Obituary of Josephine Aponte

Josephine Aponte South Plainfield - Josephine (DiMura ) Aponte, 95, died on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Born in Chittenango, NY, Mrs. Aponte grew up in Middlesex prior to settling in South Plainfield in 1951. A communicant of Sacred Heart RC Church, Josephine worked as a seamstress and after marriage to the Peter U. Aponte was a homemaker and enjoyed raising her family. She enjoyed cooking, knitting, gardening, sewing and crocheting. Members of her family were the lucky recipients of beautifully tailored clothing, and one-of-a-kind bedspreads and tablecloths. Josephine is predeceased by her husband, the late Peter U. Aponte, a sister, Margaret Settineri and two brothers, John and Rinaldo DiMura. Surviving are two daughters: Angela Muller of South Plainfield and Johanna Michalewsky and her husband, Warren, also of South Plainfield; her son, Frank Aponte and his wife Madeline of Flemington; three sisters, Frances DeLario and Bella Loccisano, both of Texas, and Clara Sadowski and her husband, Chester of Middlesex, and sister-in-law, Ida DiMura; five grandchildren, Erika Navarro, Kimberly Hoff (Thomas) Allyson Barnacz (Joseph) and Gregory and Chrystin Aponte. Also surviving are two great grandchildren, Jaycen and Joseph Barnacz. Funeral mass will be offered at 11:30 AM on Friday, December 7, 2012 at Sacred Heart RC Church, South Plainfield. Entombment will follow at Holy Redeemer Cemetery Mausoleum, South Plainfield