Christina Rose Ginley
Christina Rose Ginley
Christina Rose Ginley of Warwick passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Virginia. She was 18 years old.
Born Jan. 29, 1995, in Suffern, she was the daughter of Joseph J. and Barbara (Falciglia) Ginley.
Christina was a senior at Warwick Valley High School where she was a premier soccer player, a member of the Quickstrike FC, and received the student Scholar Athletic Award and the Superintendent’s Scholar Athletic Award. A member of the National Honor Society, she was on every high honor roll list and she was a member of the Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society.
A leader in the school community, Christina raised money for Wounded Warriors and organized and ran a coin drop for the Warwick Valley Humane Society. She also organized a fund raiser for Quickstrike FC to go to a college showcase tournament in Disney, was captain of Warwick in the Beach Soccer Tournament in Wildwood, N.J., and coached a 7-8 year old boys soccer team for Warwick Soccer Club.
She also organized a used eye glass collection for the Warwick Lions Club, donating more than 50 pairs of eyeglasses that were distributed to the less fortunate in areas of Africa, and helped get blood donors for the New York Blood Center by making flyers, advertising and having people sign up for the drive. She participated in the Midnight Run with St. Stephen’s Church, bringing food and clothes to the less fortunate in New York City, tutored students in math, and filled baby bottles with change for pro-life organization.
She is survived by her parents, Joseph and Barbara Ginley of Warwick; two brothers, Joseph V. Ginley and Paul M. Ginley; her paternal grandparents, Joseph W. and Elizabeth Ginley of Warwick; her uncles: Robert Ginley and his wife Susan of Warwick, Patrick Ginley and his wife Cathy of Warwick, Timothy Ginley and his wife Denise of Warwick, and Philip Falciglia of Brooklyn; her aunts, April Ginley of Warwick (wife of the late Lt. John Ginley), Sandy Patterson and her husband Dennis of Brooklyn, Joann Badolato and her husband Louis of Old Bridge, and Annette Piscitello and her husband Nick of Monroe; and many cousins.
Visitation will be on Monday, March 18, and Tuesday, March 19, from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Ave., Warwick.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at Wednesday, March 20, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Stephen’s R.C. Church, followed by private cremation.
Memorial donations may be sent to Lt. John F. Ginley Memorial Scholarship Fund, 14 Village Cove, Warwick, NY 10990.
For further information, directions or to send an online condolence, see www.lsvpmemorialhome.com.