Mae Sarah Caputo Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Albany - Mae Sarah (Carcia) Caputo, 87, passed away peacefully at Teresian House on Sunday, December 10, 2017 after a long, courageous battle against Alzheimer's. Mae was born in Albany on May 25, 1930, the oldest child of Frank Carcia and Anna DeRosa Carcia. During her high school years, she worked with her dad at the Wonder Shop, a children's clothing store. After graduating from Albany High School, Mae was employed by the NY Telephone Company and Whitney's Department Store. Mae's mother did some successful matchmaking between her daughter and Edward Caputo, a young man she met at the butcher counter in the Central Market. Mae and Ed were married at St. Anthony's Church on July 13, 1952, and Mae chose to be a lifelong stay-at-home mother and homemaker. She was a devoted wife and Mother who adored spending time with her family. Her home was always open for visits and loving care of her children and grandchildren. Besides raising five children of her own, she babysat others' children, endearing their families to her. She was a skilled baker and seamstress, making and mending her family's clothes and running an alterations business from her home. Mae was an energetic, attractive and loving woman as well as an avid walker and a tireless worker. She was a loyal communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church, working at the parish thrift shop and serving on the Rosary Society and as a Eucharistic minister. Mae had many lifelong friends and an uncanny ability to recognize faces and names from long in her past. She was very sociable, belonging to The Red Hat Society and other women’s groups. Throughout her life and her illness, Mae remained a gracious woman with a beautiful smile for everyone, especially children. Mae was predeceased by her parents, her sister Jeanne Mahan and her brother Vincent Carcia. Mae is survived by her loving husband, Edward, her devoted children: Carolann Tymann (Jeff), Theresa Scandurra (Joseph), James Caputo (Rhondalaine), Anita Weklar (Patrick), and Jean Caputo (José Renteria). She also leaves her cherished grandchildren: Gina Norfleet (James), Joseph Scandurra (Elizabeth), Terra Scandurra, Matthew Tymann (Nadia), Christina and Kyle Caputo, Joseph and Julia (Joseph Kapas) Fremante, and Olivia and Tessa Mae Weklar. Her beloved great-grandchildren include Arieanna, Dominic, and Nicholas Norfleet, and Nina, Isabelle, and Francesca Scandurra. Mae will also be mourned by her sister-in-law, Lillian Fazio, her brother-in-law, Edward Mahan, several nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. The family would like to thank the staff of Teresian House, where Mae spent her last 1 1/2 years in comfort and happiness, for their loving and dedicated care. If you wish to contribute in Mae's name, please send a donation to the Alzheimer's Association of Northeastern New York, 4 Pine West Plaza Suite 405, Albany, N.Y., 12205 or to the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, 607 Central Ave., Albany N.Y., 12206. The calling hours will be on Friday, December 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the McVeigh Funeral Home, 208 North Allen St., Albany. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, December 16, at 9 a.m. in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Angels Cemetery in Colonie. To leave a message for the family, please visit www.McveighFuneralHome.com.

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Mae Sarah Caputo

May 25, 1930 - December 10, 2017