Theresa (Terry) Costa (Manturi) passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 7, 2020 at her home of in Livingston NJ. Theresa was born in Orange NJ in 1927. Raised in West Orange, NJ she was one of ten children born to Patrick Manturi and Concetta Lombardi Manturi. In 1952, she married Joseph M. Costa and they settled in Livingston where she resided for the past 62 years. She and her husband were members at St. Philomena Parish.
Theresa was active in Cusillo, RCIA, the Rosary Society, St. John’s soup kitchen in Newark and served as a Eucharistic Minister at St. Barnabas Hospital for many years. She was also a member of Livingston AARP #3663, the Thursday Seniors and enjoyed bowling with the Livingston Church Women’s League at Hanover Lanes.
After raising her four children Theresa and Joe began traveling with friends and family and visited many places both here and abroad. She enjoyed cooking, babysitting and trips to Mount Airy, but her greatest joy in life was her family and spending time at home with each one of them. Volunteer work at Inglemoor Nursing Home eventually led to a career in home caregiving for several clients.
Theresa was predeceased by her husband Joseph and is survived by her four children. Janet (Costa) Gorman and her husband Paul; Joseph Costa and his wife Lyn; Irene (Costa) Fiory and Theresa (Costa) Burguillos and her husband Richard. She leaves behind her beloved grandchildren Kimberly and her husband Brian, Jacquelyn and her husband John, Gregory and his wife Lisa, Christopher, Kevin and Paul; and great grandchildren whom she loved and adored – Nicholas, Luciana, Francesca and Dominic.
Theresa is also survived by her sister Alberta (Betty) D’Ambrosia, of Manchester, NJ, Jeanne Kernan of North Carolina, Patrick Manturi (her oldest nephew) who was raised as a brother, and Ninfa Costa (sister-in-law) of Livingston, NJ as well as many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from Quinn-Hopping Funeral home in Livingston on Wednesday, March 11th, from 4 to 8 pm. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Philomena Parish on Thursday March 12th at 10am. Entombment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover NJ.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Theresa’s memory.
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