Geraldine (Zanussoe) Saitta was born on July 30, 1939 and passed away on April 8, 2021 after a 9-month battle with pancreatic cancer.  Gerry was born in Passaic, New Jersey and attended school in East Paterson later moving to Clifton where she graduated from high school.  She attended Carnegie Institute of Technology in New York City, where she graduated summa cum laude and received the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, along with a four-year scholarship to Rochester...

Obituary for Adorae J. Lester 10/1/1933 – 4/6/2021 Adorae Jean Hansen Lester passed peacefully to her Savior’s side on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. She had fought the cancer beast valiantly for almost 15 years. Adorae was born to Arnold and Viola Hansen on October 1, 1933 in Rockville, Nebraska where Arnold worked at the local bank, one of the few that did not fail during the Great Depression. In 1941 Arnold was hired by Bank of America and requested to be placed in a small-town...

Ann Marie (O’Dea) Houser was born in the Territory of Hawai’i on May 7, 1932 and passed away at home on April 1, 2021 in Huntington Beach, CA. As a child, Ann’s family settled in Lynwood, CA where she met her future husband, Jerry, in the Catholic Youth Organization at St. Emydius Church.  She and Jerry married at St. Emydius in 1953 and raised their family in Lynwood before moving to Huntington Beach in the 70s. Ann was her neighborhood “Avon lady” in...

Manuela Camiño Riadigos of Kearny, NJ, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on March 30, 2021 at the age of 87. Manola, as she was called by those closest to her, was born on September 12, 1933 in A Coruña, Spain. A proud Galician, Manola was the daughter of a fisherman and a homemaker. She was one of four siblings, who she loved immensely and remembered all throughout her life. Manola had a pure zest for life, and lived a wonderful and happy childhood with her...

Dolores Louella La Venture Cracchiolo Dolores (LaVenture) Cracchiolo, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother of Huntington Beach, California, passed away on March 24, 2021 of Covid-19.  Born in Detroit, Michigan, to Orville LaVenture and Elsie DuBlanc LaVenture, Dolores’s early years were filled with great adventure, bravery, love, and sorrow.  Her love of travel started early.  At age 5, she rode a bus solo to Kalamazoo and traveled with a carnival...