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Anna Gaventa Rockey, age 101, a resident of Friends Village at Woodstown since 2005 passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Friends Village. Born August 15, 1914 in Pedricktown, NJ she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Louisa Klein Gaventa. Anna was a graduate of Penns Grove High School and a 1935 graduate of the University of Delaware. After completing a course in dietetics at Jefferson Medical College Hospital in Philadelphia, she worked several years as dietician at the Delaware Hospital (now CCHS – Wilmington). In 1948 she retired as cafeteria manager at Joseph Bancroft Company, Wilmington, DE and married Francis Rockey and lived in Wilmington, DE and Wallingford, PA. She enjoyed homemaking, gardening and traveling with her husband and sisters and returning often to Pedricktown to visit family and friends. She has been a member of the First Baptist Church at Pedricktown since 1927. She enjoyed her hobby of collecting fans and was a member of the Fan Association of North America and had been a member of Fan Circle International. Anna was predeceased by her loving husband in 1970 and her two devoted and caring sisters, Katherine Gaventa and Bertha Gaventa. She is survived by cousins, many friends including a special family friend and caretaker, Charlotte Carty. Services will be private with interment in the cemetery of First Baptist Church at Pedricktown. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund of the First Baptist Church at Pedricktown, PO Box 117, Pedricktown, NJ 08067 or Friends Village Resident Benevolence Fund, 1 Friends Drive, Woodstown, NJ 08098. Arrangements are under the direction of Ashcraft Funeral Homes, Penns Grove and Pennsville. www.ashcraftfuneralhomes.com

Anna Rockey

August 15, 1914 - July 14, 2016