Obituary of Caroline "Carmela" DePeri

Caroline “Carmela” DePeri passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the age of 87. Born in Jersey City, she was a resident of Mahwah, NJ, before moving to Waldwick, NJ. Carmela was a homemaker and a former member of the Fardale Trinity Church in Mahwah and the Order of the Eastern Star Amity Chapter in Hackensack. She is predeceased by husband Salvatore F. DePeri (1991). Carmela is survived by her loving daughter’s Sally Ann Grassi, her husband Leon and Lois J. DePeri, her husband Robert Steffero; five grandchildren, Philip (Lindsey), Leon (Laura), Salvatore (Kelly), Tori (Jeffrey), and David (Melissa) and eight great grandchildren. Carmela is also survived by her sister Angelina Locascio, her husband Salvatore and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 16, from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, (vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff. The funeral service will be held in the funeral home on Monday at 10:00 a.m. Entombment will follow at George Washington Memorial Park Mausoleum in Paramus, NJ. Contributions in Carmela’s memory may be made to the Valley Hospital Foundation, C/O Valley Hospice, 223 N. Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450.