Rosemarie Cretelli, 85, a lifetime resident of Garrison and Cold Spring, passed away at home on June 15, 2023. She was born in Peekskill, NY on June 11, 1938 to the late Francis and Marie Arrigo. On February 15th, 1959, she married her husband Edward Cretelli. They had known each other since the first grade at Our Lady of Loretto School and were married 58 years before his death in 2017.
Rosemarie was on the Our Lady of Loretto Parish Council for 12 years. She was a member of the Mother's Guild and proud Gym Mom at Our Lady of Loretto School and worked parish activities for 20 years. She co-owned C&E Paint Supply, which was a family business. The store closed in 2021 after 70 years.
Rosemarie is survived by her daughter Donna Friedrich and her husband Michael of Fishkill, NY; her grandchildren Aleksander Friedrich of Patterson, NY, and Emma Friedrich Jicha and her husband Matthew of Tennessee; her brothers Wayne Baldino and his wife Pam of Arizona, and Mark Baldino and his wife Kathleen of Pennsylvania; her sister-in-law Diane Baldino of Florida; as well as 9 nieces, 3 great nieces, and 2 great nephews.
She was predeceased by her brother Benjamin Baldino.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on June 27th, 2023 at 10 am at Our Lady of Loretto Church 24 Fair Street Cold Spring, NY. Burial will follow at Cold Spring Cemetery.
Please consider a donation in memory of Rosemarie to either St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital www.stjude.org or the Wounded Warrior Project www.support.woundedwarriorproject.org
Arrangements are under the direction of the McHoul Funeral Home of Fishkill, Inc., 1089 Main Street, Fishkill, NY. For online tributes, you can visit Rosemarie's Book of Memories at www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.