Milena Matesic

Piccinich

In Loving Memory of

Milena Matesic Piccinich (née Busanic)

1/14/1932-2019

Milena Matesic Piccinich (née Busanic), age 87, a strong matriarch to the family, passed away peacefully in the early morning on March 19, 2019 at her home.

Milena was born in Susak, Croatia. She came to the US in 1965 and settled in Hoboken before moving to Guttenberg then to Palisades Park where she lived for 43 yrs. She retired as a seamstress in 1980. She was also dedicated to her Catholic faith. She was a parishioner at St. Michaels, in Palisades Park, NJ for nearly 43 years.

Milena was a beloved spouse to the late George Matesic, and devoted spouse of the late Stefano Picinich, the beloved mother of George and Fiorella Matesic, Eleonora and Nick Michalopoulos. Loving grandmother and great grandmother, Dear stepmother to Mattea and Robert Truppe, John and Susan Picinich, Dominick and Maryjane Picinich and the late Josephine DeChristofaro. She was the dear sister of Maria and Albino Matesic, Lidia and the late Celestino Scrivanich, the late Dolorata and John Tarabocchia, and the late Tony and Mary Busanic. The late brother and sister-in law John and Emma Matesic, and the late Dominick and Maria Matesic. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and extended family.

Funeral from the A.K. Macagna Funeral Home, 495 Anderson Avenue Cliffside Park, NJ on Friday, March 22, 2019 at 9am thence to St. Michael's RC Church in Palisades Park, NJ where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10am. Interment to follow at Madonna Cemetery in Fort Lee, NJ. The family will recieve their friends for visitation at the Funeral Home on Thursday, March 21, 2019 from 4-9pm.