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August 29, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 8th, 2012 at 7:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 8:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
LaVita DeCroce (nee Torre) age 63 of Fort Myers, Florida formerly of Wayne. Passed to her eternal reward in heaven on Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 in Sarasota, Florida. Her daughter Cheryl was often at her bedside providing her mom with all the love and caring that only a daughter could provide.
LaVita was born in Newark where she spent her early childhood years later moving to Belleville with her family. She received her formal education first at the Newark 14th Avenue Grammar School and then at Belleville High School; graduating with the Class of 1967. She had a very happy childhood. Her finest fantasy in her youth was Shirley Temple and she collect Shirley Temple dolls and memorabilia emulating into her life story the spirit of Shirley Temple. Her life was full of music especially the hits of the 50’s including Motown.
LaVita had a strong faith in her life journey and found great meaning in her Roman Catholic faith. Her health was presenting her with many difficulties over the years and things just kept going down hill. Her passing no doubt was a great relief to her especially knowing that her faith in God would bring her to a new life relieving her of her many illnesses. Her wonderful faith became reality in heaven where no pain and worry exist.
Her first work experience lasted one half a day. Her responsibilities including answering telephones and when lunch time rolled around she just knew that that job was not for her and never went back. She decided to study to be a beautician and enrolled in the Capri Beauty School. She became quite skilled as a beautician and worked for numerous beauty shops. As time went on she opened her own beauty parlor in Lincoln Park named “Lavita’s Park Salon”. When she retired from her beauty business she worked as a professional medical biller.
Lavita was graced all of her life with a personality that was effervescently joyous. Always upbeat and ready for fun. She was a delight to be with and as a result had accumulated many wonderful friends. She especially loved to dance to the best of Frank Sinatra hits. She was very organized and a wonderful decorator maintaining her house and surrounds with impeccable good taste and cleanliness at all times.
Her most important dedication in life was her family. She was very loving and caring. When her husband Anthony was set back with his health she took care of him with loving and devoted love. He finally passed away in December 2005 after thirty six years of “wonderful and loving marriage” together.
Surviving to mourn this wonderful wife, mother, grandmother daughter and sister are one daughter Cheryl Makowsky and her husband Michael of Parrish, Florida; one son Anthony DeCroce and his wife Nadia of Highland Lakes; one grandson Dominic DeCroce age three; one sister Jeanette Casciano and her husband Michael of Hewitt; her cherished parents Harry and Beatrice Torre of Fort Myers, Florida. Caring aunt to Janell and Danielle.
She will be laid to rest with her late husband Anthony at the Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to help with medical expenses. Please send to: Jeanette Casciano c/o LaVita DeCroce PO Box 276 Hewitt, NJ 07421
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Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 8th, 2012 at 7:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 8:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
August 29, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 8th, 2012 at 7:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 8:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
LaVita DeCroce (nee Torre) age 63 of Fort Myers, Florida formerly of Wayne. Passed to her eternal reward in heaven on Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 in Sarasota, Florida. Her daughter Cheryl was often at her bedside providing her mom with all the love and caring that only a daughter could provide.
LaVita was born in Newark where she spent her early childhood years later moving to Belleville with her family. She received her formal education first at the Newark 14th Avenue Grammar School and then at Belleville High School; graduating with the Class of 1967. She had a very happy childhood. Her finest fantasy in her youth was Shirley Temple and she collect Shirley Temple dolls and memorabilia emulating into her life story the spirit of Shirley Temple. Her life was full of music especially the hits of the 50’s including Motown.
LaVita had a strong faith in her life journey and found great meaning in her Roman Catholic faith. Her health was presenting her with many difficulties over the years and things just kept going down hill. Her passing no doubt was a great relief to her especially knowing that her faith in God would bring her to a new life relieving her of her many illnesses. Her wonderful faith became reality in heaven where no pain and worry exist.
Her first work experience lasted one half a day. Her responsibilities including answering telephones and when lunch time rolled around she just knew that that job was not for her and never went back. She decided to study to be a beautician and enrolled in the Capri Beauty School. She became quite skilled as a beautician and worked for numerous beauty shops. As time went on she opened her own beauty parlor in Lincoln Park named “Lavita’s Park Salon”. When she retired from her beauty business she worked as a professional medical biller.
Lavita was graced all of her life with a personality that was effervescently joyous. Always upbeat and ready for fun. She was a delight to be with and as a result had accumulated many wonderful friends. She especially loved to dance to the best of Frank Sinatra hits. She was very organized and a wonderful decorator maintaining her house and surrounds with impeccable good taste and cleanliness at all times.
Her most important dedication in life was her family. She was very loving and caring. When her husband Anthony was set back with his health she took care of him with loving and devoted love. He finally passed away in December 2005 after thirty six years of “wonderful and loving marriage” together.
Surviving to mourn this wonderful wife, mother, grandmother daughter and sister are one daughter Cheryl Makowsky and her husband Michael of Parrish, Florida; one son Anthony DeCroce and his wife Nadia of Highland Lakes; one grandson Dominic DeCroce age three; one sister Jeanette Casciano and her husband Michael of Hewitt; her cherished parents Harry and Beatrice Torre of Fort Myers, Florida. Caring aunt to Janell and Danielle.
She will be laid to rest with her late husband Anthony at the Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to help with medical expenses. Please send to: Jeanette Casciano c/o LaVita DeCroce PO Box 276 Hewitt, NJ 07421
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