Falcetta, Margaret (Ridenhour)

Margaret (Ridenhour) Falcetta, 79, of Rocky Hill and formerly West Hartford, beloved wife for 52 years of Vinnie “Jim”

Falcetta, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2021 at the Atrium of Rocky Hill. Born in Salisbury, NC on September 11, 1942, Margaret was the daughter of the late J. Bruce and Ruth (Reid) Ridenhour. She grew up in Asheville, NC and was a 1960 graduate of Lee Edwards High School and a 1964 graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. She also was a graduate of Katherine Gibbs in Boston. Margaret moved to Connecticut in 1966 and went to work as a life underwriter for Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. Margaret and Jim married in 1969 and made their home in West Hartford. As a member of St. James's Episcopal Church in West Hartford, she was a member of The Women of St. James and served as the chairman of the St. James bi-annual Antiques Show. Due to her love of antiques, she operated the Woolridge Antiques and Collectables store in downtown West Hartford for many years. Even after 40 years in Connecticut, she missed the Blue Ridge Mountains and her ties to Asheville, so when Jim retired in 2006, they moved to Asheville to re-connect with her friends and extended family. They moved back to West Hartford in 2019.

Besides her devoted husband Jim, Margaret is survived by her son, Jason Falcetta and wife Paula of Wallingford; her daughter, Catherine Alberts and husband Ryan and her two adored grandchildren Amelia and Reid, all of Huntington Beach, CA. She also leaves her sisters-inlaw, Angela Atwater and husband Marshall of Tolland and Barbara Mills and husband Bob of West Warwick, RI; her nephews, Mathew Atwater, Joshua Atwater and nieces, Cynthia Atwater, Francesca Morrell and Samantha Morrell. The family extends their gratitude to all the staff at the Atrium for the caring support they provided to Margaret during her stay there.

Calling hours will be held on Saturday October 30, from 12-3 p.m. concluding with a Memorial Service at 3:00 p.m. at the D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield. In lieu of flowers,

donations in Margaret's memory may be made to the Alzheimer Association, 200 Executive Blvd., Suite #4B, Southington, CT 06489 or any charity of your choice. To share a memory of Margaret with her family, please visit www.desopofuneralchapel.com.