Maria Broccoli

Mrs. Broccoli, 87, of Manalapan, died July 4, 2009, at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge. Born in Italy, she lived in Howell before moving to Manalapan five years ago. Mrs. Broccoli worked as a seamstress in New York for most of her life. She was predeceased by her husband, Vito, in 2001, and a sister, Anna. Surviving are two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ralph and Lorraine of Manalapan, and Neil of New Jersey; two daughters and a son-in-law, Joann and Vinney Piro of Italy and Catherine Broccoli of Manalapan; a sister, Maria Grace DeAngelis of Howell; 10 grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters. A funeral liturgy was celebrated at St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Freehold, followed by entombment at Marlboro Memorial Mausoleum in Marlboro. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer, 801 Broad Street, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702. Arrangements were by Freeman Funeral Home, Manalapan.