BERNADETTE PERNA

Bernadette Perna Funeral is on Friday Bernadette Perna (nee Orangeo), 70, of Gillette, N.J., died on March 22, 2015, at Overlook Medical Center, Summit, N.J. Funeral is from the Galante Funeral Home, 2800 Morris Ave., Union, N.J., on Friday at 8:30 a.m. The Funeral Mass is at St. James Church, Springfield, N.J., at 10 a.m. Interment is in St Mary Stony Hill Cemetery, Watchung, N.J. Visitation is on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. For directions or to send condolences, visit galantefh.com. Born in Newark, N.J., Bernadette lived in Springfield and Union before moving to Gillette. She was the mother of Michelle Perna-Ligus and her husband, Phil, Celeste Perna and Michael Perna; companion of Tony Margotta; sister of Joseph Orangeo, Kenneth Orangeo, Robert Orangeo, and Lorraine Herrick; grandmother of Arielle, Adriana, Jake, Jackie, and Carson.