UNION CITY–According to the local daily newspaper, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ’s) 90-year-old mother Evangelina Menendez passed away on Friday. She lived in Union City, where the senator was from.
According to the paper, “Evangelina Menendez left Cuba with her late husband, Mario, in 1953. She lived in New York City for many years before coming to Union City. For several years she worked as a seamstress in the Hoboken area while raising her three children.”
A viewing is held today (Monday), 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., at Leber Funeral Home in Union City, 20th Street and Kennedy Blvd. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the same funeral home. She will be buried at Weehawken Cemetery.