Obituary of Sylvia Morreale

Sylvia Morreale, 76, of Lawrenceville passed away peacefully Saturday, May 3 at the Lawrenceville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Lawrenceville. Born in Trenton, Sylvia was a resident of Lawrenceville most of her life. She was a graduate of Cathedral High School Class of 1955 and Trenton State College Class of 1959. Sylvia taught in the Ewing Public Schools from 1959 to 1961 and then in the Lawrence Township Public Schools from 1977 to 2002. During her tenure with the Lawrence Township Schools she was honored as “Teacher of the Year”. Even with all her accomplishments her greatest joy came though from her family. Daughter of the late Anthony and Julia Ferrazzano, grandmother of the late Anthony V. Morreale, Jr., sister of the late Annette Pacera, daughter-in-law of the late Charles and Constance Morreale, sister-in-law of the late Antoinette Dorothy Morreale, John Morreale and Alfred Deutscher she is survived by her husband of 53 years Charles D. Morreale, Jr., her sons, Charles Morreale and his wife Linda, David Morreale and Anthony Morreale and his wife Lydia all of Lawrenceville; her grandchildren, Elizabeth, Charlie and John Morreale; her sister-in-law, Marion Deutscher, brother-in-law, Salvatore Morreale and his wife Marion and brother-in-law, Frank Pacera and many nieces, nephews and special friends. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for Sylvia on Tuesday, May 6 at 11:30 AM at St. James Catholic Church, 29 East Paul Ave, Trenton. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton. Friends may call on Tuesday from 9 to 11 AM at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville. The family would prefer, in lieu of flowers, that memorial contributions to honor Sylvia be made to either St. James Catholic Church, 29 East Paul Ave., Trenton, NJ 08638 or to the C. Everett Koop Institute, Dartmouth College, HB 7025, Hanover, NH 03755