Kathleen Marie Pinho

April 3, 1968 - March 27, 2011

Kathleen Marie Pinho, 42 died Sunday March 27, 2011 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, NJ. She was born in Jersey City, NJ. She was a resident of Neshanic Station, NJ for the past 15 years. Mrs. Pinho earned her Bachelors degree in English and Biology from Rutgers University. She had worked in Quality Assurance for the Ortho-McNeil Corporation in Raritan, NJ before becoming a homemaker for her family who she dearly loved. Kathi was very proud of her three daughters, Natalie, Jessica, and Christina, and she was happiest when she was with them . Over the past years, Kathi served as a class mother in the Branchburg School System and a softball coach for the Branchburg Blaze. Mrs. Pinho was a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church in Hillsborough, NJ. Kathi was incredibly creative and talented. She loved working with photography and craft projects in her spare time. She will be forever loved by her family and friends and will be sadly missed. She was predeceased by her fraternal grandfather Frank DiCorcia and by her maternal grandfather George Lechman. She is survived by her husband of 15 years Anthony Pinho of Neshanic Station, NJ, her daughters Natalie Elizabeth, Jessica Lauren and Christina Maryann Pinho of Neshanic Station, NJ, her parents William and Mary Ann DiCorcia of Hillsborough, NJ, her sisters Jennifer DiCorcia and her husband Scott Zink of Arlington, MA., Angela DiCorcia of Hillsborough, NJ, Mary Ellen DiCorcia of Hillsborough, NJ, Suzanne DiCorcia of Hillsborough, NJ, and Carolyn DiCorcia of Hillsborough, NJ, her brothers Thomas DiCorcia and his wife Ann of Natick, MA.,and William Joseph DiCorcia, Jr. and his wife Lori of Plainfield, CT., her fraternal grandmother Eileen DiCorcia of Bayonne, NJ and her maternal grandmother Elizabeth Lechman of Jersey City, NJ. She is also survived by nieces and nephews Vanessa and Melissa Casella, Brandon DiCorcia, Danielle and Caitlin DiCorcia and Alan and Matthew Boulanger. The viewing will be on Wednesday March 30, 2011 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the Ketusky Funeral Home, 1310 Brooks Blvd., Manville, NJ. (908)575-8512. The Parastas Service will take place at 8:15 PM during the evening viewing. The Funeral will be on Thursday March 31, 2011 8:30 AM from the Ketusky Funeral Home with a 9:30 AM Funeral Service at St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church in Hillsborough, NJ. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, NJ. In lieu of flowers donations for her daughters' educations would be greatly appreciated. Donations may be sent to: Ketusky Funeral Home, C/O Pinho Family, P.O. Box 747, Manville, NJ 08835. For additional information please visit our website at www.ketusky.com.