Geraldine Patricia “Jerry” Licause, a registered nurse for 40 years passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, June 28, 2021. She was 88.

Geraldine was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on September 9, 1932, to Stanley and Genevieve Stachura Jankowski.

Jerry graduated from Saint Francis School of Nursing in Pittsburgh. In 1957 she met Joseph Licause on a blind date and they were married six months later on July 20, 1957. In 1960 they built their home in Weirton and started their family. In their 63-plus years of marriage, they were blessed with two sons and five grandchildren.

Jerry worked at Weirton Medical Center where she was the head nurse on level eight for 30 years. In their free time, Joe and Jerry loved to dance, and were quite talented at the jitterbug. Through the years they always looked forward to going on a family vacation to the beach. In recent years, Jerry loved eating chicken wings and would order Dee Jay’s wings several nights a week.

Most of all Jerry will be remembered for her care and generosity for others.

She will be remembered with love by her husband, Joseph F. Licause, Sr.; her two sons, Paul Licause and Joseph (Sally) Licause, Jr.; sister, Dolores Kulkani; and her five grandchildren, Christopher, Daniel, David, Kaitlin, and Lauren.

Visitation will be Friday, July 9, 2021, 9 a.m. until the 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Saint Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Church, 229 California Avenue, Weirton, WV.

Fr. Tony Thurston will preside.

Following the Mass, all are invited to join Jerry’s family at Giovanni’s Restaurant.

Interment will be held on Monday, July 12, at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies.