Obituary of Mary Ann Focaccio

Focaccio, Mary Ann nee Paterno, 60, of West Collingswood Heights, formerly of South Philadelphia, peacefully passed away on June 2, 2007. Mary Ann?s legacy will be her caring, compassionate, devoted personality everyone who knew her will miss most. She fought a very courageous battle with scleroderma for more than 18 years. And was a member of the Scleroderma Foundation. Mary Ann most enjoyed spending her leisure time at the casinos playing the ?one armed bandit? or betting on the ?ponies? Mary Ann was born and raised in South Philadelphia and graduated from St. Maria Goretti High School. She worked as a Nurses Aide for Bok Middle School for more than 15 years until her retirement in 2003. Mary Ann is predeased by her parents, Frank and Lena Paterno; her former husband Francis and her son Frankie Focaccio. She is the beloved mother of Jennifer Broderick and her husband Jim. Dear sister of Bernadette Migoia. Loving grandmother of Christopher Broderick. Viewing Thursday evening 6:30 to 9 PM and Friday morning 8 to 9 AM in the McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, 34 Hunter Street, Woodbury, NJ. Funeral Mass 10 AM Friday Morning in the Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration, White Horse Pike, Collingswood, NJ Interment New Saint Mary?s Cemetery, Bellmawr, NJ Memorial contributions in Mary Ann?s memory may be made to the Scleroderma Foundation, Attn: Donations, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105, Danvers MA 01923. Tributes and memories may be shared at www.mcgfuneral.com ?The Lifetime Tribute Funeral Home?