Honora Partricia

Rispoli

RISPOLI, Honora Patricia (nee)Batelka, 74, peacefully passed away Saturday morning, August 3rd , surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Brooklyn New York on January 15th 1939, the oldest daughter of Frank and Catherine Batelka. Honora attended St. Joseph's of the Palisades and after graduating high school worked for New York Life and Maxwell House Coffee. She met the love of her life Salvatore Rispoli whom she married on July 11th, 1959 and went on to celebrate 54 beautiful years of marriage. The two began a family and lived in West New York, NJ; they later moved to Ridgefield, NJ to continue raising their seven children: Gabrielle Rispoli-Puzzo (Patrick), Salvatore, Francis (Heidi), Marisa Serpico (Randy), Gabriele Christopher (Olya), Matthew, and Peter. In 1987 Honora moved to Toms River, NJ where she last resided. Over the years, In addition to her devotion to her family and their business- Rispoli's Pastry Shop and Silver Bay Marina, Honora worked as a realtor for Adamo and Century-21 Nifoussi. She was also a Parishioner of St. Matthew RC Church in Ridgefield, NJ as well as St. Justin RC Church in Toms River, NJ. She is the loving Grandmother of Elena, Patrick, Gianna, Sally, Mia, Stasia, Gabriele, Angela, Nicholas, Violet and Francisco. She was predeceased and has now joined her special angels, granddaughters Daniela and Josephine. Honora is survived by her three sisters Catherine Scire (Paul), Barbara Castronova (James), Mildred Hoffmann(Robert) and her brother Frank Batelka (Yong Cha) and her sisters-in law, Angie Rispoli, Anne Elaine Salamanca and Gabriella Rispoli along with many nieces and nephews whose lives she has touched with her beautiful soul. Funeral from the A.K. Macagna Funeral Home 495 Anderson Ave., Cliffside Park, NJ on Wednesday August 7, 2013 at 9:00am thence to St. Justin RC Church 975 Fischer Blvd., Toms River, NJ, where a Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00am. Entombment to follow at Whiting Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Whiting, NJ. Visiting hours Monday 7-9 pm and Tuesday 4-8 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gabriele and Nicholas Rispoli Education Trust Fund C/O Salvatore Rispoli Sr.