Teresa Charlotte Ciarrocca

Teresa Charlotte Ciarrocca (née Cacchione)
Lifelong Westfield Resident
Mrs. Teresa Charlotte Ciarrocca (née Cacchione) passed away Wednesday July 26th, 2023 at Autumn Lakes Health Care in Berkeley Heights. She was 91 years old.
Born in Westfield on Greene Place to Alfredo and Antoinette Cacchione, Teresa grew up in town and graduated from Westfield High School. She worked as an Administrative Assistant and Executive Secretary for a number of firms in New York City over the years and in her family's law practice, Ciarrocca & Ciarrocca in Union. While her children were young, Teresa was active in the PTA's and was the president of the Jefferson School PTA. She was a founding and active member of St. Helen's Parish in Westfield, serving as a CCD teacher for many years. She was honored at Sacred Heart Basilica for her dedication to teaching children in the CCD program. She was a long time Eucharistic minister and usher at St. Helen's.
Teresa was known for her love of her family, days at her beach house in Point Pleasant Beach, and collecting sea glass. She also was known for baking cookies, and crocheting afghans. She was an avid fan of The Hallmark Channel and loved nothing more than doting on her grandchildren, her great grandchildren and her dogs. She has been affectionately known as Mrs. C, The Church Lady, the Cookie Lady and loved "makin' memories" with her large family.
Teresa Ciarrocca was predeceased by her loving husband, Louis J. Ciarrocca, Jr. in 1993.
She is survived by her children Kenneth (Laura), Mark, (Janet), David (Jeanmarie), Lori (Daniel), and Steven (Lisa), her 10 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, and her niece, Leslie Wheeler (James) and her great nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will gather between 2 & 6 pm Sunday July 30th in the Dooley Colonial Home 556 Westfield Ave. Westfield, NJ 07090. A funeral mass will be held at 10 am Monday in the Parish of St. Helen on Rahway Avenue in Westfield. Entombment will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial contribution to Helping Hearts and Hands (St. Helen's Church, Westfield) and St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center.