Lillian (Santillo) DeSimone

Lillian Desimone passed away peacefully Friday September 21, 2018 at Roosevelt Care Center, Edison. She was born Elizabeth and resided in Newark, Bloomfield and Colonia moving to Edison in 1977.

Lillian was predeceased by her husband Edward Desimone, her parents Nicola and Helen Santillo, her grandson Edward Tortoriello, also her 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Surviving are her children JoAnn Fellanto and her husband Salvatore, Carol Joyce and her husband Robert, her grandchildren Ronald, Jocelyn, Robert, Michael, Carlie, Charles and Salvatore also her great grandchildren, Jesse, Mia, Nicholas, Ella, Joseph, Tracey, Edward Jr., Nicolette, Seth, Ross, Ronald III and Gino, also 1 great great-grandson Caiden. Lillian is also survived by her brother Louis and her sister Marion and many, many nieces and nephews.

Visitation Monday September 24, 2018 from 4:00PM to 8:00Pm at the Gosselin Funeral Home 660 New Dover Road Edison. Funeral Services Tuesday September 25, 2018 at 8:30 AM at the funeral home followed by a 9:30 AM Mass at St John Vianney Church, Colonia. Entombment St Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia.

Family request donations in her loving memory to: St Jude’s Children’s Hospital.  St. Jude.org‎

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