TRENTON: Josephine V. Salvatore, 85, died Thursday at the St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Trenton, Miss Salvatore was a lifelong area resident. (214 Butler Street in the Chambersburg area of Trenton) She retired in 1965 after 40 years of service with the City of Trenton's Welfare Bureau. She was a member and past president of the Sanctuary Guild of St. Joachim's Church, the St. Joachim's Senior Citizen's Club and a 45-year member of St. Joachim's Church choir. She was also a member of the Little Flower Mission Friends and the Mount Carmel Guild. Daughter of the late Thomas and Carmela Palmeggiano Salvatore Sr. (see records) she is survived by two brothers, retired Superior Court Judge Arthur A. Salvatore of Trenton and Thomas A. Salvatore of Hamilton; a sister, Evelyn S. Bartolomei of Mercerville, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. The funeral will be held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Brenna Funeral Home, 340 Hamilton Ave., Trenton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joachim's Church. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Little Flower Mission Friends, c/o Msgr. Emilio A. Cardelia (see record) of Villa Vianney, 330 Hamilton Ave., Trenton, N.J. 08069.
In actuality, Josephine V. Salvatore died in her beloved St. Joachim's Church, on Holy Thursday evening, as she knelt to pray in preparation for the evening service, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. She was seen by those present to make the sign of the cross and then collapse.
At her Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joachim's Church the pastor The Rev. James Sauchelli reassured and comforted her family and friends in attendance by reminding them in his homily that: "She who sings, prays twice."
TRENTON: Josephine V. Salvatore, 85, died Thursday at the St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Trenton, Miss Salvatore was a lifelong area resident. (214 Butler Street in the Chambersburg area of Trenton) She retired in 1965 after 40 years of service with the City of Trenton's Welfare Bureau. She was a member and past president of the Sanctuary Guild of St. Joachim's Church, the St. Joachim's Senior Citizen's Club and a 45-year member of St. Joachim's Church choir. She was also a member of the Little Flower Mission Friends and the Mount Carmel Guild. Daughter of the late Thomas and Carmela Palmeggiano Salvatore Sr. (see records) she is survived by two brothers, retired Superior Court Judge Arthur A. Salvatore of Trenton and Thomas A. Salvatore of Hamilton; a sister, Evelyn S. Bartolomei of Mercerville, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. The funeral will be held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Brenna Funeral Home, 340 Hamilton Ave., Trenton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joachim's Church. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Little Flower Mission Friends, c/o Msgr. Emilio A. Cardelia (see record) of Villa Vianney, 330 Hamilton Ave., Trenton, N.J. 08069.
In actuality, Josephine V. Salvatore died in her beloved St. Joachim's Church, on Holy Thursday evening, as she knelt to pray in preparation for the evening service, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. She was seen by those present to make the sign of the cross and then collapse.
At her Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joachim's Church the pastor The Rev. James Sauchelli reassured and comforted her family and friends in attendance by reminding them in his homily that: "She who sings, prays twice."