Clara "Carrie" (Solecki) Pucciarelli

Clara “Carrie” Pucciarelli passed away peacefully at her Bayonne residence on Friday, June 14, 2024.  She was born in Bayonne to the late Viola (nee: Wilk) and Felix Solecki and was a lifelong resident.  She was a clerk for Fedway Liquor Distributors, Kearny, prior to retirement.

A devoted member of St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish, she was a long-time member of its Rosary Society.

She loved a good joke and telling jokes.

Carrie was predeceased by her beloved husbands, John McGlone and Anthony “Tony” Pucciarelli. She is survived by her loving children, Kathy Kopf, and her husband, John, Maureen Smith, and her husband, Larry, and Jack McGlone; her cherished grandchildren, Joshua Kopf, and his wife, Kathleen Meneses, Devin Rodriguez, and her husband, Anthony, Courtney Kopf, and her husband, Jason Jones, and Jessie and Madison McGlone; her adoring great grandchildren, Gabriel, Quinn, Nadia and Mia; and her dear sisters-in-law, Kathryn Arcolio and Mary DeRosa.

Carrie was predeceased by her beloved son, Joseph Pucciarelli; her cherished grandson, Justin Bellini; and her dear siblings, Walter, John, Louis, Stanley, Frank and Josephine Solecki, Frances Perepeka, Mary O’Leary, Sophie Hill, Betty Kotowski and Theresa Danilowski.

The funeral will be conducted by Bayonne Memorial Home, Inc. on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.  A funeral Mass will be held at Blessed Miriam Teresa Parish at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church at 10:00 a.m. followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday, June 17, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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