Obituary of Josephine Pagliuca

Josephine Pagliuca of South Orange, N.J., passed away, surrounded by her loving family, on April 19, 2011. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 217 Prospect St., South Orange, N.J., on Monday, April 25, at 9:30 a.m. Entombment will be in Hollywood Memorial Park, Union, N.J. Visitation will be held at the Preston Funeral Home, 153 South Orange Ave., South Orange, on Saturday, April 23, from 4 to 8 p.m. For more information or to send condolences, please visit prestonfuneralhome.net. Josephine was born in Pratola, Italy. She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Rosary Society, the Maplewood Rainbow Seniors and South Orange Baird Center Seniors, where she was well-known for her singing, dancing and her homemade cooking. She was the beloved wife of the late Erminio; devoted mother of Maria Luciani and her husband, Mario; Al Pagliuca and his wife, Ann, and Clara Fiorilli and her husband, Michael, and the late Tony Pagliuca; loving grandmother of Lucia, Reno, Melissa, Jennifer, Christopher, Michael and Daniela and three great-grandchildren.