Evelyn Rose Savino

Evelyn Rose Savino, age 85 years, of Lawrenceville, NJ, died on Monday, March 4, 2013, in St. Joseph's Morris Hall, Lawrenceville, NJ.

Born in Jersey City, NJ, July 4, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lucy McMahon Spizzirro.

Evelyn attended All Saints Grammar School in Lafayette and graduated from Dickenson High School. She went on to college to study law at the John Marshall Law School, Jersey City, NJ.

Evelyn married Nunzio Savino on May 6, 1950. They grew up down the street from each other and after they married, they lived around the corner from where they grew up and began their family.

Evelyn taught kindergarten at All Saints School for seven years. Evelyn was involved with the Rosary Society at All Saints Church and often helped organize their card parties. She was an avid bowler and a die-hard bingo fan. The family moved to Piscataway, NJ in 1968 where they lived until 1980. Nunzio and Evelyn headed to Las Vegas, NV in 1980 where they enjoyed eight years of retirement there.

Nunzio passed away in 1987, and Evelyn returned to New Jersey in 2005 and had resided in Lawrenceville since 2006.

She is survived by two daughters, Carol Chapman of Lake Worth, FL and Jane Blades and her husband, Brian, of Raritan Township, NJ; a brother, Richard Spizzirro of Lakeland, FL; a sister-in-law, Eleanor Spizzirro of Lyndhurst, NJ; two grandchildren: Adam and Erik Blades; many nieces and nephews as well as a grandniece, Tia Spizzirro.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 10:30 AM in St. Magdalen Church, 105 Mine Street, Flemington, NJ. Entombment will be in Clover Leaf Memorial Park Mausoleum, Woodbridge, NJ. Calling hours will be held on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph's, Morris Hall, One Bishops Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.

Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information, or to send condolences.