Gloria R Lentini

Gloria was born in Newburgh, the second daughter born to the late Joseph and Julia VanDeventer Raycraft. She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony, in 1975, best friend and cherished sister, Dolly Politi, and her brother, William Raycraft. She is survived by her sister-in-law Mary Raycraft, of Dennis, Massachusetts, and her beloved son Anthony (Tony) and his wonderful wife Betty, of Las Vegas, Nevada. She was educated in the Newburgh Public School System and graduated from Newburgh Free Academy in 1946. Gloria was employed by the Newburgh City School District at Newburgh Free Academy for many years.

Gloria was a communicant of Saint George’s Church and was active in the Senior Girls’ Friendly Society and the Altar Guild. She worked on the food program at the church for more than twenty years. She enjoyed a full and productive life, lived with purpose, strength and grace and she made an impact on the lives she touched. She believed in family and friends, and she loved and supported them. Additional survivors are many nieces and nephews, among them Patricia Politi Phelan (Jack), Peter Politi (MaryAnn), and Joan Lentini DeFazio (Anthony) and seven special great nephews, Ken, Jack, and Patrick Phelan and Peter, Jason, Colin and Nathan Politi, along with their wives and eighteen children.

Gloria loved Newburgh, her house in the Colonial Terraces on Prospect Street, her girlfriends, the Newburgh waterfront, the Saint George’s Church family, Cape Cod, Myrtle Beach and Florida. She truly loved the casinos of Vegas! Having lived until the age of 97, she was able to enjoy a long and happy retirement.

A memorial service will be scheduled for a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be, in Gloria’s name, to Saint George’s Episcopal Church, 105 Grand Street, Newburgh, New York 12550.

Your life was our blessing.

Your memory, a treasure.

You were loved beyond words.

Missed beyond measure.