Obituary of Alice Avella

Avella, Alice Jean (Cavanaugh) age 81 of Midland Park died Monday, October 28, 2013. Born in Syracuse she lived in North Babylon, NY before moving to Minden, Nevada and then moving to Midland Park 4 years ago. Alice was a Psychologist for the Board of Education, City of New York before her retirement. She was a parishioner of Church of the Nativity, Midland Park, NJ. Surviving are her 2 sons, Thomas J. and his wife Christine Avella of Waldwick, NJ and Terence M. and his wife Nicole Avella of Eastchester, NY. Also surviving are her 5 grandchildren, Christian, Nicholas, Justin, Kaitlin and Hailey. Her sister, Joanne Campbell of Syracuse, her 2 brothers, Paul Cavanaugh and James Cavanaugh both of Syracuse. She was predeceased by her husband Alfred T. Avella in 2010. Visiting Wednesday 6-9 pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. Funeral Mass Thursday 9:30 AM at Church of the Nativity, 315 Prospect St. Midland Park, NJ. Interment, Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NJ. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777.