Nicolina Prestifilippo Obituary (1934 - 2024)

Nicolina Prestifilippo Nicolina Prestifilippo, 90, of West Caldwell, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Relatives and friends may visit with the family at Paul Ippolito-Dancy Memorial, 9 Smull Ave., Caldwell, on Friday morning, Feb. 16, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., immediately followed by a funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. in St. Aloysius Church, 219 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell, Burial will be at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, NJ Born in Lacadonia, Italy, daughter of the late Rocco and Lucia Chiauzzi, Mrs. Prestifilippo came to the United States in 1946 and lived in Montclair, before moving to the Caldwell's when she married. She was a homemaker and worked at Montclair Savings Bank in Montclair. Her greatest pleasure was cooking for her family and hosting Sunday dinners. The beloved wife of the late Sidney Prestifilippo, she was the loving mother of Luanne DiGuglielmo and husband, Dennis, Maria Rodgers and husband, Frank, Susan Saccente and husband, Dominick and Elizabeth Bongo and husband, Allan; dearest sister of Michael Chiauzzi and the late Ciro Philip Chiauzzi. She was the cherished grandmother of Frankie, Nicholas, Michael and fiance Samantha, Joseph and fiance Maeve, Monica and fiance Jenaro, Andrew, Maria, Evan, Thomas, and Dante.