Joeine Osiol – Manassas, Va.
Obituaries
May 5, 2022

Joeine Osiol – Manassas, Va.

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Joeine Osiol, 77, of Manassas, Va., died Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Prince William County Hospital. She was born July 30, 1944, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late John Wojnar and the late Helen Bialousz Wojnar. Joeine was a member of All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas, Va. She was employed as a third-grade teacher in Prince William County public schools. Joeine loved the arts, doo-wop, polkas, and her cat, Zosia. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Gerome Walter Osiol, on April 15, 2013; and her brother, Richard Wojnar. Surviving to cherish her memory are her three sons, Greggory Osiol of Bealeton, Va., Matthew Osiol (partner, Dr. Hilda Fernandez) of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Anthony Osiol (wife, Erin Osiol; son, Jude Osiol) of Richmond, Va. Arrangements have been entrusted to ANTHONY L. MASSAFRA FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICE INC., 40 Second St. Ext., Carroll Township/Donora, PA 15033, 724-379-6900, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 6, 2022. Prayers will be recited in the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, 2022, followed by a Mass of Christian burial in St. Andrew the Apostle Parish with the Rev. Father Kevin Dominik as celebrant. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Carroll Township. To share a condolence please visit www.massafrafuneralhome.com.

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