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Obituary for Rita P Acuna (O'Neill)

Rita P  Acuna (O'Neill)
Rita P. O’Neill Acuna, age 73 of Newark passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at the Center For Hope Hospice in Elizabeth. Born in Newark she had resided there her whole life. Rita was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

She is predeceased by her parents Albert and Dorothy O’Neill, her husband Charles and her brothers Albert and Brian. Surviving are her daughter and her husband Trish and Neil LeBlanc, her grandchildren Joseph and Noel and her fiancé Shawn Douma, her great-granddaughter Peyton, her siblings and their spouses Patrick and Jeanne, Dennis and Debbie, Kevin and Lilla, Sean and Louann, Maureen and George and Kathleen and Arnold, her sister-in-laws Rosemary and Tina and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visitation hours will be held on Friday from 3pm to 7pm at the Carmen F. Spezzi Funeral Home, 15 Cherry Lane, Parlin with a private cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Rita’s name to the Center For Hope Hospice Care, 1900 Raritan Rd, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076.
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