Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:1-6 KJV
Maria Rosa Ponticelli –
Faithful servant of Jesus Christ, devoted wife, loving mother to four children, grandmother to thirteen grandchildren, great-grandmother to ten great-grandchildren, and cherished friend of many, passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on November 26, 2022, at Thousand Oaks, California.
Maria was born on November 5, 1928, to Samuel and Antonetta Saritelli of Providence, Rhode Island. She was a loving sister to Annamaria DiPanni of Cranston, Rhode Island, and the late Joseph Saritelli, Samuel Saritelli, Edith Drake, Angelo Saritelli, Mario Saritelli, Amando Saritelli, Anthony Saritelli, Vito Saritelli, Genevieve Romano, and Adele Klones, all from Providence, Rhode Island. She was also a very cherished aunt to many nieces and nephews.
Second, only to her love for Jesus, Maria was the loving wife to the late Alfred Ponticelli, also from Providence, Rhode Island. We rejoice as they are together again in Heaven after sharing more than fifty years of their journey on earth.
In her youth, Maria attended the Rhode Island School of Design and later worked in the aerospace industry before spending many years in property management. However, her true vocation was as a recruitment officer for Jesus Christ, bringing many to his calling and guiding their passage through this world in preparation for His divine promise of Eternal Life.
Maria is survived by her four children, Beverly (Steven) Glass of Riverside, California, Alfred Ponticelli of Buffalo, New York, Andrea (Scott) Jansen of Thousand Oaks, California, and Anthony (Gloria) Ponticelli of Westlake Village, California, her thirteen grandchildren including Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah, Thomas, Christa, Olivia, Tiana, Lucas, Brandon, Samantha, Rebecca, Nicholas, and David Joseph, her ten great-grandchildren including Isabella, Emily, Abigail, Elianna, Jaxson, Phoenix, Parker, Logan, Liam, and Elon, and many other loved ones.
Maria will be profoundly missed, but her spirit and memory will remain with all that had the privilege to be loved by her. She is a gift.
Ciao, Baby!
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