Virginia M. Scrocco

Virginia ScroccoMiss Virginia Scrocco, 96, a lifelong resident of Orange, N.J., passed away Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.

Relatives and friends are asked to go directly to St. Joseph Church, 110 Telford St., East Orange, N.J., 07018, for a Mass on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 at 10 a.m. Interment will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.

A biology teacher and college instructor, Miss Scrocco graduated Cum Laude from the College of Saint Elizabeth and earned her master's degree from Columbia University, where she was elected to two honor societies, Pi Lambda Theta and Kappa Delta Pi.

She was awarded three fellowships from the National Science Foundation and studied at the College of William and Mary, as well at Rutgers University. Her research was published in the Journal of Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Miss Scorcco taught at St. Vincent's Academy, Bronx Community College, Coppin State Teachers College and New York Institute of Technology before retiring.

She was the loving daughter of the late Daniel and Rose Scrocco; dear sister of the late Eleanor and Joseph, and aunt of Jean and Joseph Scrocco.