Blanca Espejo

Blanca Espejo, age 88, of Port Charlotte, Florida, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2015, at her daughter's home in Wantage while surrounded by her loving family. Born on April 24, 1926, in Peru to the late Roberto and Grimanesa (Zapata) Hart, Mrs. Espejo came to the United States in the 1950s and lived in Chatham until moving to Port Charlotte, Fla., in 1990. She was a member of the San Antonio Catholic Church in Port Charlotte and a member of the Senior Friendship Center in Punta Gorda, where she enjoyed playing bingo, dominos and cards with the many friends she made at the center. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Celso A. Espejo on October

7, 2008. Mrs. Espejo is survived by her two sons, Celso F. Espejo and his wife Marisel of Pearland, Texas, and William Espejo of New Jersey; her daughters, Isabel Sly and her husband George H. Sly, Jr. of Wantage and Yolanda Gwathney of Abescon, New Jersey; and five grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Pinkel Funeral Home, 31 Bank St., (Route 23), Sussex. Friends may pay their respects to the family on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations may be made to Senior Friendship Center, The Rebecca Neal Owens Center - Harbour Heights, attn. Debra Bragg, 27420 Voyageur Drive, Punta Gorda, FL 33983. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.pinkelfuneralhome.com.