Patricia Cocca

Patricia Cocca, age 96, of Wayne, passed peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.

She was born in Islip, Long Island, New York to Santiago and Helen DeMoncada.  She was raised in Jersey City where she lived until she and her husband Louis moved to Greenbrier II Retirement Community in Brick; she has lived in Wayne for the past seventeen years.

As a young woman out of high school Patricia worked for the Western Electric Company in Kearny for about ten years.  Her supervisor at work was Louis G. Cocca.  Their working relationship turned into a loving marriage that lasted for fifty years before Louis’ passing in 1993.

Patricia was the loving mother of Anita Huggins of Wayne and Richard Cocca (Ronna) of Del Ray Beach, Florida; much loved grandmother of Nicole Marquez (Ed), Jeff Bongiovanni, and Greg Bongiovanni (Julia); cherished great-grandmother of Gigi Marquez and Colin Thomas Bongiovanni; she was the loving sister of Anita DeGeorge of Florida and was predeceased by her siblings Paul DeMoncada, Richard DeMoncada, Juan DeMoncada, Helen Menely, Santiago DeMoncada and Rosemary McCluskey.

Memorial donations to St Marys Church’s Food Pantry would be greatly appreciated. Please make checks payable to St Marys Church and in the memo section of the check write In “Memory of Patricia Cocca - Food Pantry” - Mail to:  17 Pompton Avenue, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442.