OBITUARY

Former NPHS Special Education English teacher passes away at 71

Valerie Sinacore spent more than 30 years with North Penn.

Valerie Sinacore. (Credit: Huff & Lakjer)

Valerie Sinacore spent more than 30 years with North Penn.

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A retired North Penn School District special education English teacher, who spent more than 30 years educating students, has passed away at age 71.

Valerie Sinacore died Tuesday at Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington Township. She was married to Gary Sinacore for 40 years.

According to her obituary, Sinacore, or Val, as she was known by family and friends, also served as theater advisor for the Green Room Club at the high school. She was involved in many clubs and organizations, including the AAUW Book Club, a French Club and the Letitia Penn Doll Club.

Val is survived by her daughter, Michele Sinacore (Luca Meacci), grandchildren Leonardo Meacci and Josephine Meacci, and many cousins and friends.

A viewing is set for Thursday, Oct. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church in Upper Gwynedd, followed by an 11 a.m. funeral mass. Internment is at Greenlawn Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Val's name to the AAUW Lansdale Branch Scholarship Fund would be greatly appreciated. Memorial donation checks can be made out to: AAUW Lansdale Branch, with the note "Scholarship fund in memory of Valerie Sinacore".

Please mail donations to AAUW Lansdale Branch, P.O. Box 381 Attention: Sue Donahue, Lansdale PA, 19446.


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.