Maria Antoinette Bertone Obituary

The passing of Maria Antoinette Bertone (Smithtown, New York), born in Manhattan, New York leaves a void in the hearts of many, as we bid farewell to a loving soul who departed on September 1, 2025 at the age of 77. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

As we bid Maria farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Maria is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Carmella Leotta Cavallaro and Leonard Cavallaro. She is survived by: her husband Bernard Bertone; her children, Andrea and James Bertone; her sister Frances Kamel; and her grandsons, Xavier Jackson and Julian Bertone.

When the world shifted during Covid, she turned her kitchen into a second-grade classroom and joyfully took care of her grandson, Julian.