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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Rocca
Accettura
May 2, 1920 — Dec 1, 2015
Obituary
ACCETTURA, Rocca (nee) Simone on December 1, 2015 of Leonia, N.J., age 95.
Rocca was born on May 2, 1920 in Sannicandro di Bari, Italy and came to the United States on November 26th, 1954.
Before retiring she had worked at Coler Memorial Hospital in N.Y.C for over 30 years.
Rocca resided in Leonia for the past 31 years where she belonged to the Leonia Retirement Association.
She loved spending time with her family, bingo and traveling to Italy, Canada and the East Coast of the United States.
She made friends wherever she went.
Beloved wife to the late Leonardo Accettura (1951).
Devoted mother to Lucrezia and her late husband Charles Vassallo, Maria and her husband William Grohskopf, and Giovanni Accettura.
Adored grandmother to Lisa, Anna Maria, Christina, Anthony, Carla, Joseph and Lillian.
Cherished great-grandmother to Mara, Olivia, Julia, Luca, Matteo and Charles.
Rocca is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Funeral from the A.K. Macagna Funeral Home 495 Anderson Avenue Cliffside Park, N.J. on Friday, December 4, 2015 at 9:00am
thence to St. John R.C. Church in Leonia, N.J. where a Funeral Mass will be offered at 10:00am.
Entombment to follow at Madonna Cemetery in Fort Lee, N.J. The family will receive their friends Thursday 4-9pm.
Rocca was born on May 2, 1920 in Sannicandro di Bari, Italy and came to the United States on November 26th, 1954.
Before retiring she had worked at Coler Memorial Hospital in N.Y.C for over 30 years.
Rocca resided in Leonia for the past 31 years where she belonged to the Leonia Retirement Association.
She loved spending time with her family, bingo and traveling to Italy, Canada and the East Coast of the United States.
She made friends wherever she went.
Beloved wife to the late Leonardo Accettura (1951).
Devoted mother to Lucrezia and her late husband Charles Vassallo, Maria and her husband William Grohskopf, and Giovanni Accettura.
Adored grandmother to Lisa, Anna Maria, Christina, Anthony, Carla, Joseph and Lillian.
Cherished great-grandmother to Mara, Olivia, Julia, Luca, Matteo and Charles.
Rocca is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Funeral from the A.K. Macagna Funeral Home 495 Anderson Avenue Cliffside Park, N.J. on Friday, December 4, 2015 at 9:00am
thence to St. John R.C. Church in Leonia, N.J. where a Funeral Mass will be offered at 10:00am.
Entombment to follow at Madonna Cemetery in Fort Lee, N.J. The family will receive their friends Thursday 4-9pm.
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