Obituary of Grace M. Orefice

Orefice, Grace Marie (nee Mastandrea), 97, died on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Mrs. Orefice was born in New York City, living most of her life in Lyndhurst and has been a resident of Long Valley since 2008. She worked as a Switchboard Operator for North American Van Lines, Little Falls, working many years before she retired. She was a member of the Mount Carmel Seniors and the Choir, along with a spin off of the choir, the "Golden Tones". Grace is predeceased by her beloved husband, Frank M. Orefice in 1979, by her sister, Ann Mastandrea and her brother, Andrew Mastandrea. She is survived by her loving children, Mary Ann Galli & her husband, Louis and Frank M. Orefice & his wife, Carol, by her dear grandchildren, Louis Galli & his wife, Sandra, Mary Ann Spagnuolo & her husband, Carmine, Tresa Lau & her husband, Jeffrey, Frank Orefice, Jr. and Briana Orefice, by her great grandchildren, Nicholas, Kathryn, Elizabeth, Emma, Joseph, Luke and Dominic and by her brother and her sisters, Robert Mastandrea, Josephine Mastandrea and Susan Leone. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral from the Nazare Memorial Home, Inc., 403 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 10AM then to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lyndhurst where at 11AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery, Lyndhurst. Visiting hours Wednesday 2-4 & 7-9PM.