Of Carteret (formerly of Bayonne); on Monday, December 1, 2008; loving wife of the late Ralph Serpe; daughter of the late Thomas and Mary DeCostanzo; sister of Angelina DeCostanzo of Carteret and the late Sylvester DeCostanzo and Rudolph DeCostanzo and Ann Miller and Gloria Garritano; aunt of Linda Orosz and husband Joseph of Carteret and Robert Garritano and wife Hara of Bayonne. Funeral services were held from the SOUTH PLAINFIELD JAMES W. CONROY Funeral Home, South Plainfield, N.J.