Anna Patello

went home to Our Lord, suffering from a broken heart, five weeks after the passing of her beloved

husband of 71 years, John.

Daughter of the late Antonio and Rosa Flora, sister to the late Joseph, Anthony, Andrew Flora and

Madeline Stisi, Anna was originally a resident of Jersey City, married John and lived and raised a family

of five until 1976 before making their home in Toms River.

Survived by five children, Dolores Giorgio and her husband Carmine, Carol Ann Stevenson and her

husband Robert, Joan Arcuri and her husband Santo, Annie and Dennis Schuenemann and John M.

Patello and his fiancee Laura Schulze; eight grandchildren. Donna Tescher and her husband John, Mark

Giorgio, Robert Stevenson, Christopher Stevenson and his wife Katherine, Maria Arcuri and her fiance

Nathan Day, Anna Arcuri, Christopher Smith and Jennifer Patello; seven great grandchildren, Brianna

and Alexa Tescher, Dylan Haggirty, Ansli Valario, Shawn Stevenson, Jessica and Calista Stevenson.