Maria Vacca

Maria Teresa Vacca, 80, of Prince's Bay, a homemaker who enjoyed holiday gatherings, died Saturday in Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home.

Born Maria Teresa Galante in Manhattan, she was brought to Brooklyn as a child and moved to Graniteville in 1977. She also lived in Arden Heights before settling in Prince's Bay in 2007.

She graduated from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn.

Mrs. Vacca was a homemaker and a great cook who loved spending time with her family, reading, shopping, taking walks, knitting and hosting holiday gatherings.

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

Her husband of 34 years, Alfred, died in 1984.

Surviving are her son, Louie Vacca; three daughters, Marie Watts, Patricia Rios and Joan Lacagnino; a sister, Anna Crapanzano; seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be Tuesday from the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville, with a mass at 9:45 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church. Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.

Services: Monday February 26,2013 9:45 AM Funeral Service at St Joseph's R.C. Church in Rossville.

Visitation: Friends will be received on Sunday February 24,2013 at 7-9 PM. Monday February 25, 2013 from 24 & 7-9 PM.

Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Joseph's RC Church-Rossville