A funeral mass was held at St. Lawrence Church on April 13 for Ruth H. Riccardi. She passed away on Monday, April 9, 2012. She is the beloved wife of the late Nicholas Francis; mother of Grace Riccardi, Nicole Lawson, and Rick, John and Michael Riccardi; mother-in-law of Sharon Riccardi, Andy Lawson, Tony Lynn Riccardi and the late Jodi Riccardi; loving sister of Lillian Menzel, Mildred Miller, Georgiana DeLetter, and the late Margaret Dowdall, Catherine Varneke, Doris Varneke, and John and James Secor; special grandmother of 17 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were by the Leber Funeral Home. Interment, Weehawken Cemetery.