a 13 year resident of Warwick, passed away on August 22, 2008 at home. She was 78 years old.
Born on December 10, 1929 in Sciacca, Sicily, she was the daughter of Elisabetta (Scaduto) and Accursio Puleo.
She was married to the late Pasquale Giarratano, who passed away in 1997.
A homemaker, she attended Christ Episcopal Church, Warwick.
She is survived by her children: Anna Ceretti, Elisabeth Hall and her husband Arthur, Gaspare Giarratano and his wife Lorraine, Betty LoForese and her husband Robert, and Enza Cintolo and her husband Andrew. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Robert and his wife Janel, Genevieve and her fiancé Christopher, Richard, Laura, Samantha, John, Sara and Thomas.
Visitation will be on Saturday, August 30th, from 2:00-4:00 pm at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick. Funeral service will follow at 4:00 p.m. Interment will take place in Italy.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Hospice of Orange County, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550.