Mildred Busca, of Warwick, NY, passed away on May 6, 2018 at her home with her loving family beside her. She was 98 years old.

Born in Brooklyn, NY to parents Dominic and Anna (Didato) DeCrescenzo, September 10, 1919.

Mildred was married to the late Michael Busca.

She worked in the dietary department at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Mildred devoted her life to her family, as they were always her number one priority. Words cannot describe the love she gave to her family and friends. Mildred always gave more than she had, never asking for anything in return. She worshiped her grandchildren and always held them close to her heart.

Mildred is survived by her daughter, Anne Curry and husband James of Warwick; and her granddaughters, Clare Busca of Brooklyn and Jennifer Busca and her husband Cory Gaddis of Westchester; grandsons, Christopher Curry of Brooklyn, James Curry of Warwick, Michael Curry of Brooklyn, and Steven Curry of Rockville, MD; and a daughter-in-law Rebecca Busca of Manalapan, NJ; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by two sons, Michael and Charles; her two brothers, Joseph and Thomas DeCrescenzo; two sisters, Margaret Barone and Nancy Busca and a granddaughter, Jessica Curry.

Visitation will be held at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home on Tuesday and Wednesday May 8 & 9 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. each day. A Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, May 10 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Stephen RC Church, 75 Sanfordville Road, Warwick. Interment immediately following in St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in memory of Mildred to Hospice of Orange and Sullivan, 800 Stony Brook Ct, Newburgh, NY 12550 or to The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, 415 Crossways Park Drive, Suite D, Woodbury, NY 11797.