Obituary of Theresa Arteca

Theresa Arteca, 95, passed away peacefully on March 8, 2019 at Staten Island University Hosptal, North. She was the beloved wife of the late Rocco (1983); loving mother of Robert Arteca, and Richard Arteca, and his wife, Pinky; fond mother-in-law of Vikki Arteca; cherished grandmother of Nicole Arteca, Billy Battista, Michelle VanSalisbury and her husband, Scott, Robert Rocco Arteca, Joseph Arteca and his wife, Carolina, Riccardo Arteca, and Jan Marie Lozada and her husband, Dave; devoted great-grandmother of A.J., Robert, and Dash Battista, Kai and Ryder Lozada, Everly Arteca; dear sister of Anita Orefice and Ernest Villany. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Arteca was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, and raised in Bensonhurst. She was employed for many years for the former Stern's Department Store in Valley Stream, NY. Theresa thoroughly enjoyed bowling and was an avid Mets fan. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church on Friday, 3/15, at 10 am. Interment of the cremated remains will follow in St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, NY.