Esposito, Rose (DiMaio)

Rose Esposito (née DiMaio) of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn on March 28, 2020, at the Hamilton Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brooklyn, NY, of natural causes. Precious wife of Vincent (Jim) Esposito for 71 years. Devoted mother of Rosanne, Vincent (d. 1955), Lillian and James. Treasured mother-in-law of Louis and Bea. Beloved grandmother to Jonathan, Michael, Courtney, Steven, Paul, Connor and James. Caring grandmother-in-law to Jeremiah, Dainee and Taylor, and loving great-grandmother of Sophia, Thomas, Benjamin and Emery.

Rose turned 98 on March 26, 2020 and was a beautiful and resilient woman who worked outside the home before it was commonplace and who encouraged creativity in her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. In her younger days, she sang under the stage name “Virginia Dare” and always had the most lovely speaking voice, even as she struggled in recent years with loss of hearing and sight. She had a wicked sense of humor and a constant sweet tooth. Normally, Rose would have died surrounded by her family, who are broken-hearted that they could not be with her when she passed and must wait to honor her memory and celebrate her life at a service to be planned and announced for a future time. May she be reunited in peace with her parents, Letteria (Lillian) and Rosario (Frank); her sisters Prudence and Lucille; and her baby son, Vincent.

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