Frances Pizzuto

January 7, 1924 - September 7, 2019

Frances Pizzuto, 95 of Lakewood, New Jersey passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center in Brick, New Jersey. Born Monday, January 7, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Iganzio and Mary Ferrante. Frances was raised in Jersey City. She would graduate from Snyder High School. Frances retired from Putnam Publishing Company in 1988 Rutherford, NJ. She would meet the love of her life, Dominic Pizzuto, and the couple would raise their family in Jersey City, before moving to Carlstadt, NJ. Eventually Frances would move to Holiday, FL, and remain there for more than 20 years, before returning to New Jersey and settling in Lakewood. Frances was an avid player of Bingo, and Texas Hold 'em, weekly, she also enjoyed making ceramics, but her love was her family, especially her grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She will be missed by all those that loved her. Frances was predeceased by her beloved husband, Dominic, who passed away in 1983, and by her brothers, Joseph Ferrante, and Thomas Ferrante. Frances is survived by her loving children, Thomas Pizzuto, and his wife Judy, and Carmen Pizzuto and his wife Gerri, by her cherished grandchildren, T.J., Jennifer, and her husband Jimmy, Anthony, and is wife Lisa, and Steven, and his wife Shanna, and by her adored great grandchildren, Alex, Andrew, James, Christopher, Natalie, Julia, Ethan, Dominic, Veronica, and Zachary. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday at St Ambrose Church located at 83 Throckmorton Ln Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst, NJ. The family will receive friends from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at Michael Hegarty & John Vincent Scalia Home For Funerals and Cremation Service, 3377 US Highway 9, Old Bridge, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers donations in Frances' memory can be made to the St. Jude's Children's Hospital. The link is located below. https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html Online condolences may be made to the family at www.HegartyScaliaFuneralHome.com