A funeral mass was held Aug. 19 at Immaculate Conception Church, Secaucus, for Adelia Berckes, of Secaucus. She passed away Aug.15. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to John and Mabel Sturnick. The oldest daughter of their three children, she graduated Lafayette High School and was working at Columbia Records in New York City. On Aug. 15, 1954, she met Robert Berckes who she would marry. Moving to Secaucus, they created a home for their family and built many friendships and became active in the local community.
Adelia was a part of the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 3776, serving as president. She worked as an administrator at Huber Street School during elections for over 40 years. She was also a member of the Rosary Society and Catholic Daughters of Immaculate Conception Church. Adelia worked for twenty years at Sears Distribution Center in North Bergen until it closed.
Adelia leaves behind her husband Robert and children; John, his wife Theresa, Patricia Fugnitti, her husband Tom, Janet Grecco-Vaughan, her husband Brit and Bob Berckes. She was grandmother to Meika Franz and husband Warren, Marie Crouch and husband Justin, Michelle Berckes, Morgan Alger and husband Thomas John, Thomas and Allison Fugnitti. She was also great-grandmother to Biba Franz and Charlotte Adelia Crouch. A sister to Anna Capizzo and her husband Vito, she was predeceased by her parents and brother Walter. “Aunt Delie” to the local neighborhood and especially to Carol Mokrzycki, Eleanor Racz, Robert Lang, Kathleen Kilpatrick, Rich and Michael Berckes, Linda Dobson, Jackie Cervalo, their spouses and children. Services arranged by the Mack Memorial Home, Secaucus.