Obituary of Rosa Alfieri

Alfieri, Rosa (nee Donato) age 90 of Wayne passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, August 4, 2016. Born in Marcellinara, Italy she came to the United States in 1956 and settled and raised her family in Jersey City, before moving to Cliffside Park, NJ and later to Wayne, NJ. Rosa was a former parishioner of The Epiphany Church, Cliffside Park and a member of the Amity Club of Our Lady of Consolation Church, Wayne, NJ. Rosa’s greatest joy was her love of preparing fabulous meals for her family and friends. Rosa was a devoted wife of the late Cesare Alfieri. She was a loving mother to Ralph and his wife Adele of Ridgewood, NJ; Angela and her husband Harold DelMastro of North Haledon, NJ and Diane and her husband Ray Parente of Wayne, NJ. She was a devoted grandmother of Danielle and her husband Richard Acosta, Kristy, Ralph, Raymond and Gabriella and her two great granddaughters,Emily and Sarah. Visitation will be held Sunday, August 7, 2016 from 3-8 pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. Funeral Mass Monday, August 8, 2016, 10 am at St. Elizabeth’s RC Church, 700 Wyckoff Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. Entombment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ. Donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 in her memory.