Connie Lacava

Connie Lacava, age 90, of Montville, formerly of  Paterson, Wayne, and Toms River, passed Monday, December 23, 2019.

She was born to John and Mildred Lacava and raised in Paterson.  Connie graduated from Saint Bonaventure High School in Paterson with the Class of 1947. After high school she worked her way through the ranks to Office Manager at the C. Goodman textile company on Spruce Street in Paterson where she worked for forty years before retiring in 1984. She moved to Wayne in her retirement and soon took a job with Meyer Brothers Department Store in Wayne where she worked for a few years. She officially retired-again-when she moved to Holiday City in Toms River in 1990.  Most recently Connie has lived at The Chelsea in Montville since 2011.

Connie was dedicated to her Catholic faith and for many years she was a parishioner of Saint Bonaventures Church and Saint Josephs Church both in Paterson.

She will be lovingly remembered as a very optimistic, fun and quirky person.  She loved music, played the piano, enjoyed dancing, and was very social and engaging. Another of her loves was travel. She has been all over the world including destinations like Italy, England, and Spain as well as cruises throughout the Caribbean with her girlfriends and cousin Kitty.

Connie was the dearly loved sister of the late Loretta Rom, the late Marie Ast and her surviving husband Joseph of Toms River, and the late Elizabeth Devito; she was the dearly loved aunt of eight nieces and nephews, many great-nieces and nephews, and two great-great nephews.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Alzheimer’s Association would be appreciated.