Yorktown's Renata Mercandetti Dies at 90

YORKTOWN, NY — Renie DeGiovanni died peacefully September 7, 2016, at Northern Westchester Hospital surrounded by her family.

She was 90 years old.

DeGiovanni was predeceased by her husband, Remo DeGiovanni; her parents, Aurelio and Maria (Costa) Mercandetti; her in-laws, Domenico and M. Ernestina (Cabiati) DeGiovanni; and her sisters Angelina (Mercandetti) Fox and Diana Mercandetti.

She is survived by her children, Elaine and Michon Stuart, Raymond and Kathy (Kralik) DeGiovanni, Laura and Raymond Schneeberger and Diane and Robert Kelm; her grandchildren, Michelle (Moccia) Ryan, Amanda (Schneeberger) Shortt and Tyler Shortt, Daniel DeGiovanni, Marissa Stuart, Lindsay Schneeberger, Jessica DeGiovanni, Zachary Schneeberger, Gregory Schneeberger and Cassandra Kelm; and her great-grandchildren, Hailie Ryan and Madison Ryan.

Renie valued education and learning new things, as well as reading, art, traveling, spending time with her family, and hitting the road with her friend, Ann Lanoway. She began her career as a legal secretary and ended it as a medical professional, working at Northern Westchester Hospital in medical records and coding.

Even after her retirement, she continued volunteering many hours at the hospital which she loved, and to which she was totally dedicated. This dedication was rewarded in her being honored with the “Beacon of Light Award” in 2012.

Indeed, the people she worked with were like a second family to her and she cared very much about each of them. It was so touching for us to talk to so many of her co-workers and friends, each of whom had a story to share with us about how she had reached out to them in some special way.

She came to America as a young child, but always remained in contact with her relatives in Italy. The highlight of her 90th year was a beautiful trip to her homeland with most of her children and their spouses, and her dear nephew, Stephen and his wife, Terry.

She was interred in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery in Mount Kisco, NY.

Obituary courtesy Clark Funeral Home, Inc.

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