Longtime Princeton resident
Emma Rosalinda Perna of Princeton died Friday at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 94.
Born in Pettoranello, Italy, she was a resident of Princeton since 1926.
Wife of the late John Perna, mother of the late M. Ernest Perna and John A. Perna, and grandmother of the late Joseph R. Perna Jr., she is survived by sons and daughter-in-law Joseph R. and Roberta of Washington Crossing, Pa., and Ralph Perna of Princeton; sisters Lucia Rossi and Ida Procaccini, both of Princeton; daughters-in-law Irene and Monica Perna; grandchildren David, Diane, Jennifer, Julie, Stephen, Stacey, Tony and Edward; 12 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephew, and cousins.
The funeral will be 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Ave., Princeton.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 a.m. at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton.
Burial will follow in St. Paul’s Cemetery.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

