Anna Baffige (nee Rufolo), 103 passed away at Complete Care in Cedar Grove on February 21, 2024.
Funeral services are private, in the care of the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home.
Born in Newark, Anna was a longtime Hillside resident until moving to Kearny in 1987. She was a dedicated home maker who deeply enjoyed caring for her family. A talented seamstress, she made all of her own curtains and clothing. She was also handy, learning how to paint and hang wallpaper to make her house a welcoming place for all of the cherished holidays and family events she hosted throughout the years. Anna was an excellent cook and a talented baker; her family will miss her homemade ravioli and gravy, and her Italian specialty desserts, like her cheesecake and rum cake.
Anna also liked spending time relaxing with a hot cup of tea, watching Lawrence Welk on TV, while dancing with her husband Evo.. Above all, she treasured time spent with her family.
The daughter of the late Pasquale and Marcherita (nee Policastro) Rufolo, she was the beloved wife of the late Evo Baffige. She was the loving mother of Veronica Dragos and the late Margaret McCarthy and Frank Baffige; and cherished mother-in-law of Guilbert McCarthy and Patricia Baffige. She was the dear grandmother of Marguerite King and her husband John, Rosanne Nutkis, Martin Dragos and his wife Tracy, Eva Marie Dragos, Frank Baffige and his wife Margaret, Edward Baffige and his wife Heather and Joseph Dragos; proud great-grandmother of Lauren and her husband Nelson, Jennifer, James and his wife Mouna, Jeffrey and his fiance Anna, Olivia, Christian, Breanna and Matthew; and adoring great-great-grandmother of Liam and Hudson. She is also survived by her dearest niece Patricia Ann Rouette. She was predeceased by her brothers Philip, Vito, Nicholas, Joseph and George, and by her sisters Mary, Angela, Teresa, Rose and Lucille.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Anna’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
