Maureen A. Sestito

Dr. Maureen Agnes (Rauchet) Sestito, 65, of Lansdale, died Wednesday, April 21, 2021. She was the cherished wife of Joseph M. Sestito, whom she married April 16, 1977. Upon her death they had been married 44 years.

Born April 17, 1956 in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Norbert and Kathleen (McCausland) Rauchet.

Maureen was a graduate of Archbishop Ryan High School in 1974. She had entered Gwynedd Mercy College and graduated with a nursing degree. During the course of her medical career, Maureen was an RN serving at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital, Nazareth, Frankford and Torresdale Hospital, Philadelphia. Most of her career was in the ER.

Maureen always wanted to become a doctor. As her children grew up and entered high school, she had decided to return to school to qualify for entrance into medical school. She had attended and graduated from Holy Family College with a biochemistry degree. She was accepted at PCOM in Philadelphia. She was one of the oldest students to be accepted.

During her tenure at PCOM, she excelled in the program, earning several prestigious awards such as Internal Medicine Resident of the Year (2003-2004), City Avenue Physicians Scholarship Award (2004-2005), Chief Intern (2002-2003), Chief Resident (2004-2005), and received the title of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (2002).

After graduation, she had opened a physician practice in Hatfield, PA with her associate George Seavy (Seavy & Sestito Internal Medicine Associates). After several years at the practice, the practice was bought by Abington Hospital Group.

Maureen was then the acting Director of Medicine at Montgomery County Prison. After leaving the prison, she returned to her roots as a hospitalist at Abington-Lansdale Hospital until 2019.
She was an accomplished artist in her spare time and appeared on the NPR Radio Show, Studio 360 explaining how the book entitled "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" motivated her to become a doctor later in life. One of her favorite places to visit was Cape Cod during the Fall.

In addition to her husband, Maureen is survived by her daughter, Alicia M. Stonesifer (Eric) of Ambler and her son, Philip A. Sestito (Ashley) of Hatboro; her brothers, Patrick Rauchet (Tina) of Fuquay-Varina, NC, Paul Rauchet (Edie) of Bensalem, and Peter Rauchet; her sister, Monica Palladino of Riverside, NJ; and grandchildren, Joshua, Domenic, Matthew, Gianna, Nora and Deniro.

The family will receive friends for a public visitation from 9:00 A.M. until 11:15 A.M. Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home, 701 Derstine Ave., Lansdale, PA 19446. Prayer services and burial will be private.

For those not able to attend the services because of the current indoor gathering restrictions, it will be live streamed on YouTube starting 11:30 A.M. Saturday, https://youtu.be/aDlRrslVXPg