LENORE LEE ISACKSON

LEE ISACKSON PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OF JUNE 27TH, 2025 AT BROOKDALE ASSISTED LIVING IN WESTAMPTON. SHE WAS 91. A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF WILLINGBORO SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF 71 YEARS, DICK AND TWO DAUGHTERS SUSAN AND JUDITH. BORN ON MARCH 31, 1934 IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ETHEL AND WILLIS HYKES, WELL KNOWN LOCAL ARTISTS IN SPINNING, WEAVING AND PORTRAIT PAINTING.

SHE GREW UP LEARNING TO SPIN AND WEAVE, GRADUATED FROM FOSDICK MASTEN HIGHSCHOOL, RECEIVED AN AWARD BY THE BUFFALO ZOO FOR NAMING THEIR NEW EMU, ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO WHERE SHE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND DICK IN ENGLISH CLASS TAUGHT BY A GREEK PROFESSOR. WITHIN TWO YEARS THEY WERE MARRIED AND STARTED A LONG INTERESTING AND CHALLEGING LIFE.

IN 1958 AFTER DICK COMPLETED HIS AIR FORCE NAVIGATOR TRAINING AND WAS ASSIGNED TO MCGUIRE AF BASE, THEY MOVED TO WILLINGBORO WHERE SHE BEGAN HER LONG LIST OF SOCIAL, CHURCH AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH SHE WAS HIGHLY RECONIZED WITH PLAQUES AND AWARDS. SHE WAS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF ST PAUL UMC, SOLD REAL ESTATE, SPEND 5 YEARS WITH MEMORIAL HEALTH ALLIANCE, RAISED TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF SEVERAL WOMAN’S AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS.RECEIVED AN ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE FROM BURLINGTON COUNTY COLLEGE, WAS GREAT ON CUMPUTER DESIGN, SUPPORTED DICK’S WILLINGBORO ROTARY ACTIVITIES BECOMING PRESIDENT OF ROTARY ANNS. SHE TAUGHT ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, SERVED ON THE LOCAL LIBRARY BOARD, SECRETARY OF THE ORCHID FOUNDATION A NON-PROFIT SUPPORTING POOR CHILDREN IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WAS SECERETARY OF MAJOR THOMAS B. MCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION SUPPORTING MCGUIRE AFB PERSONNEL,BECAME A STOCK BROKER WITH HORIZONS FINANCIAL INVESTMENT CORP RETIREING AS VICE PRESIDENT IN 2018.

SHE LOVED TO TRAVEL, SAIL, COOK, GIVE PARTRIES, SPIN, WEAVE, HANDICRAFTS OF ALL KINDS INCLUDING NEEDLEWORK, HOSTING FOLKS FROM MANY COUNTRIES. IN 1980 SHE SERVED AS CO-TEAM LEADER OF AN ALL FEMALE ROTARY EXCHANGE TEAM TO INDIA FOR FOUR WEEKS TOTALLY IMMERSED IN INDIAN LIFE. HER TRAVELS OVER THE YEARS ALSO INCLUDED CANADA, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, SOUTH AFRICA, SINGAPORE, MALAYSA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, BERMUDA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

Memorial Funeral Service will be held Friday, July 11,2025,11am  at the St. Paul United Methodist Church, 201 Veterans Parkway,Willingboro, NJ (609)877-7034. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her visitation, 10am to 11M at the church. The Memorial Service will be followed by a luncheon at  A Touch of Class, Delran, NJ. Interment will be private and at the convenience of her family.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS,DONATIONS CAN BE MADETO: THE ORCHID FOUNDATION, P.O. BOX 2452, WILLINGBORO, NJ 08046. THE WILLINGBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 220 WILLINGBORO WAY, WILLINGBORO, NJ 08046 MAJ. THOMAS B. MCGUIRE FOUNDATION P.O.BOX 1263 WRIGHTSTOWN, NJ 08562.

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