Angela A (Verrelli) Cusano , VRHS Class of 1978
Angela Cusano, 55, entered into the peacefulness of Heaven on Friday, October 31, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Rensselaer on New Year's Day in 1959, Angela was a daughter of Anita DeSantis Verrelli and the late Raymond Verrelli. She was a 1978 graduate of Rensselaer High School, and the Colona School of Beauty. Angela was employed by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in Albany for 30 years, before the onset of her illness. Angela was a kind and gentle-spirited woman with a devoted love for her family and friends. Her natural beauty radiated from within and shown brightly through everyone she embraced. She enjoyed vacationing on the New Jersey shore and was a communicant of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Rosa Road. Angela was predeceased by her father Raymond Verrelli. She is survived by her beloved husband and caregiver of 28 years, Carl Cusano Jr.; they were married on July 19, 1986. Also survived by her loving children, Christina Cusano and Mark Cusano, all of Niskayuna; her adoring mother, Anita Verrelli of Rensselaer; siblings, Marie (Salvatore) Mele of Troy, Raymond A. (Susan) Verrelli of East Greenbush, Tina (Paul) Maloney of Troy and Gina Verrelli of Rensselaer; nieces and nephews, Jennifer (Marc) Murphy, Michael Verrelli and Melissa Maloney; and a great-nephew, Mason Murphy; an aunt, Agatha Verrelli; father-in-law, Carl Cusano Sr.; sister-in-law, Michelle Cusano; many cousins and a grand-puppy, Bibbles. The Cusano family is eternally grateful to the entire staff of St. Peter's Hospital ALS Center, Dr. Miller, RN Manager Kim McClintock and Community Hospice, for the care, support and professionalism extended to them throughout Angela's illness. Services will be held at 8 a.m., on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, from the Rossi & Ditoro Funeral Home, 501 Union St., at N. Jay, then to St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Rosa Road, where a Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Interment will follow in Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Niskayuna. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the Rossi & Ditoro Funeral Home on Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Angela's memory to St. Peter's Hospital ALS Center, 19 Warehouse Row, Albany, NY 12205 or at sphcs.org/ alsregionalcenter.com.