Irene "Jacki" Mart's Obituary
JACKI MART, 72, died JANUARY 5, 2019.
Jacki and her beloved husband, Harvey, have been residents of Ambassadors East in Highland Beach, FL for more than 20 years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jacki grew up in Freehold, New Jersey before she met Harvey in the Catskills in 1966. Married in 1967, Jacki and Harvey moved to Upstate New York and subsequently to South Florida in 1977 where they raised their two children, Eve and Spencer. Jacki and Harvey celebrated their 52nd anniversary in June.
Jacki was a ferocious reader and game show maven. For more than a decade Jacki worked as a paraprofessional in the classroom at Spanish River High School, assisting children with disabilities. In more recent years, Jacki enjoyed playing bingo and developed a penchant for art and painting, mostly abstracts. That was her style and she owned every bit of it.
Jacki wasn’t dealt a great hand in life. Her father died when she was 11 years old and then her mother when she was 19. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her mid-20s and breast cancer the first time around in the 1980s. When Jacki received the news more than 6 years ago that she had a recurrence of breast cancer, she learned it had already spread to her lungs. While managing two chronic illnesses, Jacki and Harvey continued their passion for travel and visited many places during the past 50+ years both near and far including many countries in Europe, Israel, Turkey, Cypress, China, Russia, South Africa, Central, and South America, the entire USA including Alaska and Hawaii...too many to list. Jacki loved to travel and cruise with friends, Linda and Matt Sherbo, too.
Jacki is survived by her husband, Harvey, children, Eve and Spencer, and grandchildren, Sterling and Stephan.
Funeral Service
Tuesday, January 7, 2019 @ 11:00AM
at Beth Israel Memorial Chapel
5808 W. Atlantic Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33484
Interment
Following Service
Eternal Light Memorial Gardens
11520 US Highway 441
Boynton Beach, FL 33473
Shiva
Tuesday after interment until 8pm
Wednesday, 5 – 8pm
at the home of Harvey Mart
3221 S. Ocean Blvd., Apt #210
Highland Beach, FL 33487
Memorial contributions may be made to the National MS Society or The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative
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