Jill (Romanelli) Gengarelly Of Sag Harbor Dies March 3

Jill (Romanelli) Gengarelly, a long-time resident of Sag Harbor, died peacefully at home on March 3, after a courageous two-year battle with Pancreatic cancer. She was 55.

She was born to Evelyn (Seeger) and Joseph R. Romanelli on December 17, 1966. She grew up in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and spent every summer at her family’s bungalow in Pine Neck, before she permanently moved to Sag Harbor after marrying her husband Darren Gengarelly in 1991. She attended William Patterson University and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in health science.

She worked for Southampton Hospital Laboratory for 25 years. She loved her job, but her family always came first. She never missed a game or an event at school. In her free time, she loved to soak up the sun at Circle Beach, or make one of her delicious batches of “Jill’s Jammin’ Jam.” She was also a long-time member and former deacon at the Old Whalers Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Darren; her sister, Lauren Romanelli Loebs of Southampton; her daughter and her son and their spouses, Kara and Zac North of Sag Harbor, and Joseph and Megan Gengarelly of Allentown, Pennsylvania; her step-sons Darren Gengarelly and Steven McCarron of Sag Harbor; and her grandson Miles North of Sag Harbor.

Funeral services were at the Old Whalers Presbyterian Church of Sag Harbor. Interment was at Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor. Donations in her honor can be made to Sag Harbor Helpers, PO Box 933, Sag Harbor, NY 11963 or East End Hospice, PO Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978.