Josephine was born on March 28, 1943 in the Bronx, NY to Theresa and Paul Arancio. She was the youngest of three and grew up with her brother Anthony and sister Marie. She married the love of her life Mark Covais on September 29th 1969 in Sacred Heart Church. They shared 13 years of marriage together and two beautiful children before Mark passed away on November 2nd 1982.
Josephine taught preschool for over 25 years at Creative Beginnings Children Center and touched the lives of all of the children, families and co-workers who came to love her over the years.
Josephine will be remembered as a loving, vibrant, fun, caring, and nurturing daughter, sister, mother, aunt, Nonna, and friend.
She is survived by her sister Marie Venitucci, son Mark Covais and wife Dana, her daughter Tara Varsov and husband Brett, as well as her grandchildren Aaron Varsov, MJ Covais, and Juliet Varsov.
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the funeral services are private to the immediate family only. A funeral mass may be attended virtually via the link below.
https://ihm-parish.org/streaming-mass
Mass will being at 11:00 am Monday the 4th of January.
A memorial service in Josephine's memory will be scheduled for a later date.
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