Rosa Maria Velazquez Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Rosa Maria (Rodriguez) Velazquez, age 89 of Millville, passed away Thursday evening, April 21, 2016 at the Millville Center after a lengthy illness. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico to the late Saturnino and Maximina (Martinez) Rodriguez, she moved to New York in 1967, and lived in Millville for the past ten years. Mrs. Velazquez was a homemaker and a seamstress. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Brooklyn, the Fourteen Holy Martyrs in Brooklyn, where she was active with a women's organization called the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and she attended St. Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church in Millville. She enjoyed sewing and cooking, loved being a mother and spending time with her family. Mrs. Velazquez will be sadly missed by her husband José M. Velazquez; her children, Francisco Vivas of Vineland, Luis Cruz of Millville, Ana Tirado of Millville, José Velazquez of NY, Emma Velazquez of Millville, and Rose Chiavelli of NY; and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren. She was predeceased by four sons, Cheo Vivas, Eduardo Vivas, Ramon Vivas, and José Velazquez Jr.; three sisters; and one brother. A Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 in The Parish of All Saints, Buck and Depot Streets, Millville. There will be a viewing on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. in the Christy Funeral Home, 11 W. Broad Street, Millville. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Millville. Memories and expressions of sympathy for Rosa Velazquez may be shared on the Obituary Tribute Wall at www.christyfuneralservice.com.

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Rosa Maria Velazquez

December 25, 1926 - April 21, 2016