Obituary of Rose Festa

Festa, Rose (nee D'Amelio) age 91 of Totowa at rest in Pequannock Twsp. on November 12, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Joseph Festa. Loving mother of the late James Miraldi and the late Linda Miraldi. Dear step mother of the late Gerald Festa and Judith Di Minni. Loving grandmother of Kelly Ann Miraldi, Maria Veltri and her husband Anthony, Rosario Di Minni and his wife Jennifer, Sarah Panebianco and her husband Michael and the late James J. Miraldi. Dear great grandmother of Anthony J. Veltri and Michael Nino Panebianco. Sister of the late Anthony D'Amelio. Sister in Law of Ann D'Amelio. Aunt of Angelo D'Amelio and Toniann Hammer. Born in Sala Consulino, Prov. di Salerno, Italy, she came to the U.S.A. in 1929 settling in Paterson before moving to Totowa in 1975. She was a Senior Account Clerk for Preakness Hospital, Haledon, for sixteen years before retiring in 1977. She was also a Homemaker. Mrs. Festa was a Parishioner of St. James R.C. Church, Totowa. She was a member of the Totowa Boro Republican Club, a member of the Italian American Independent Club, Totowa and a member of Deborah Hospital Foundation, Browns Mills, N.J. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the Festa Memorial Funeral Home, 111 Union Blvd., Totowa, on Saturday at 9:00 AM. Funeral Mass to follow at St. James R.C. Church, Totowa at 9:30 AM. Entombment at Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum, Paterson. Friends may call Friday 2-4 & 7-9 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Jude Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101 and/or the Deborah Hospital Foundation N.J. Region, P.O. Box 820, Browns Mills, N.J. 08015 would be appreciated. For more information, go to www.festamemorial.com.