Agnes Rocco Gangemi
Died
Agnes Rocco Gangemi
Served in nursing corps during World War II, mother of four
Agnes Rocco Gangemi, 95, of Shrewsbury, N.J., died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at home.
Born in Long Branch, N.J., she lived in Newark, N.J., before moving to Shrewsbury 20 years ago. Agnes graduated from Barringer High School in Newark and St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Orange, N.J. She served our country honorably in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. After the war, while her husband studied medicine in Rome, Agnes was able to work at the U.S. Embassy because she was bilingual.
Agnes was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Frederick Gangemi; her brother, Ralph Rocco, and her sister, Mary Lou Shirvanian. Surviving are two sons and a daughter-in-law, Frederick Gangemi, and Edwin and Laura Gangemi; two daughters and sons-in-law, Cathleen and John Goode, and Judith and Eliot Green, and seven grandchildren, Gianna, Jenna, Gabriella, Anthony, Dominick, Marco and Matteo.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, March 6, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 141 Navesink Ave., Highlands, N.J. Interment will follow at Woodbine Cemetery in Oceanport. Letters of condolence may be sent through the web at damianofuneralhome.com
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to , 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.
Served in nursing corps during World War II, mother of four
Agnes Rocco Gangemi, 95, of Shrewsbury, N.J., died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at home.
Born in Long Branch, N.J., she lived in Newark, N.J., before moving to Shrewsbury 20 years ago. Agnes graduated from Barringer High School in Newark and St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Orange, N.J. She served our country honorably in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. After the war, while her husband studied medicine in Rome, Agnes was able to work at the U.S. Embassy because she was bilingual.
Agnes was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Frederick Gangemi; her brother, Ralph Rocco, and her sister, Mary Lou Shirvanian. Surviving are two sons and a daughter-in-law, Frederick Gangemi, and Edwin and Laura Gangemi; two daughters and sons-in-law, Cathleen and John Goode, and Judith and Eliot Green, and seven grandchildren, Gianna, Jenna, Gabriella, Anthony, Dominick, Marco and Matteo.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, March 6, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 141 Navesink Ave., Highlands, N.J. Interment will follow at Woodbine Cemetery in Oceanport. Letters of condolence may be sent through the web at damianofuneralhome.com
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to , 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.
Source: Newark Star Ledger
Published on: 03-03-2020