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Sharon Peller DiDonato - Class of 1960
Submitted by Fran Olson Gustafson 1965 <fgustafson917@gmail.com>
on 14/Mar/2024
97.124.252.171
Sharon "Sherry" DiDonato of Marlboro, NY passed away
peacefully on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at her home in
Marlboro. She was 81 years old. Sherry was born in Newburgh,
NY on July 17, 1942. She was the daughter of the late
Stephen John Peller and Eleanor Cecelia Monahan.
Sherry was a 1960 graduate of Newburgh Free Academy,
Newburgh and a graduate of the Spencerian Business School,
Newburgh. She worked her first secretarial job for Perrott
Funeral Home in Newburgh, NY just long enough to meet the
love of her life Carl John DiDonato, Jr who predeceased her
on January 5, 2024.
Sherry and Carl would go on to purchase the Tuthill Funeral
Home, in Marlboro, NY where they would raise their family.
Carl and Sherry together ran the DiDonato Home for 49 years
before their passings.
Sherry is survived by her daughters; Laurene "Lori" Hooper
and husband Edward, Tamara "Tami" DiDonato and Terry Elia,
Kerstin "Keri" Votta and husband Al. She had 9
grandchildren; Lorenzo Carl Cavazza and wife Cailin, Richard
Cavazza and fiance Carly Lopergolo, Carl John "CJ" Hooper
and wife Andrea, Michael Giovanni DiDonato and husband
Mitch, Diana Marie Hooper, Justin Michael Votta and wife
Bri, Ralph Malone Votta, Marisa Michele Linsig and husband
Tyler, Ashley Rose Votta and fiancé Anthony James Amoroso,
4 great grandchildren; Justin Michael "JJ" Votta, Jr., Ryder
Carl Votta, Peyton Rose Votta and Miles Edward DiDonato.
Sherry is also survived by brother in law Vincent DiDonato
and sister in law Rose DiDonato along with many loving
cousins, nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held on Sunday from 1-4pm at the
DiDonato Funeral Home, 1290 Route 9W, Marlboro. A mass of
Christian burial will be offered on Monday morning at 10am
at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Newburgh. Burial will
follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newburgh. Family would like
to suggest memorial donations be made to Hudson Valley
Hospice, 374 Violet Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601,
www.hvhospice.org Funeral arrangements were entrusted to her
grandson Richard J. Cavazza of the DiDonato Funeral Service,
Inc., (845) 236-4300, www.didonatofuneralservice.com
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