Concetta C. Riccobono, of Warwick, NY (formerly of Bergenfield, NJ), passed away on April 15, 2012 at St. Anthony’s Hospital. She was 87 years old.
Born on August 16, 1924 in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Rosalie (Marchese) Castiglia.
She was married to the late Salvatore Riccobono (2001).
Concetta was a Seamstress with Lord & Taylor in New York City prior to retiring. She was a volunteer with Holy Name Hospital, a member of the Warwick Seniors, a member of St. Stephens RC Church in Warwick, where she sang in the choir.
“Grieve not….nor speak of me with tears….but laugh and talk of me as though I were beside you. I loved you so…..’twas Heaven here with you.”
She is survived by her daughters: Angela Murphy and her husband James of Warwick, and Lillian Lippis and her husband Nicholas III of Hingham, MA; a brother, Louis Castiglia of Lynhurst, LI; her grandchildren: Michael Tore Murphy and his wife Annemarie, Philip James Murphy, Diana Rose Murphy, Nicholas John Lippis, IV, and Brianna Rose Lippis; and great-grandchildren Brittany and Owen Murphy.
Visitation will be Thursday, April 19th, from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am on Friday at St. Stephens RC Church, Warwick, followed by interment in Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.