Mary Rose Olivieri

Mrs. Mary Rose Olivieri, 98, passed away on November 24, 2019 after a brief stay in Hospice Care at AdventHealth Fish Memorial. Funeral services will be held at Noon on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at Deltona Memorial Funeral Home in Orange City, Florida. Interment will follow at Deltona Memorial Gardens. Mary was born in Queens, New York on September 12, 1921 to the late Juisto and Rosalia Papale and was a graduate of a public school in Queens. She married the love of her life, Joseph Salvatore Olivieri, on September 28, 1941. Prior to moving to Florida in 1977, Mary was an administrative assistant at Kaydee Lamp Shade Company in New York. After relocating to Florida, Mary was a customer service representative at T G & Y Store in Orange City. After retirement, Mary was an exemplary volunteer at the Deltona Sons & Daughters of Italy Lodge #2441 for many years where she loved assisting with bingo, dinner and dancing nights and weekly pasta nights. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph in 2015 after 74 loving years of marriage, and sisters Catherine DeFelice, Lena Fazzina and Sarah Marino. Survivors include her son John Olivieri of Deltona, grandchildren Geoffrey Olivieri (Beth) of Albemarle, North Carolina and Michael Olivieri of Ridge, New York, great grandchildren Gavin, Emily, Graylin and Ryan and nieces Rosalie Ressler (Richard) and Dorothy Feola (Joseph). Memorial contributions may be made to AdventHealth Hospice Care, 770 West Grananda Blvd., Suite 304. Ormond Beach, FL 32174. Deltona Memorial Funeral Home is assisting the Olivieri family and online condolences may be offered at www.deltonamemorialfuneralhome.com