Anne Marie Del Negro, 78, of Wall Township, N.J., passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, N.J.
Visitation will be Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Woolley Funeral Home, 10 Morrell St., Long Branch, N.J. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, Jan. 26, at 11 a.m. at St. Michael's R.C. Church, West End, N.J. Entombment will follow at St. Catherine's Mausoleum, Wall Township, N.J. You may light a candle of condolence by visiting www.woolleyfh.com.
Mrs. Del Negro was born in Orange, N.J., and lived in South Orange, N.J., before moving to Long Branch, N.J., in 1989. She moved to Wall Township, N.J., in 2006. She was the administrative assistant at Del Negro and Senft Eye Associates, Neptune, N.J. She was an active volunteer and parishioner for many years at Our Lady of Sorrows R.C. Church in South Orange. Mrs. Del Negro was a communicant of St. Michael's R.C. Church, West End, Long Branch, N.J., where she taught CCD for 23 years. Mrs. Del Negro was blessed with the papal honor of being a lady commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher. She had a gift to to make her family and friends know they were loved and cared for. Through her faith, she inspired all to strive to be better people.
She was predeceased by the love of her life, Dr. Ralph A. Del Negro, in 2006, and their daughter, Catherine Mary, in 1957. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Ralph and Dr. Robyn Del Negro, Rumson, N.J.; two daughters and sons-in-laws, Carol and John Terzano and Barbara and Joseph Scaffidi, Wall Township; two brothers and sisters-in-laws, Edward and Anne De Paola, Scotch Plains, N.J. and Frank and Katherine De Paola, Basking Ridge, N.J.; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Rose Marie Deehan, South Orange, and Jean Marie and Gerard Gonsalves, Basking Ridge, and her grandchildren, John and his wife, Stephanie; Anne Marie and her husband, Dan; Kaitlynn and her fiance, Matt; Sara, Ralph, Emily, Isabella, Joseph and Julia.
Contributions in memory of Mrs. Del Negro may be made to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 811 W. Evergreen Ave., Suite 204, Chicago, Ill. 60642.
Source: The Star-Ledger Jan. 25, 2012.