Barbara Rose Celentano ,90 years, of the Menlo Park Terrace section of Woodbridge Twp., passed peacefully, on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Roosevelt Care Center in Edison.

Born on April 7, 1929, in Newark, NJ and formerly of Kearny, NJ, she had resided in Menlo Park Terrace, since 1958.

She was a retired nursery school teacher, for the Centenary Nursery School in Metuchen, and was a long-time member of the Centenary United Methodist Church in Metuchen.

Barbara leaves behind, her beloved husband of 64 years, Robert Celentano, her two daughters; Elaine Celentano Levy and her husband, Ethan Levy, of Tenafly, and Gloria Celentano, and her husband, Jay Stafford, of Lakewood, and her three grandchildren; Michael and Evan Budalich and Esther Rose Levy.

Visitation will be on Friday, May 3, 2019, from 4 pm to 7 pm, at the Flynn and Son Funeral Home, 23 Ford Ave. Fords, NJ 08863.

Funeral services will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at 11 am, at the Flynn and Son Funeral Home, with Rev. Anna Thomas officiating. Interment will follow, in Hillside Cemetery, Metuchen.