Elizabeth Di Ferdinando, Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother died Wednesday Oct 12, 2011. Born July 12, 1924 in Bayonne NJ, her parents were Lena and Joseph Ciraco Sr. and brother Joseph Ciraco Jr. Mrs. Di Ferdinando lived in Staten Island NY, graduated from Curtis High School and worked in the defense factory during WWII as riveter. She married Dominick Ralph Di Ferdinando in 1946 and moved to Somerset NJ in the 1950's, raised the family and had a porcelain doll making business until her husband passed away in 1990. Elizabeth moved to Wilmington NC in 1994 to run a B&B with her daughter, Jeanne and later retired in Raleigh NC. She is survived by daughters: Jeanne Di Ferdinando, Diana Lee Di Ferdinando of Raleigh NC, Michelle Grasso, Catherine Thoms of CT, Mary Steib of NJ and Susan Lanigan of NJ; grandchildren, Kimberly Ann Brown of Raleigh NC, April Bartmon, Pamela Waychowski, Laurel Falit all of CT, Melissa Steib and Robert Steib of NJ; great grandchildren, Hannah Bartmon, Nicole Bartmon, Lyla Waychowski, Noah Falit and Brooke Falit, all of CT and Christoper and Joseph Steib of NJ. Visitation will be Friday Oct. 14, 2011 from 6 pm to 8pm at Renaissance Funeral Home, 7615 Six Forks Road with Fr. Emmet to perform a Rosary Service. A second visitation will be held at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 starting at 8am followed by a funeral mass at 9am.