Obituaries

Gloria M. Magel

Gloria M. Magel of Calverton died May 16 at the Riverhead Care Center. She was 85. 

The daughter of Elizabeth (Walls) and George Cerillo, she was born Oct. 8, 1930, in Brooklyn and was a homemaker.

Family members said she enjoyed visiting the senior center.

Predeceased by her husband, Edward, in 2011, Ms. Magel is survived by her children, Mary Elizabeth Fink of Calverton, Edward, of Germany, Steven, of Georgia and Arlene Beatty of Long Beach, Calif.; her brother, John Cerillo; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Sunday, May 22, from 2 to 5 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral service will take place Monday, May 23, at 9:30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church  in Riverhead. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.