Mary Jo Castellana Mattison was received into the Lord’s arms on January 25, 2020 after suffering many physical ailments. Mary Jo was born on February 18, 1947 at Corning Hospital to the late Myron Castellana and Beatrice VanAlstine Castellana. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Daryl “Deke” Mattison of Naples, Florida; Brother, Thomas and Pam Halderman Castellana of Greece, New York; Daughter, Melanie Mattison Schmitz, Rodney of Spring, Texas; and son Ryan, and Kelli Mattison of Shawnee, Kansas. She was a very proud grandmother of Madison Elena Schmitz, a freshman at Texas A&M University and Ian Parker, a junior at Spring High School and Command Master Chief in his school’s Navy JROTC program. Mary Jo is remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and dear friend. She leaves behind many cousins, nieces, nephews and extended family members living throughout the US. From the time she graduated from Corning Painted Post East High School in 1965, she worked as an Administrative Assistant to School Principals and College Program Directors throughout western New York, retiring in 2000.

Mary Jo was the WebMaster for her high school class, Corning East Class of 1965, a task she thoroughly enjoyed as it kept her up-to-date with her classmates. In her community in Florida, to which she and Daryl moved after traveling the US in their motorhome, Mary Jo was instrumental in establishing a Scrapbooking group, a Red Hat Ladies chapter, developing and teaching various craft classes and enjoying dancing until suffering a stroke in 2015. She was an active member of Jubilee Fellowship Church in Naples.

A lady of many talents, a loving heart and a caring devotion to others, she will certainly be missed by those who knew her best!