Obituary of MARIE GRACE FEDERICI

ON THE MORNING OF JULY 25, 2019, MARIE GRACE(GAGLIANO) FEDERICI, AGE 89 OF ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLORIDA,

PEACEFULLY WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER.

A NATIVE OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, MARIE GRACE WAS BORN ON JUNE 15, 1930 TO THE LATE

GAETANO GUISEPPE AND LUCIA GAETANA LORENZO (AURICELLA) GAGLIANO.

ALONG WITH HER PARENTS, MARIE (AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS GRACE) IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND

FRANK RAYMOND FREDERICI, TWO BROTHERS JOSEPH ANTHONY AND VINCENT JOSEPH GAGLIANO, A SISTER, TERESA MARIE(TRINGALI/HALKO), AND A GRANDSON, CHRISTIAN FEDERICI.

A PROTOTYPICAL 1950'S HOUSEWIFE , MARIE GRACE WENT TO SCHOOL TO GET A DEGREE IN EDUCATION AFTER THE EARLY DEATH OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND, SHE HAD A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER AT SHAW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN VALLEY STREAM, NEW YORK. SHE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH, BLESSED SACRAMENT , WHERE SHE SANG IN THE CHOIR. IN LATER YEARS, AFTER MOVING TO FLORIDA, SHE BECAME ACTIVE

IN HER NEW CHURCH, OUR LADY QUEEN OF THE APOSTLES IN ROYAL PALM BEACH. THERE SHE VOLUNTEERED AT WORK AT THE GIFT SHOP, WAS FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMAN, AND WAS AN ACTIVE ROSARY MAKER. SHE ALSO VOLUNTERRED AT GRANDMA'S PLACE IN ROYAL PALM BEACH, AN EMERGENCY 

SHELTER FOR CHILDREN.

AMONG THOSE CARRYING ON HER WONDERFUL MEMORY ARE HER THREE CHILDREN, RICHARD FRANCIS FEDERICI(ELAINE ROSANNE),RONALD EDWARD FEDERICI(CATHERINE MARIE), AND KATHRYN ANN HERMAN(ALAN JAY);

17 GRANDCHILDREN  JESSIE FRANCIS(MICHELLE LYNN),ADAM DOMENICK(JESSICA RUTH), CHRISTOPHER RICHARD

(SANAA), MIRIAM THERESE MITCHELL(JACOB), ELIZABETH LUCIA, OLIVIA YVONNE, DANIEL JOSEPH, ISABELLA CATARINA, MICHAEL ANDRE, SOPHIA ROSAMARIA FEDERICI, SARAH CATHERINE KLEIN(RICHARD), MARIA FRANCES CALLAHAN(BREENE), FRANK RONALD, JOSEPH MICHAEL FEDERICI, SAMUEL NATHAN, FRANCESCA GRACE, AND DAVID JACOB HERMAN; 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN VICTORIA RAIN, BIANC LUCIANO, TOBIAS GAETANO, VINCENT VIRGIL, LIAM ALEXANDER, ANDRE JOSEPH, DOMINIC JOSAH, MATTHEW DAVID, ZOEY GRACE, AND DYLAN GEORGE:

AND ONE BROTHER, ANGELO VINCENT GAGLIANO. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS,

ALL OF WHO LOVED HER DEARLY. HER BELOVED RESCUE CAT, MAX, WAS BY HER SIDE FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS

AND WATCHED MANY NEW YORK METS GAMES WITH HER.

OUR MOTHER , MARIE GRACE, WAS STRONG, GENEROUS, INDEPENDENT, NEVER COMPLAINED, AND NEVER WANTED TO BE A BURDEN TO ANYONE.SHE HAD A FIERCE LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND JESUS.

SHE IS NOW AT PEACE IN HIS CARE FOR ETERNITY. SHE TRULY WAS "AMAZING GRACE".

ANYONE WHO KNEW HER WAS TOUCHED BY ONLY KINDNESS.

SHE WILL BE MISSED EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY.

MARIE GRACE'S FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ANGEL NURSES AND STAFF AT TRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE. THEY ARE TRULEY DOING GOD'S WORK EVERY DAY.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY SUGGESTS DONATIONS TO TRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE FOUNDATION OR GRANDMA'S PLACE.

ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHOW SOMEONE A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS IN HONOR OF GRACE.

GRANDMA'S PLACE http://www.grandmasplacepb.org/contact

TRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE FOUNDATION https://trustbridgefoundation.org