Rose Irene Russo passed away at home on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.  She was born in New Brunswick,  NJ on March 8, 1932 to the late Lena and Eugene James Russo.   In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers Reverend Francis J. Russo, Thomas Russo, Sylvano Russo, and her sister Santina Lawrence.

Rose was a graduate of St. Peter’s High School and Villa Maria College, Erie, PA.  She taught in St. Matthew School in Edison, NJ and in private schools in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she also conducted the all-boy and children’s choirs.  From 1972 to 1980 she was secretary in Blessed Sacrament Parish, Martinsville, NJ where she conducted middle and high school folk mass choirs.  From 1980 to 1986 she was employed as secretary in St. Bernadette Church, Parlin, NJ.  Rose moved to King George, Virginia in 2003.  She is survived by her sister Eugenia Heffernan; her sister in laws Athena Russo of Florence, AZ and Janice Russo of Macungie, PA and her nieces and nephews of Russo, Lawrence, Heffernan, Stoyanof, McIvor, Burke families.

Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 am on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at St. Anthony of Padua Church and burial at Historyland Memorial Park in King George.  In lieu of flowers, your prayers are requested for Rose and donations made to organized charities which aid the needy.