Neshannock Township resident, Virginia Veronica (Lenze) Moretto, 95, entered into Eternal Life the night of November 26, 2020, at St. John Specialty Care, Mars, Pennsylvania, after an extended illness.

Born August 19, 1925, in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, she was the fourth child of the late Raymond Anthony and Amelia Katherine (Fritz) Lenze.

Virginia enrolled in the military cadet nurse program at St. Francis School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, PA from which she graduated in 1946 with a Registered Nurse Degree.

She married Dr. Joseph Lawrence Moretto in 1948.

Mrs. Moretto was a member of the Medical Society Auxiliary, serving at the local, county, and state level, including serving as President of both the local and county Chapters. She was also involved in the Festival of Trees, and was a parishioner of Holy Spirit Parish – St. Mary's Catholic Church for many years.

Her most important and lasting legacy is that of wife and mother.

She is survived by her four children: Cynthia Medvitz and her husband Bob, of Mars, PA; Joseph L.  Moretto, III, of New Castle; Dawnya Marceau, and her husband Bill, of New Castle; and Delphine Gabriel and her husband Robert, of Palmetto, Fl; a sister, Cecilia Foster, of St. Marys, PA; 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Joseph Moretto, M.D.; an infant daughter; four brothers; and two sisters.

Memorial donations may be directed to the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, 2759 N Lipkey Rd, North Jackson, OH 44451.

Calling hours will be 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (12-1-20) in the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon.

Requiem Mass will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, in the Basilica, with Chorbishop Anthony Spinosa, as celebrant.

Interment: St. Mary's Cemetery, New Castle, PA.