Eileen DeLoreto

LEXINGTON—Eileen Elizabeth Finn DeLoreto passed away peacefully on Monday May 14, 2018, in Lexington, SC. She was born on July 2, 1952 in Carthage, NY. She was the daughter of the late Owen and Patricia Finn.

Eileen was a graduate of Oneonta Senior High School in 1970, and SUNY at Potsdam in 1974 with a degree in Elementary Education. The majority of her career was spent teaching first through third grades in parochial schools, including St. Mary’s in Wilmington, NC, Saint John in North Charleston, SC, and Our Lady of Perpetual Health in Germantown, TN. She truly loved her job and remembered her students and colleagues and spoke of many of them often and fondly. She was a lifelong educator, and even after she retired she would teach her grandchildren about the world we live in.

Happily married to her husband Paul for 45 years, she loved traveling and spending time with him, the beach, spending time in her yard and outside, and most of all enjoying her four grandchildren.  

A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, Eileen was most proud of the family she created. Because of her strong love for her family, she fought her battle with kidney disease with strength and bravery.

Eileen is preceded in death by her parents, sister Patty and brother David.

She is survived by her husband Paul, son Anthony and his wife Thea, and their children Alice and Van (Greensboro, NC); daughter Megan and her husband Mark Jaramillo, and their children Rosalie and Emmett (Lexington, SC); her sisters Kathy Finn Fryer and Mary Finn; and many nieces and nephews.

Services were held May 19, 2018, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lexington, SC.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Donate Life or Agape Hospice House of Lexington, SC.

Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, is assisting the family with arrangements.