Obituary for
Rose Scire (LoPresto)
Rose Scire (June 30, 1926 - July 25, 2018): Rose Scire, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and "Queen of the Five Boroughs Recycling Brigade," died July 25 at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. She was 29 until the end. Born to a Sicilian family and raised in Brooklyn, she could nag you in two languages - while wearing a housecoat with curlers in her snow-white hair - but never hear your answer. She has been reunited with her cherished husband and devout Yankees fan, Sebastian Thomas Scire, after 13 years apart. They married in 1946 - after she'd threatened to run away and elope - and held hands until his death in 2004. She wore a pink bedazzled tiara for her 90th (or third 29th) birthday, got a perm and set every Friday, and memorized New York City's long-lost compendium of arcane garbage and recycling rules. She showered her family with love, affection and an ever-present cloud of Calvin Klein Obsession perfume.
Her survivors include her children, Salvatore, Margaret and Paula; grandchildren, Thomas, Anthony, Christine, Vincent, Stefanie and Brianna; and great-grandchildren, Gianna, Salvatore, Ethan and Evan. They have inherited her love of icebox cakes, jelly rings and chocolate-covered cashews.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York City, or Camp Anchor, 630 Lido Blvd., Lido Beach. The family will receive visitors at Scarpaci Funeral Home, 1401 86th St., Brooklyn, on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9:30 p.m. The funeral mass will be at St. Frances Cabrini, 1562 86th St., Brooklyn, on Monday at 10:30 a.m.
