Lucrezia Pagnotta

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lucrezia Pagnotta, 80, of Rossville, a retired paraprofessional and a loving mother and grandmother, died Friday in Calvary Hospital, Brooklyn.

Born Lucrezia Squicciarini in Brooklyn, she moved to Rossville in 2007.

Mrs. Pagnotta was a paraprofessional for the former city Board of Education for 22 years, retiring in 1998.

A graduate of Bay Ridge High School, she attended Kingsborough Community College, both Brooklyn.

Mrs. Pagnotta was a religious woman devoted to family. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, cooking and visiting her home in Masten Lake, N.Y. She also participated in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk and was a fan of Jeopardy! and Let's Make a Deal.

She was a parishioner of St. Joseph R.C. Church, Rossville.

Surviving are her husband of 55 years, Alfred; her daughters, Laurie Canciglia, Margery Fico, Janice Rudzinski and Karyn Freglette; a brother, Joseph,a sister-in law, Rosemary, and 10 grandchildren.

The funeral will be Tuesday from the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville, with a mass at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church. Burial will follow in St. John's Cloister, Queens.

Services: St. Joseph R.C Church Rossville 11 A.M Tuesday July 1, 2014

Visitation: Sunday June 29, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 Monday June 30, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society WWW.LLS.org OR St. Jude's Childrens Hospital PO Box 1000, Dept.142 Memphil, TN 38148-0142, in Lucrezia name would be appreciated.

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Joseph's RC Church-Rossville