Obituary of Josephine Weston

Josephine Weston 94 of Valley Stream, NY passed away peacefully on September 27, 2024, at Northwell Hospital, Manhasset NY. She was born in Manhattan the 4th daughter to Anna and Charles Uzzo. Her sisters Carmella, Ann, Catherine and her brother Sonny all predeceased her. Josephine worked her entire career at the New York Life Insurance Company in New York City as a secretary and quickly advanced to an Executive Secretary. She did not have children but loved babies. So, after work she volunteered at the New York Foundling, an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity for abandoned infants. There, she would tend to babies in the evening, feeding, caring for and readying them for bedtime. During her career she met the love of her life, George, 16 years her senior, and on September 25, 1977, they were married. Through George's children Josephine became a grandma and once again enjoyed caring for little ones. Jo and George loved to golf, and they were snowbirds going down to Florida every winter to meet up with friends once they retired. She was a longtime member of Holy Name of Mary Church in Valley Stream and on Sunday's she would pick up elderly parishioners and bring them to church with her. She liked being social and was the president of a golf group called the T Birds. Josephine was a member of the Homemakers Council of Nassau County Baldwin Chapter. She served as President of the Baldwin Chapter for a term and currently was the Sunshine Lady for them. A very fitting title for Josephine. At Homemaker's she was everybody's Aunt Jo. She enjoyed shopping, sewing, gardening, flowers, vacations, basking in the sun, crafts and she was an avid reader of suspense and mystery books. She also took weekly lessons learning how to paint her favorite place to visit, lighthouses. She lived a good long life and she could recount the history she experienced in an interesting and captivating way. Josephine is survived by her nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, great great nieces and nephews and lately 5 great great great nieces and 1 nephew as well as grandchildren and great grandchildren. The lord was good to her and she enjoyed all the children that came into her life. These were some of the reasons why you would always find her smiling. She will be greatly missed by her loved ones as well as her friends. In lieu of flowers the family asks that a donation be made in Josephine's name to the American Heart Association. You can find the printable donation form at heart.org