Date of Birth:
Friday, February 20, 1931
Date of Death:
Monday, January 6, 2025
Age:
93 years old

Josephine “Jo” Kapinos

Josephine Agnes (Ullom) Kapinos was born on February 20, 1931, to Edward and Josephine Ullom, Sr., in Portsmouth, VA. As the only girl of Edward and Josephine’s four children, she was affectionately called “Sissy” by her friends and family. After graduating from St. Joseph’s Academy in 1947, she worked as a secretary at Portsmouth Naval Hospital where she met Harry L. Kapinos. They married in 1953. Throughout Harry’s time in the Navy, they relocated their growing family to new homes in Virginia; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Maryland. Josephine, Harry, and their five children moved to Rochester, MN, in 1970 following Harry’s retirement from the Navy. Josephine worked as a secretary, first for AFL-CIO and then Mayo Clinic’s Board of Radiology, retiring in 1993. Josephine and Harry celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on November 14, 2003.

Josephine overflowed with love for her family, her pets, and her faith. She always had a smile, a kind word, and a piece of chocolate for anyone who stopped by. Her kindness, faithfulness, and love will be missed.

Josephine has been preceded in death by her husband, Harry; her parents, Edward and Josephine Sr.; her brothers, Michael and Edward; and her sons Michael and Harry Jr.

Josephine is survived by her children: Robert (LeAnn), Jonathan (Judy), and Mary; grandchildren: Anthony (Lisa), Peter (Nicole), Lenny (Emily), Curtis, Jonathan, and Aaron (Jenna); and great-grandchildren: Madison (Zach), Madeline (Riley), Dominic, Gabriel, Eliza, Mathias, Anthony, Vivian, Gillian, Henry, and Theodore.

A Funeral Mass for Josephine will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2025 at Madonna Towers. The visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  Burial will take place in Grandview Memorial Gardens.