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Janet G Centuori Obituary

Janet G. Centuori peacefully passed away on March 13, 2017 in the greater Los Angeles area, where she lived for the past two years of her life.  A funeral mass will be held on Saturday March 25th at 11am at St Theresa's of Calcutta Parish-Church of the Immaculate Conception, 30 N. Fullerton Ave, Montclair, interment at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair.  Visiting will be on Friday March 24th, from 6-8pm at Caggiano Memorial, 62 Grove St, Montclair. caggianomemorial.com


Born in 1930 to an Italian immigrant father, Benjamin Galati, and mother Anna (Autorino) Galati.  She spent most of her life in New Jersey having worked for twenty years as an administrative assistant for The Lummis Co, and another twenty years for the Bloomfield Public Library.


Janet naturally assumed the role of passionate matriarch who fiercely protected and loved her family.  She had a huge heart, generous spirit, and quirky sense of humor.  She was good to family friends and family alike.  She loved the cuisine and traditions of all things Italian American— from the bitter taste of broccoli rabe to sweet cannoli (only with fresh ricotta filling).  She enjoyed playing bingo and the lottery, Palm Sunday mass, honoring superstitions, and relaying stories of right and wrong.   Her beautifully crafted penmanship demonstrated her innate sense of creativity and precision.   Her dream of becoming a schoolteacher was expressed through a keen interest in the work of her professor daughter, and her schoolteacher granddaughter.


Janet was loved by all who knew her.  Many say she was their second mom.  She will be greatly missed, though some of her traits live on through her son, Edmond Centuori, her daughter, Jeanine Centuori, and three grandchildren—Cassandra Centuori, Michael Centuori, and Rafael Rock.  Janet was preceded in death by her husband, Edmond Centuori, Sr., and her brother, Dennis Galati. 

 

Monday March 20, 2017 at 2:01 pm
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