Allegra Rondinella

Allegra S. Rondinella, 86, of Caldwell, passed away on September 27, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. Relatives and friends are invited for visitation on Wednesday from 4 pm through 8 pm in the Shook-Farmer Funeral Home, 45 Roseland Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068, shookfarmer.com. A Funeral Mass will be offered on Thursday at 11 am at Notre Dame Parish, North Caldwell, NJ. Cremation will be private. Born in Bayside, NY, she lived in East Meadow and Massapequa, NY until moving to West Orange, N.J. in 1962 and settling in Caldwell in 2001. Prior to her retirement, she was an elementary school music teacher for the East Meadow School District and later an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University. She was a longtime parishioner of Notre Dame Parish and was involved with Worldwide Marriage Encounter. In her spare time, she enjoyed travelling, cooking, sewing, reading and spending time with her extended family. Pre-deceased by her parents, Thomas and Reba Smith, her sister, Marcia Copperwhite, her son in-law, David Lowry and her niece, Elizabeth (Betsy) Copperwhite. Surviving is her beloved husband of 62 years, Oreste Renato Rondinella; devoted children, Thomas Rondinella (Sharon), Annmarie Snedeker (Brian), Allegra Lowry, Julia Shannon (Robert), and Orrie Rondinella, Jr. (Sandra); loving grandchildren, Laura Rondinella- Johnson (Melissa), Rebecca Rondinella, Julia Rondinella (fiancé Mark Vitale), Sara Snedeker, Gregory Snedeker, Thomas Snedeker, Sean Lowry, Nicholas Lowry, Molly Shannon, Robert Shannon, Owen Shannon, and Andrew Rondinella; loving brother in-law, Robert Copperwhite, sister-in-law Marie Quigley and brother-in-law Renato Rondinella. Also surviving are many nieces, nephews, extended relatives, and friends. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the National Kidney Foundation, kidney.org.