Rose M. Vassalo
Rose M. Vassalo, a lifelong Beacon resident, died Sunday, November 1, 2009, at St. Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie. She was 99.
Born in Beacon on June 25, 1910, she was the daughter of Francis and Theresa Marquisa Borrell. She married Frank Vassalo, who preceded her in death on August 8, 1996. She worked as a seamstress in several shops in Beacon.
Mrs. Vassalo was a parishioner of St. Joachim-St. John the Evangelist Church, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Beacon Elks Club, and a former member of Court Liberatta, Catholic Daughters of America.
She is survived by her daughters, Ann M. Husted and her husband, Edward, Fishkill, and Frances R. Cocuzza, Hopewell Junction; her brother, Frank Borrell, State of Florida; five grandchildren, Sharon Husted-Welter and her husband, Martin, Susan Landers and her husband, Tom, Stacey Husted-Levitt and her husband, David, Todd Constable, and Paige Constable; four step grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, five step grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers, James Martin, Michael Borrell, Joseph Borrell, and Charles Borrell, and her sister, Elizabeth Leo.
The family will receive their friends on Wednesday, November 4, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Halvey Funeral Home, Inc., 24 Willow Street, Beacon.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Thursday, November 5, at 10 a.m. at St. Joachim’s, 57 Leonard Street, Beacon.
Interment will follow in St. Joachim’s Cemetery, 303 Washington Avenue, Beacon.
Donations in memory of Mrs. Vassalo may be made to American Liver Foundation,1425 Pompton Ave., Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 or Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Inc., PO Box 9026, Pittsfield, MA 01202.
For directions to the funeral or to send the family a personal condolence, please visit www.halveyfh.com.
Handicap access to the funeral home is via Oak Street.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Peter T. and Patrick J. Halvey.
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