Dusty DeStefano

1917–1982 (age 65)

Biography

Dusty DeStefano (1917-1982) is remembered at St. John Cemetery, where those who knew her gather to honor her memory and the quiet strength she offered to family and neighbors. Though her daily work may have remained private, she was a constant presence for friends, always ready with a listening ear and encouraging words.

Her steady kindness and devotion to loved ones remain lasting gifts, reassuring those she left behind that her spirit endures beyond the years she walked among them.

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