EVANGELISTA, ANTOINETTE

A funeral mass was celebrated Nov. 16 at Holy Rosary Church Jersey City for Antoinette ‘Bunny’ Evangelista, 71, of Jersey City. She passed away Nov. 11 at St. Ann’s Home for the Aged. Born in Pittston, Pa., she lived most of her life in Jersey City. She was a homemaker but had also worked in the family deli in Jersey City and at the Liberty House Nursing Home, Jersey City for some time. She was a volunteer for St. Aedan’s School, Jersey City and parishioner of both St. Aedan’s Church and Holy Rosary Church of Jersey City. She was predeceased by her parents Peter and Jean (nee: Dente) Calabro. She is the wife of Nicholas Evangelista, mother of Nicholas Evangelista and his partner Eddie Sousa, Peter Evangelista (JCPD) and his wife Jacqueline, Mark Evangelista (JCPD) and his wife Dina, and Toni Ann Costanza and her husband Gerard, grandmother of Nicole, Danielle, Peter, Gabrielle, Jessica, Samantha, Mark and Dominick. She is also survived by a sister, Susan Bliss. Services arranged by IntrocasoAngelo Funeral Home, Jersey City.

© 2000, Newspaper Media Group