Theresa J. Stanovich

1927-2014

"Mother Theresa"

Theresa Stanovich was born in Pensacola to Robert Mallory Jones and Annie

Lee Jones in April of 1927, and went to be at rest with the Lord on

September 1st 2014 following a battle with Leukemia. She was predeceased by

her parents and four sisters, Charlotte Stewart, Angie Stearns, Bonnie

Kahler and Betty Ann Jones, as well as her loving husband, MSGT USAF Ret.

Martin P. "Stan" Stanovich in 1981. She is survived by her only son, Marty Stanovich, her beloved

daughter-in-law, Sheryl Dungan Stanovich, her wonderful in-laws Bill and

Melba Dungan, her niece, Linda D. Stearns, her best friend and dear neighbor

Johan O'Dea, and a host of other family, friends and neighbors who all loved

her very much and miss her dearly. She was a 1945 Graduate of J.M. Tate High School, and was a proud retiree of

Gulf Power Company where she worked in the Payroll Department for 23½ years,

retiring to have her son in 1969. As the wife of a PGA Professional, she

and Stan ran the Hill and Dale Par 3 Golf Course on Michigan Avenue from

1967-1977. She was a sales representative for Avon in the years that

followed and also worked at Ginette's Hallmark on Navy Boulevard from

1981-88, when she left to work for the Wilson family at Ferris Moving and

Storage. She continued to work there full-time until the age of 75, and

then part-time until one week before her 80th birthday--when she finally

retired with almost 62 years in the workforce. She was a volunteer for the

USO, a member of Fiesta Frolickers and a former President and Woman of the

Year of the American Business Women's Association's Pensacola Chapter.

She loved to travel, and was blessed to make it to almost every great city

and state in the United States in her long full life. A huge sports fan,

she especially enjoyed Florida State Football, attending dozens of home,

away and bowl games through the years, including FSU's first National

Championship in 1993. From the first pitch of opening day in 2012, she

regularly attended Blue Wahoos Baseball at the Pensacola Bayfront Stadium.

Her family would like to offer a special thanks to Quint and Rishy Studer

and the entire Wahoos family for making those great days possible, and for

her favorite usher, Terry, who always met and escorted her from her car door

to her season seat atop section 102 at every home game she attended.

She lived life to the fullest and in great health until the last few weeks,

in great part to her GP, Dr. David Smith, her Medical Oncologist, Dr. Harish

Malhotra and the staff of the Sacred Heart Cancer Center-a special thanks to

the nurses there in the infusion clinic-she always looked forward to seeing

them and they showered her with friendship and love-and never once did it

feel like she was battling cancer. Visitation will be Sunday, September 7th from 4-6 PM at Oak Lawn Funeral

Home, 619 New Warrington Road. Graveside Service will be Monday, September

8th at 12:30 PM at Barrancas National Cemetery, Pastor Gordon Godfrey

officiating, and interment to follow. Active Pallbearers will be Robert Callaway, Greg Davis, Chris Gonsulin, Vinh

Le, Steve O'Dea and Jason Young. Honorary Pallbearers are Bill Bass, Steve

Bobe, Billy Brent, Lyn Hart, Dick Mead and Grady Wilson. In lieu of flowers, it was one of Theresa's final wishes that a scholarship

be established in order to send a deserving young lady to college to pursue

higher education-an opportunity she never had. Contributions in her memory

can be made to the Theresa J. Stanovich Memorial Scholarship Fund, care of

The First Tee of Northwest Florida, P.O. Box 12303, Pensacola, FL 32592.