Judy was born on October 20, 1942 in Newark, NJ to the late Fred and Ida Silva. She met the love of her life when she was 16 years old and they were married on November 22, 1959 in Newark. Judy and Phillip relocated to South Plainfield, in 1968 until they retired to Toms River, NJ in 2000.
Judy raised her four children and was employed as an Insurance Agent. Her greatest joys in life were being a wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was always so full of such an infectious joy to everyone she met. Her happiness, smiles, giving fun and nurturing and loving spirit lives on in each of us.
Judy was predeceased by her parents as well as her sisters Geraldine Sulzer and Louise Lee and is survived by her husband of 64 years, Phillip Castagna Sr., her four children; Phillip Jr., and his wife Joyce of Whiting, NJ, Robert and his fiancee Nadine Scali of Toms River, NJ, Patricia Vig and her husband James of Piscataway, NJ, Michael and his wife Lisa of South Plainfield, NJ, her sisters, Ida Butler of Toms River, NJ, Kathy Vecchione and her husband Gary of Toms River, NJ, and her sister in law Roberta Shank and her husband Bill of Sydney, Nebraska. Also surviving are Judy's 10 beautiful grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren as well as numerous nieces, nephews (great) many cousins and dear friends.
Services will be private.
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