Marie A. Velardi

Marie A. Velardi of Highland Mills passed away Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J. She was 77 and had been a resident of the area for 50 years.

The daughter of Pasquale and Josephine Santorelli Cerreta, she was born Feb. 19, 1936, in New York City.

Survivors include her husband Rocco A. Velardi Sr. of Highland Mills; her children: Joanne Velardi and her partner Karen of Warwick, Richard Velardi and his wife Juliann of Sloatsburg, Roxanne Lexandra and her husband Darrel of Harriman, Rocco A. Velardi Jr. and his wife Beth of New City, Nicholas Velardi and his wife Angela of Bayville; her daughter-in-law Staci Velardi; her brother Phillip Cerreta of Lake Carmel; her sister Phyllis Moccio of Augusta, Ga.; 12 grandchildren, three great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

There will be no visitation. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, at St. Anastasia Parish Church, Route 17M, Harriman.

Cremation took place at Cedar Hill Crematory in Middle Hope.

A private, future interment of cremains will take place in Orange County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Goshen.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148.

Funeral arrangements have been made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home. For more information,, call 845-782-8185 or visit online at www.ssqfuneralhome.com.