Sorrentino, Rosemary, beloved mother to Katherine, Rosemary and Christine passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Rosemary touched and enriched the lives of many generations of Glen Cove residents. A respected Crossing Guard for more than 25 years, Rosemary worked for the Glen Cove Police Department as an auxiliary police officer (known then as "the Specials"), and a Matron, a chaperone for female prisoners. Chances are if you went to Deasy School, the Middle School or GCHS between 1964 and 1991, you more than likely knew Rosemary. Her confident, maternal, and friendly demeanor reassured several generations of children crossing Dosoris Lane as they hurried to and from school or summer camp. During the summer months, she was also worked security at Prybil Beach and Morgan Park.
Rosemary was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 26, 1932 and was 1 of 12 children. Upon marrying, she moved to Glen Cove where she raised 3 children and worked for the GCPD. After retiring in 1991, she went to work at Genovese Drugstore in the film processing lab. Rosemary spent several years after that working in the main office at the Glen Cove Senior Center doing secretarial work. Rosemary had a beautiful singing voice which graced St. Rocco's Choir for decades and the GCPD benefitted from Rosemary's love and talent for baking and she endearingly became known to the cops as the "Cake Lady."
Rosemary is survived by her three daughters, Katherine Tongue, Rosemary Ventura and Christine Martinson, her grandchildren, Charles Jeffreys, Kaylan Millerick, Dustin Martinson, and Chloe Ventura and Rosemary's 2 great-grandchildren Noah and Seth Martinson. Her third great-grandchild is due to be born on her birthday.
Following the mass at St. Rocco's, the funeral procession will drive down Dosoris Lane one last time in her honor passing her 2 former posts, Dosoris and Maple, and Dosoris and Woolsey.
Mass at the Church of Saint Rocco, Friday 9:15 am. Interment St Charles Cemetery Farmingdale. McLaughlin Kramer Megiel Funeral Home.