My mother, Joan Masters, was a very old friend of Joan and Tony.  She, too, grew up in the Bronx and knew  them as a young married couple and kept in touch with her always.  My sister snd her husband fell in love with Waynesville, NC when they visited Joan and Tony many years ago and wound up purchasing property on the same mountain and became their neighbors for many years.  Jeanne and Tom referred to them as the Cruisescellis due to their love of cruising.

I remember visiting them in Waynesville and enjoying Tony’s famous pizza and peanut brittle.  

My mother will miss her old friends. She knew something was wrong when she recently attempted to call Joan and her phone number was disconnected.

Their marriage was truly rare.  Joan was very much in love with Tony and long marriages like theirs are not often seen.

Please know that are thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Joan Masters

Francine Sturges