Terese McCabe Cerni of Scarsdale New York died suddenly on April 16, 2021. She was born in New York City on May 26, 1933 to Georgiana Scanlon and Henry McCabe. Terry attended Dominican Academy, received a BA from Marymount College and an MA from Fordham University. She was raised in a close-knit family on the Upper East Side in New York City where she was a parishioner of St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church. In 1965, she and her young family moved to Scarsdale, New York and became parishioners of Saint Pius X. Terry was a lifelong educator in New York City, Scarsdale and New Rochelle. In the Fall of 1979, she joined The Ursuline School as a high school Mathematics teacher, retiring in 2001 after 22 fulfilling years.
Terry was the wife of the late Salvatore A. Cerni; they were married for nearly 55 years. She is survived by her loving daughters Claire A. Cerni of New York City and Janet E. Cerni of Richmond, California as well as her in-laws Joseph and Dolores Cerni, Adrienne Cernigliaro, and Marian McCabe. She is pre-deceased by her brothers, John and Stephen McCabe, sister-in-law Kathy and brother-in-law George Cernigliaro. She is also survived by devoted cousins, nieces, nephews; her Ursuline School Community; her Saint Pius family; and friends and kind neighbors in Scarsdale.
Visitation will be at Edwin L. Bennett Funeral Home, Scarsdale, NY on Friday, April 23, from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Due to Covid-19 gathering restrictions, Terry’s funeral Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday April 24 at Saint Pius X is invitation only. Please join the family in celebrating her life on the live stream (http://saintpiusxchurch.com/wp/sample-page/stream-mass/) or at the Visitation. Burial will be at later date at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York. In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to support promising students at The Ursuline School, 1354 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York, 10804, online at ursulinenewrochelle.org or the RJM Haiti Fund c/o RJM Provincial Office, 821 Varnum Street, Washington, DC, 20017, online at rjmusa.org.
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