Mary Decesare

Mary DeCesare, "Yankee Mary" 96, of Newark, NJ on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Loving mother of Carolyn Puglisi Kraft & her husband Larry. Dear Sister of Viola Aquino and the late Patrick, Louis, Lena, Anthony, Nicholas, & Joseph Colatrella, Columbia Zarra, and Marie Naddeo. Cherished Grandmother of Lynda & her husband Cory Skluzak, Dena & her husband Charles Bippart and Michelle & her husband Brian Murphy. Adored "G.G." to Cory, Matthew, Christopher, Melissa, Michael & Carolyn. Mary worked for Celentano's in Verona for 20 years before retiring in 1977. Mary's passion was the "New York Yankees" and known to everyone as "Yankee Mary". Funeral Saturday at 8:30 AM from the Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, 425 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst. Funeral Mass 9:30 AM St. Anthony's R.C. Church, Belleville. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Friends will be received Friday 2-4 & 7-9PM. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105.