Edith C. Valentino, 86, Of East Moriches

Edith C. Valentino, 86, of East Moriches died on February 7. She succumbed to an aggressive cancer, diagnosed only four weeks prior.

A memorial service will be held at the Moloney-Sinnicksons Funeral Home in Center Moriches with burial of her ashes to follow at Pinelawn Cemetery on Wellwood Avenue in Farmingdale. The Reverend John Seth will be officiating. The date and time are yet to be determined, due to the coronavirus.

Anyone wishing to celebrate her life is welcome to email DomesticDizaster@aol.com (please note the “z” in Dizaster) and request to be notified of the date and time when one is settled upon. Please put “Memorial” in the subject line.

She was born in Flushing, Queens, on October 8, 1933. After graduating from Chatham High School in the Berkshire Mountains, she earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising/marketing from Bryant College. She was proud to have completed the four-year program in only 3 years.

She married George Valentino on March 27, 1959. They were married for eight and a half years before his death on December 7, 1967.

Ms. Valentino retired from the Southampton Town Parks and Recreation Department on August 30, 1995, after 16 years of dedicated service. She loved to travel, and felt blessed to be able to visit Greece, Turkey, Morocco, and Germany, according t family.

She crossed the country four times, starting as a teenager. She explored 49 out of 50 states, missing only Hawaii, and made it to Alaska twice.

She treasured creating a plethora of arts and crafts throughout her lifetime, according to her family, and enjoyed cross stitch and needlepoint as well. She even made each of her grand-children’s first Christmas stocking.

She is survived by her children: George Valentino Sr., and wife Jennifer, of East Quogue; Denise Callahan and her husband Alan Kremberg of Silver Spring, Maryland; and Heidi Donnelly of East Moriches; and her grandchildren, Chris Callahan and Chris Fargiano.