Maria Peluso

Maria was the fifth of six children, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and has resided in Lower Bucks County for many years.

She had a great love of family, friends and the arts. An excellent cook, she loved entertaining. She was an ardent supporter of Italian culture, always regaling friends and family alike about the great contributions in the arts and sciences by Italians.

A theater lover, she and her husband participated in community theater – the Levittown Players. She produced a program of Italian Culture for Middletown township which included a production of Commedia Dell’arte plays. Later, she would direct a production of Orlando Furioso using the Sicilian Marionettes with the Piazza Navona Lodge.

Beloved wife of 66 years to the late Emidio Peluso, Maria is the loving mother of Claudia Morris, David Peluso, Peter Peluso and Camille Peluso Martenson.

She is the devoted grandmother of Colton, Lauren, Dylan, Alexa, Haley, Justin and Phoebe and proud great grandmother to Olivia and Eliza.

Family and friends are invited to call from 9:00 until 11:00 am at the James J. Dougherty Funeral Home, Inc., 2200 Trenton Road, Levittown. Her funeral mass will be celebrated, at 12:00 pm at the Olde Church of Saint Andrew, 135 South Sycamore Street, Newtown, PA. Interment will be held in Washington Crossing National Cemetery at 9:30 am on Monday, January 20, 2020.

Memorial contributions in Maria's memory to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 would be appreciated by the family.