Catherine A. Lorenzo

Catherine A. Lorenzo, 55, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 27, 2019, at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey after a courageous battle with cancer with her beloved husband, Joseph, by her side. Born Wednesday, August 7, 1963 in Staten Island, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Dorothea McKinley. Catherine was a Registered Nurse having achieved her Master's Degree in Nursing from Wagner College in May 2006. She was proud of the fact that she maintained a 4.0 average and graduated with the highest academic honors and had been granted the Senator Patricia McGel Nursing Scholarship. At the time of her death, she was working on her Doctorate Degree at the Graduate Center at CUNY. Catherine was a professor at Touro College and also taught at St. Paul's School of Nursing and St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center. She was also an adjunt clinical instructor at the College of Staten Island and was certified in critical care nursing and advanced life support. She was the beloved wife of 29 years to Joseph. Loving mother of Jessica. Dear sister of Carolyn Stevens, Karen Donnelly and the late Charles McKinley. Fond sister-in-law to Christopher Stevens and Brenda Lorenzo. Catherine is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, family members and friends. The family will receive friends from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 and Thursday, January 31, 2019, at the John Vincent Scalia Home For Funerals, Inc., 28 Eltingville Blvd. (at Eltingville Station), Staten Island, New York. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 1, 2019 at Holy Child Church located at 4747 Amboy Rd Staten Island, New York 10312. A private cremation will follow. A scholarship has been set up in Catherine's name and will be awarded to a doctoral of nursing student yearly. The donations may be mailed to: Graduate Center @ CUNY, Nursing Phd. Program, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016, Attention: Dr. Martha Whetsell. A scholarship has also been set up through Touro College in Catherine’s name. The donations may be mailed to Touro College, Catherine Lorenzo Memorial Scholarship Fund, 500 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019. Attn: Gissal Dobles-Harnett/Institutional Advancement Office http://shs.touro.edu/giving/lorenzo-scholarship/ Or, if so desired, contributions in Catherine's name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital would be greatly appreciated.

Catherine A. Lorenzo

August 7, 1963 - January 27, 2019