Angela Bonelli

November 1, 1965 - July 5, 2021

Angela Bonelli, 55, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021. Born Monday, November 1,1965 in Brooklyn, New York, Angela was the daughter of Rosa and the late Francesco Bonelli. Angela was raised in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Our Lady of Guadalupe School and then Bishop Kearney High School. Angela graduated from Hunter College with a BA in Psychology and then went on to complete the physician assistant program at Bayley Seton Hospital. She later earned a PhD in Emergency Medicine from Boston University. Angela worked as a physician assistant for over 30 years specializing in emergency medicine and branching out into other units including cardiac and intensive care. She was also a paramedic with the Bensonhurst Volunteer Ambulance while she was studying for her degrees. She was a dedicated healer and her kindness and compassion shone through everything she did. She was a first responder during September 11th and most recently during the COVID-19 epidemic. She gave selflessly to all who needed her. In addition to her career, Angela had many interests. She was a beautiful singer with an angelic voice that left a memorable impression on everyone who heard her. She volunteered her time to sing at many churches, including Our Lady of Guadalupe in Brooklyn, St. Ephrem's in Brooklyn and St. Ambrose in Old Bridge. She also enjoyed playing many different instruments. In her free time, she loved to crochet and knit as well as do other crafts. She enjoyed cooking, baking and spending quality time with her friends and family, especially her son and her nieces. Angela was an excellent cook who loved to make meals for her family and friends. She was an avid animal lover and had many cherished pets over the years. Angela was a loving woman who would do anything for anyone. She will be dearly missed by all those that knew her. Angela is predeceased by her father, Francesco Bonelli, and loving fiancé Joseph VanAken. Angela is survived by her son, Christopher, her pride and joy, with whom she cherished every moment; her mother, Rosa, her brother, Frank, her sister-in-law, Lisa, her nieces, Isabella and Lilianna, her ex-husband Steve Lowenthal, with whom she maintained a close friendship, and by many loving family members and friends. In lieu of flowers the family requests a donation be made in Angela's memory to Doctors without boarders : https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/ The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 PM and 6:00 to 9:00PM on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at Michael Hegarty & John Vincent Scalia Home For Funerals and Cremation Service, 3377 US Highway 9, Old Bridge, New Jersey. A Funeral service will be at 10:30 AM on Monday at St Ambrose Church located at 83 Throckmorton Ln Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857. Interment will be in St Johns Cemetery, Middle Village, NY. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.HegartyScaliaFuneralHome.com