Mrs. McHugh was born on March 7, 1930 in Queens, New York, the daughter of John and Lucy Garafola DeFio. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. McHugh is survived by two sons, Steven McHugh and Raymond (Evelyn) McHugh and a daughter, Sharon (Leonard) Saragnese; seven grandchildren, Richard, Jennifer, Raymond, Steven, Nicholas, Tiffany and Matthew McHugh and a great-grandson, Dominick Casella.