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August 18, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday August 20. 2017 from 2-6PM at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd Wayne, NJ.
Funeral Services will be held Monday August 21 at 8:15AM from the funeral home, then to St Gerard Majella Catholic Church, 501 West Broadway, Paterson, NJ where at 9:30AM a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Entombment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park Mausoleum, Totowa.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday August 20. 2017 from 2-6PM at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd Wayne, NJ.
Rosa Burrafato (nee Cannata), age 94 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Friday August 18, 2017 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Rosa was born in Vittoria, Sicily, Italy. As a young girl she battled epilepsy but in no way did it hold her back. She grew up in Italy during World War II and the reign of Mussolini. These years proved to be some of the most controversial times in human history. Rosa remembers her homeland being bombed and later American troops arriving in Italy and handing out chocolates to the children.
Rosa had a neighbor named Angelo Burrafato. Angelo was born in the United States. His family then moved back to Italy when he was four years old. This is when they became neighbors. Angelo served in the Italian Air Force during the war. After living next to each other for several years as fate would have it they fell in love and were married. Their first son John was born shortly after they were married. In 1954 Rosa and Angelo decided they would immigrate to the United States in search for a better life and the American Dream. They first settled in an apartment in Paterson. Angelo worked in the construction industry. They eventually bought a house there after saving for several years. This is when their daughter Doreen was born.
After getting married, Rosa dedicated herself to the daunting but rewarding career of a homemaker. Years later when her children were grown, Angelo and Rosa moved to Florida for five years but eventually moved back to Woodland Park, NJ having missed their children too much. Rosa loved family gatherings and attending family events such as weddings and baptisms. She was always meticulous about how she looked. She was dedicated to her Catholic faith was a parishioner of St Michael’s in Paterson for many years. She loved to dance and was extremely proud of her Italian heritage. Above all of Rosa’s interests and talents, her greatest love for her family. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Rosa was blessed to have a long, healthy, and fruitful life. She touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone who knew her, family and friends alike.
Rosa is survived by her daughter Doreen Sigona and her husband John of Wayne, her son John and his wife Lydia of North Haledon, one sister Vita Sulsenti of Davie, Fl, two brothers; Biagio Cannata of Davie, FL and Giuseppe Cannata of Clermont, FL, six grandchildren; RosaAnna Filemano and her husband Anthony, Angelo Burrafato and his wife Cheryl, John Joseph Burrafato and his wife Dawn, Cristina Burrafato, Vittoria Busardo and her husband Gerry, and Alessandra Kovacs and her husband James, four great grandchildren; Valentina, Jeremy, Lucy, and Carmelo. She was predeceased by her husband Angelo Burrafato in 1995, as well as her daughter-in-law Lucia Burrafato. She was also predeceased by her two brothers Vincenzo and Gaetano Migliorisi,
In lieu of flowers, donations in Rosa’s name may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
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Friends may visit with the family on Sunday August 20. 2017 from 2-6PM at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd Wayne, NJ.
Funeral Services will be held Monday August 21 at 8:15AM from the funeral home, then to St Gerard Majella Catholic Church, 501 West Broadway, Paterson, NJ where at 9:30AM a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Entombment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park Mausoleum, Totowa.
August 18, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday August 20. 2017 from 2-6PM at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd Wayne, NJ.
Funeral Services will be held Monday August 21 at 8:15AM from the funeral home, then to St Gerard Majella Catholic Church, 501 West Broadway, Paterson, NJ where at 9:30AM a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Entombment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park Mausoleum, Totowa.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday August 20. 2017 from 2-6PM at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd Wayne, NJ.
Rosa Burrafato (nee Cannata), age 94 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Friday August 18, 2017 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Rosa was born in Vittoria, Sicily, Italy. As a young girl she battled epilepsy but in no way did it hold her back. She grew up in Italy during World War II and the reign of Mussolini. These years proved to be some of the most controversial times in human history. Rosa remembers her homeland being bombed and later American troops arriving in Italy and handing out chocolates to the children.
Rosa had a neighbor named Angelo Burrafato. Angelo was born in the United States. His family then moved back to Italy when he was four years old. This is when they became neighbors. Angelo served in the Italian Air Force during the war. After living next to each other for several years as fate would have it they fell in love and were married. Their first son John was born shortly after they were married. In 1954 Rosa and Angelo decided they would immigrate to the United States in search for a better life and the American Dream. They first settled in an apartment in Paterson. Angelo worked in the construction industry. They eventually bought a house there after saving for several years. This is when their daughter Doreen was born.
After getting married, Rosa dedicated herself to the daunting but rewarding career of a homemaker. Years later when her children were grown, Angelo and Rosa moved to Florida for five years but eventually moved back to Woodland Park, NJ having missed their children too much. Rosa loved family gatherings and attending family events such as weddings and baptisms. She was always meticulous about how she looked. She was dedicated to her Catholic faith was a parishioner of St Michael’s in Paterson for many years. She loved to dance and was extremely proud of her Italian heritage. Above all of Rosa’s interests and talents, her greatest love for her family. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Rosa was blessed to have a long, healthy, and fruitful life. She touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone who knew her, family and friends alike.
Rosa is survived by her daughter Doreen Sigona and her husband John of Wayne, her son John and his wife Lydia of North Haledon, one sister Vita Sulsenti of Davie, Fl, two brothers; Biagio Cannata of Davie, FL and Giuseppe Cannata of Clermont, FL, six grandchildren; RosaAnna Filemano and her husband Anthony, Angelo Burrafato and his wife Cheryl, John Joseph Burrafato and his wife Dawn, Cristina Burrafato, Vittoria Busardo and her husband Gerry, and Alessandra Kovacs and her husband James, four great grandchildren; Valentina, Jeremy, Lucy, and Carmelo. She was predeceased by her husband Angelo Burrafato in 1995, as well as her daughter-in-law Lucia Burrafato. She was also predeceased by her two brothers Vincenzo and Gaetano Migliorisi,
In lieu of flowers, donations in Rosa’s name may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
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