Obituary of Grace Leonardi

GRACE LEONARDI, (nee Gerardi) of Washington Township, formerly of Hackensack, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at the age of 96. Grace had worked for Goldberg Slipper Factory in Hackensack for over 25 years. She was a parishioner of St. Francis R. C. Church, Hackensack. Beloved wife of the late Fortunato Leonardi. Loving daughter of the late Salvatore and Magdeline Gerardi. Dearest sister of Phyllis Sarracino and her husband Albert, Marie Del Vecchio and her husband the late Peter Del Vecchio, J. Dolores Van Saders and the late Antoinette Tedesco, the late Ann Dawson and her husband, the late Charles Dawson, and the late Salvatore Gerardi, Jr. and his wife the late Bess. Grace is also survived by her nieces and nephews, Maryann Dawson-Reyes and her husband Rene Reyes, Donna Dawson and her son Jeremy Lebled, Daniel Del Vecchio and his wife Eileen, Thomas Tedesco, William P. Van Saders and his wife Lisa, and Christopher Van Saders and his wife Julie. The family will receive friends on Monday November 4, 2013 from 2 – 4 & 7 – 9 PM. The Funeral on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 12:00 PM from the Funeral Home. The Mass of Christian Burial at St. Francis R.C. Church, 50 Lodi Street, Hackensack, at 1:30 PM. Interment will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Hackensack. In lieu of flowers please make donations in Grace’s memory to Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision, Attn: Linda Conyers, 244 North Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603.