Born in Riverside, NJ, the daughter of the late Howard and Alberta (Elmes) Morrison, she was a graduate of Riverside High School and was employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Mrs. Cardea was a longtime resident of Riverton and Edgewater Park and a former communicant of Sacred Heart Parish in Riverton, NJ.
She is survived by five children, Thomas M. Cardea and his wife Polly of Rehoboth, MA, Paul V. Cardea of Hilton Head, SC, Christopher Cardea of Feasterville, PA, Michele Mozingo of Longmont, CO, and Kevin R. Cardea and his wife Victoria of West Covina, CA; a daughter in-law Laurie-Jo Cardea of Hampstead, NC; seven grandchildren, Alison Keefe and her husband Shawn, Erin and Thomas Cardea, Chloe and Emily Mozingo, Kevin Jr. and Nicole Cardea; and two great grandchildren, Emery Keefe and Finnegan Cardea. She is predeceased by another son, Carmen Cardea.
Her private arrangements are in the care of the Waring-Sullivan Home at Birchcrest in Swansea, MA.