Raphaela “Ray” R. Presutti, of Warwick, passed away on March 11, 2012 at Schervier Pavilion. She was 89 years old.
Born on January 26, 1923 in Fairview, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Alfonso and Josephine Quercia and one of their eight children.
She was married in 1945 to Michael Presutti.
Ray was a salesperson with Sylvette’s in West New York, New Jersey and was a parishioner of St. Stephens RC Church, Warwick.
A family statement reads: “A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, her passion in life was to cook and to bake. She had a heart as big as the world and would do anything for those she loved.”
She is survived by her husband, Michael of Warwick; her children: Linda Sarnoski and her husband Ed of Old Tappan, NJ, Michael Presutti, Jr. and his wife Elaine of Vero Beach, FL, and Celeste Ebert and her husband Ronnie of Vernon, NJ; her grandchildren: Debra Gibbons, Joseph Sarnoski, and her triplets, Ashley, Taylor and Tyler Ebert; two great-grandchildren, Brianna and Braydon; a sister, Nancy Cincotta of Tuxedo, NY; a brother, Al Quercia of Barnegat, NJ. She was predeceased by brothers: Michael Quercia, Jerry Quercia and Anthony Quercia and sisters: Mary Vinci and Josephine Mazanec.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 13th, from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Ave., Warwick, NY. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday at St. Stephens RC Church, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ.
Memorial donations may be sent to American Heart Association, PO Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220-3049.