Toni Sperduti McGrew

Eleanor Antoinette "Toni" Sperduti McGrew, 68, passed away peacefully at her home in Willis, TX in the loving arms of her youngest daughter on June 1, 2022 following a brief battle with a sudden diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma with systemic AL Amyloidosis with cardiac involvement.
Toni was born in Riverhead, NY to parents, Anthony and Sally Ann (Wadleigh) Sperduti on December 3, 1953.
Toni spent her childhood in Thornton, AR and Duluth, MN. After graduation from high school in 1972, she enlisted in the Women's Army Corp and went on to train in Washington, DC and San Angelo, TX. She proudly served in the US Army as a German Linguist Radio Interceptor in Berlin, Germany from 1973 - 1976 working for the Army Security Agency (today's NSA) at Field Station Berlin. She received an honorable discharge as a Specialist Five in March of 1976. Shortly after, she returned to San Angelo, TX and used her GI Bill to attend nursing school at Angelo State University.
Toni moved to the Houston area in 1980 and worked at MD Anderson on the IV Team. She later returned to college to finish her nursing degree and graduated Summa Cum Laude with an Associate of Science in Nursing in May 1986 from Murray State College in Tishomingo, OK. She was a member of the Honor's Society and Phi Theta Kappa.
Toni then spent the rest of her life in Conroe, TX and Willis, TX as a Registered Nurse. She began her career as an RN at Doctor's Hospital. She then worked as an RN at Conroe Regional Medical Center Home Health, Strake House, Sadler Clinic, Beacon Specialty Hospital, Huntsville Memorial Hospital and Conroe Surgery Center until her retirement in 2008. She often worked two nursing jobs at a time and opened her own business "Legal Nurse Solutions" in 2004. She was instrumental in opening the first Skilled Nursing Unit in Conroe at Doctor's Hospital.
Toni loved her 1959 Nash Metropolitan and went to many car shows where she met her late husband of over 20 years, Jim McGrew (1939-2020). She and Jim traveled the country in his red 1948 Ford Pickup pulling a Casita Camper visiting all 48 contiguous states.
Toni also traveled overseas to Sora, Italy in 2011 to find her extended Sperduti cousins and toured Rome with her new found cousins. She returned to Sora, Italy again in 2016 with her Phoenix cousins Brenda Sperduti and Jim Sperduti prior to going to Berlin for the first time since leaving Berlin in 1976. The trip to Berlin was through the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation and she was able to tour many areas that she was not allowed to tour while working there as a "spy" with a Top Secret Security Clearance with the ASA. Toni returned to Italy and France again in 2018 and 2019.
Toni loved reading, crocheting, traveling, cooking, eating good food, finding new recipes and all of her dogs. She was so very proud of both of her daughters and their accomplishments; Tara is a high school science teacher and Whitney is a Registered Nurse.
Toni is survived by her two daughters, Whitney Hughes of Willis, TX; Tara (Robert) Hupp, their two children Bej Hupp and Stormi (Jordan) Butcher and one great-granddaughter Astrid Butcher all of Whitesburg, KY. She also leaves behind one sister Nancy Sperduti (Gerald) Shelton of Marshall, NC. Toni had numerous beloved cousins including, Brenda (Tom Whalen) Sperduti, Jim (Karen) Sperduti both of Phoenix, AZ; Barbara (Harry) Waldheim, Allison (Pat) Little, Bud (Tricia) Eby all of Tiki Island, TX; Susan (Henry) Brown of Ardmore, OK; John (Karen) Scaff of California; Chris (Susan) Scaff of League City, TX; and Steve (Andrea) Scaff of Bayou Vista, TX. Toni also leaves behind her special "grandson" David Delecluse from France. She will be missed by her furkids Rusty and Dexter and grand-furbaby Mellie. She was loved by so many extended relatives all over the US and in Italy. Toni had numerous great friends and her contagious smile and laugh will be missed by all of those she knew.
A memorial service will take place Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 10:00 am at McNutt Funeral Home located at 1703 Porter Road in Conroe, TX. A reception and visitation with the family will take place immediately following the service in the Texas Room at McNutt Funeral Home. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.mcnuttfunerahome.com
Final interment will take place at the Little Rock National Cemetery at a date later to be determined. This is where she will be reunited with her mother as her final resting place.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Amyloidosis Foundation in Toni's honor at https://amyloidosis.org
The family would like to thank Dr. Jason Laningham and the staff at Conroe-Willis Family Medicine, Dr. Nhu Bruce, Dr. Mohammad Khalil, Dr. Harini Bejjanki, Dr. Amrew Al-Ahmad, Dr. Barry Trachtenberg, Corita Darby, RN, Dr. Kelty Baker, Dr. Nadim Nasir, Jr., Tammy Postma, RN and the staff at St. Joseph's Hospice. Toni and her daughter, Whitney would be remiss to not mention the kindness, compassion and understanding shown by the staff at STAT Home Health of Huntsville, TX.
The mayor of Conroe issued a Proclamation that June 1, 2022 be named "Toni Sperduti McGrew Day" in Conroe, TX.