Christopher, age 5, of Spotswood, died Dec. 2, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a kindergarten student at Schoenley School, Spotswood. He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, Louis Basile, and by an uncle, Joseph Palumbo. Surviving are his parents, Louis Basile and Donna Palumbo Basile; a brother and sister, Louie and Nicole Basile; his grandparents, Rosemary Basile and Louise and Clement Palumbo, all of Staten Island, N.Y.; his aunts and uncles, Constance Palumbo, Robert Palumbo, and his wife, Nilda, Thomas Palumbo, and his partner, Ray Galazzo, Matthew Palumbo, and his wife, Gina, Grace Febus, and her husband, Shane, Linda Espada, and her husband, Michael, Valerie Cucurullo, and her husband, Nick, Duane Basile, and his wife, Barbara, and Glenn Basile, and his wife, Danielle; and many cousins. A Mass was offered at Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. Interment was in Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick. Arrangements were under the direction of Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to the Christopher Basile Fund, 97 Szymanski Drive, Spotswood, NJ 08884.
