Raphaela Ray R. Presutti
Raphaela Ray R. Presutti of Warwick passed away Sunday, March 11, 2012, at Schervier Pavilion in Warwick. She was 89 years old.
Born Jan. 26, 1923, in Fairview, N.J., she was the daughter of Alfonso and Josephine Quercia and one of their eight children.
She was married in 1945 to Michael Presutti.
Ray was a salesperson with Sylvettes in West New York, N.J., and was a parishioner of St. Stephens R.C. Church, in Warwick.
Her familys statement reads: A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, her passion in life was to cook and to bake. She had a heart as big as the world and would do anything for those she loved.
She is survived by her husband, Michael of Warwick; her children: Linda Sarnoski and her husband Ed of Old Tappan, N.J., Michael Presutti Jr. and his wife Elaine of Vero Beach, Fla., and Celeste Ebert and her husband Ronnie of Vernon, N.J.; her grandchildren: Debra Gibbons, Joseph Sarnoski and her triplets Ashley, Taylor and Tyler Ebert; two great-grandchildren: Brianna and Braydon; a sister, Nancy Cincotta of Tuxedo; a brother, Al Quercia, of Barnegat, N.J.
She was predeceased by brothers Michael Quercia, Jerry Quercia and Anthony Quercia and sisters Mary Vinci and Josephine Mazanec.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday at St. Stephens R.C. Church, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery in Fairview, N.J.
Memorial donations may be sent to American Heart Association, PO Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220-3049.
Arrangements were handled by Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home in Warwick. For further information or to send an online condolence, see www.lsvpmemorialhome.com.