Gloria Finelli, a lifelong resident of the Bronx, died on July 2, 2024. She was 78.
Mrs. Finelli was born on August 2, 1945 in the Bronx to the late Enrique and Ruth (Bendict) Fernandez. She is pre-deceased by her husband Gerald A. Finelli, who died on January 15, 2009. Gloria was a volunteer dispatcher for the Morris Park Association and a meeting attendee of the Bronx 49th Police Precinct Community.
She is survived by her four children, Kathleen Maloney, Deborah Vazquez, Denise Finelli, and Anthony G. Finelli; her three grandchildren, Nicole Kehrley, Robert Daniel Maloney, and Brandon Vazquez; and her two great grandchildren, Natalie Kehrley and Nora Kehrley.
Visiting will be Tuesday from 4-8pm at Joseph A. Lucchese Funeral Home, 726 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx. Family and friends wishing to attend the visitation virtually may do so by clicking the following link at any time during the visiting hours Finelli Virtual Visitation Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday at 10am at St. Clare’s Church, 1908 Paulding Avenue, Bronx. Interment will follow at St. Raymond’s Cemetery, 2600 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx.
