(nee: Nelson) On Friday, April 20, 2012; wife of Richard Vacante and the late Joseph Hnatko; mother of Robert, Doris, Sammy, Thomas, James, Cynthia, Michael, Georg, Jodi Galano, and Christine Hnatko; stepmother of Rita Sacca, and Rick and Katie Vacante; sister of Bertil Nelson; grandmother of nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were by the GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOME. Burial, Arlington Memorial Park, Kearny.