice
left a message on September 24, 2025:
My deepest condolences to Nick, Frank ,Joe and famiies. Your Mother MaryAnne was a special person having known her and your Father Frank from the Philadelphia Catholic Alumni Club. May Mary Anne rest in peace.
Ed Rice
Maureen Vitulli Speech therapist from Logan Township
left a message on September 24, 2025:
Dear family of Mary Anne, During some very difficult times in my life your mom was an amazing friend!! We shared a lot spiritually!! She was an amazing teacher, friend, and truly loved her students and you boys and all the grandchildren!!! I go to the shrines of Our lady of Fatima, our lady of Lourdes and Barcelona commenting tomorrow. I'm sad I won't be about to celebrate her funeral mass this week!! Rest assured I'll be praying for the salvation of her soul and a joyful reunion with your Dad!! Not everyone is blessed with such an incredible Mom!! You have two powerful Intercessors in heaven!! Prayers, Maureen
BJ Pucalowski
left a message on September 23, 2025:
I worked with your sweet Mom at Logan Twp. Elementary School and she was truly one of a kind. I will always remember her kindness and loving soul. May your good memories comfort you at this most difficult time. Sending prayers to your family 🙏❤️
Dottie and John Shedwick
left a message on September 23, 2025:
Our sincere condolences to MaryAnne’s family. She was a wonderful friend and colleague and she will be greatly missed.
Victoria Vavricka
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Nick and family, seeing the passing of your Mom made my heart very heavy. A Mom’s and Grandma’s love stays with you forever. Sending consoling prayers to you and your family as you remember your Mom. God bless her.
Victoria Vavricka
Anita Hakun
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Frank, Nick and Joe my deepest sympathies on the loss of your beautiful mother. I first met her on a school field trip for Joe and my daughter, Laura and our friendship continued thru out the years as we became those crazy marching band parents in HS! We shared many a laugh with your parents and boy could your mom make my George laugh! Such great memories! May she be dancing in heaven with her beloved Frank! May a lifetime of cherished memories bring comfort and peace to all of you!
Love, Mrs. H
Heather Finn
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Frank, Nick, and Joe I am so incredibly sorry for your loss! I’ll never forget the days growing up at Wedgwood with “The Oreo Cookie Lady”! She was always so good to me and I’m grateful she was my confirmation sponsor. Sending you tons of love and prayers!
Heather
Gail Hayes
left a message on September 22, 2025:
What a beautiful person. She will always be Oreo cookie lady to me and my kids. My deepest sympathy to her sons. I am so sorry for your loss. It was a pleasure knowing your mom.
Paula Taylor
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Joe, my deepest condolences to you and your family.
Rosemary W. Camiolo
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Dear Frankie, Nick, and Joe, I am so sorry to read about Mom's passing. I had talked to her often the past few months about my sister Anne. Ironically, your Mom's funeral and Anne's will be on the same day. Your Mom was one of a kind, and that kind was a very special person. I have known her for a long time, and I cannot remember a time when she didn't make me smile. She is with your Dad now, and I am sure Frank Sinatra is playing and they are dancing. I will keep all of you in my prayers as you celebrate her life on Friday. Love, Mrs. Camiolo
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
Monica [Troilo] Rudloff
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Beautiful tribute to a beautiful lady...inside and out. From high school home room to college dorm rooms to weddings, graduations, and more weddings; from childhood to adulthood to aging with grace...Mary Anne was a dear friend, and a real change agent in my life. I'll miss you, roommate, but I'm so happy you are enjoying the good life with Frank, not "Dancing in the Dark" this time, but dancing in the Light. The family you nurtured will carry on with all the love, understanding, and grace you showed them. Rest in peace.
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Karen And Patrick Sebastiani
left a message on October 1, 2025:
Patrick and I were so very sorry to hear about Maryann. What a lovely lady and the best neighbor anyone could ask for. We are sending the family prayers during this difficult time.
Jeannie and Bob LaBuz
left a message on September 28, 2025:
Dear DeVecchis Family- Sending prayers, support and love. Your Mom was such a faith-filled, caring, and reinforcing woman who always remembered so many specifics of another’s life.
We always enjoyed interacting with her and your dad after Mass at Holy Family and subsequently on Facebook. We didn’t find out about her passing until 9/27 at Mass. So sorry that we missed her funeral Mass. The tribute was beautiful! God’s Peace be with all of you. 💜🙏
Robin (Deutsch) Herman
left a message on September 26, 2025:
May Mary Anne’s memory be for a blessing to her sons and their wives and those beautiful 8 grandchildren. I’d like to share this: Mary Anne and I began our teaching careers together when we were 22 in West Chester, PA. What sealed our friendship then was our adventures on Spring Break to Miami and Orlando. The fact that Mrs. Tracy, of blessed memory, allowed Mary Anne to go off on this trip was a big deal! We enjoyed going to the Marriott for Fridays with Frank together in those days. I enjoyed all the stories she would tell me when we would talk on the phone through the years-meeting her beloved Frank, raising their sons together and then the gift of their precious grandchildren My life has been enriched by this beautiful soul, who was a huge part of my life. She was like a sister to me. I will miss her but I will carry her spirit and love with me forever.
Maria Riegel
left a message on September 25, 2025:
So sorry for your loss. A beautiful lady inside and out. Before school Spanish was so much fun with Mrs DelVecchis. RIP beautiful lady❤️
Sean Murray
left a message on September 25, 2025:
When your friends have a mom like Mrs. DeVecchis, it is impossible not to know love - because she gave it to all who entered that house. How blessed was I to have grown up with her in my life! Were it not for Auntie Mary Anne, I would not have known the sound of Frank Sinatra, what patron saint went with which day, or what teachers were like when they weren't teaching. Speaking of... I don't remember asking for as many Spanish lessons as I received, but I cherish them. It is no wonder that, upon meeting the woman I was sure I would marry, I brought Gina to two houses when she first came to Washington Tpw.: my own, and 1 Hickory Cir. I recall my excitement that Mrs. DeVecchis would get to meet Gina. But, not that I really think about it, it was absolutely the other way around. I will love her always. Que Dios la tenga en su gloria!
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
Joanne Tacconelli
left a message on September 25, 2025:
My condolences to Mary Anne's family. She loved them dearly. Mary Anne was warm- hearted and had a lovely spirit. She was resilient and had an infectious sense of humor that brightened many lives. She will be missed beyond words. Rest in Peace dear Tracy.
Jeanne Cannavo
left a message on September 25, 2025:
Maryanne was a dear friend and colleague whom I first met when I began teaching at Logan Elementary in the late 1990s. She was my mentor as I went through a provisional teaching program in New Jersey and I couldn't have asked for a better mentor! She was very supportive when Italian was added to the curriculum. We shared an office and many jokes as we wound through each day on our carts and we traded ideas for instruction and projects on a daily basis. She was always upbeat and of course everyone loved her. Since many of the younger children did not know her name she was always Maestra to them. I dubbed myself Maestra dos as she was the one and only Maestra. To the staff's consternation we always made a big fuss over Cinco de Mayo celebrations with songs she made up of snacks that made the front office smell like a salsa joint. She spoke daily of her family with great love and pride. After I retired I kept in touch and though I hadn't seen her in a few years we did talk, about her family and mine and those wonderful days at Logan. I was driving up 55 on Sunday thining about her and saying a prayer for her. She was blessed to be with her family at the end and will now be reunited with her beloved Frank. My family sends our love and I will always treasure our time together. Rest in peace Maestra. You will always be in our hearts. Jeanne (Maestra Dos)
Robin Wilson
left a message on September 25, 2025:
My husband and children were very sorry to hear about the loss of dear "La Maestra". My children remember her as kind, loving, and made learning the spanish language fun. I remember her sense of humor and smile. I love the stories she would tell me about her husband Frank, Frank Sinatra, and Barry Manilow. Also how she loved her sons, their wives, and grandchildren. We will miss her, but cherish the precious memories.
Fr Robert Hughes
left a message on September 24, 2025:
Frank, Nick & Joe,
To you and your families, I express my condolences and offer my prayers. Your mom was a wonderful and thoughtful woman. May God grant her peace and all of you a share in that peace. I have a funeral here in Atlantic City at the same time as hers. I will offer Mass for her.
God bless, Fr. Hughes.
Debbie Pozielli
left a message on September 24, 2025:
Maryann was a shining light and inspiration to both our students and teachers at Logan .She will be remembered for her wonderful sense of humor (she told some great jokes), lively personality, creativity and positivity. She touched many lives and will always live in my heart. Rest in peace 🙏
Edward Rice
left a message on September 24, 2025:
My deepest condolences to Nick, Frank ,Joe and famiies. Your Mother MaryAnne was a special person having known her and your Father Frank from the Philadelphia Catholic Alumni Club. May Mary Anne rest in peace.
Ed Rice
Maureen Vitulli Speech therapist from Logan Township
left a message on September 24, 2025:
Dear family of Mary Anne, During some very difficult times in my life your mom was an amazing friend!! We shared a lot spiritually!! She was an amazing teacher, friend, and truly loved her students and you boys and all the grandchildren!!! I go to the shrines of Our lady of Fatima, our lady of Lourdes and Barcelona commenting tomorrow. I'm sad I won't be about to celebrate her funeral mass this week!! Rest assured I'll be praying for the salvation of her soul and a joyful reunion with your Dad!! Not everyone is blessed with such an incredible Mom!! You have two powerful Intercessors in heaven!! Prayers, Maureen
BJ Pucalowski
left a message on September 23, 2025:
I worked with your sweet Mom at Logan Twp. Elementary School and she was truly one of a kind. I will always remember her kindness and loving soul. May your good memories comfort you at this most difficult time. Sending prayers to your family 🙏❤️
Dottie and John Shedwick
left a message on September 23, 2025:
Our sincere condolences to MaryAnne’s family. She was a wonderful friend and colleague and she will be greatly missed.
Victoria Vavricka
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Nick and family, seeing the passing of your Mom made my heart very heavy. A Mom’s and Grandma’s love stays with you forever. Sending consoling prayers to you and your family as you remember your Mom. God bless her.
Victoria Vavricka
Anita Hakun
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Frank, Nick and Joe my deepest sympathies on the loss of your beautiful mother. I first met her on a school field trip for Joe and my daughter, Laura and our friendship continued thru out the years as we became those crazy marching band parents in HS! We shared many a laugh with your parents and boy could your mom make my George laugh! Such great memories! May she be dancing in heaven with her beloved Frank! May a lifetime of cherished memories bring comfort and peace to all of you!
Love, Mrs. H
Heather Finn
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Frank, Nick, and Joe I am so incredibly sorry for your loss! I’ll never forget the days growing up at Wedgwood with “The Oreo Cookie Lady”! She was always so good to me and I’m grateful she was my confirmation sponsor. Sending you tons of love and prayers!
Heather
Gail Hayes
left a message on September 22, 2025:
What a beautiful person. She will always be Oreo cookie lady to me and my kids. My deepest sympathy to her sons. I am so sorry for your loss. It was a pleasure knowing your mom.
Paula Taylor
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Joe, my deepest condolences to you and your family.
Rosemary W. Camiolo
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Dear Frankie, Nick, and Joe, I am so sorry to read about Mom's passing. I had talked to her often the past few months about my sister Anne. Ironically, your Mom's funeral and Anne's will be on the same day. Your Mom was one of a kind, and that kind was a very special person. I have known her for a long time, and I cannot remember a time when she didn't make me smile. She is with your Dad now, and I am sure Frank Sinatra is playing and they are dancing. I will keep all of you in my prayers as you celebrate her life on Friday. Love, Mrs. Camiolo
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
Monica [Troilo] Rudloff
left a message on September 22, 2025:
Beautiful tribute to a beautiful lady...inside and out. From high school home room to college dorm rooms to weddings, graduations, and more weddings; from childhood to adulthood to aging with grace...Mary Anne was a dear friend, and a real change agent in my life. I'll miss you, roommate, but I'm so happy you are enjoying the good life with Frank, not "Dancing in the Dark" this time, but dancing in the Light. The family you nurtured will carry on with all the love, understanding, and grace you showed them. Rest in peace.
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