Jodi M. (Singer) Schwab, 55 years of age, of West Hartford died Thursday, August 28, 2014. She was born in Hartford and lived in West Hartford her whole life. She was the daughter of Miriam (Kollman) Singer of Boca Raton, FL and the late Solon Singer. She attended the University of Connecticut, University of Hartford and St. Joseph’s College.

Jodi served as a special education teacher for the Hartford Board of Education for 19 years.

She leaves her husband Howard A. ‘Howie’ Schwab; her mother, Miriam Singer, her brothers Neil R. Singer and his wife Dr. Mary Singer of Goffstown, NH, and Howard Singer and his wife Carrie of Torrington. She also leaves numerous nieces, nephews and cousins whom she loved very much. Special thank you to Mary, Joyce and Nana for taking such good care of her over the years.

Jodi loved her family and friends, jewelry, getting her nails done, her shoe and clothing collection, watching YouTube music videos, dining out, playing cards, singer David Cassidy and The Young and the Restless.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Sunday, August 31, 2014 in the Chapel of the Weinstein Mortuary, 640 Farmington Ave., Hartford with Rabbi Ilana Garber officiating. Interment will follow in the Hartford Mutual Society Cemetery, Wolcott Rd., East Granby. A memorial period will be observed on Sunday at the home of Mitchell Shakun, 174 Brewster Road, West Hartford, CT. Shiva will be observed at 43 Farmstead Lane, West Hartford, CT on Monday and Tuesday at 7 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Make-a-Wish of Connecticut. For further information, directions, or to sign the guest book for Jodi, please visit online at www.weinsteinmortuary.com/funerals.cfm.