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For Constance Cafiso

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 12:56

A memorial service for Constance Mary Cafiso will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Sag Harbor, with a celebration of her life to follow at the Brick Kiln Road firehouse.

Ms. Cafiso died on April 25 in Port St. Lucie, Fla., at the age of 87. For many years she ran North Main Street Cleaners in East Hampton with her husband of 57 years, the late Frank J. Cafiso Sr. She is survived by three children, Constance Cafiso-Early of Wilmington, N.C., and Frank J. Cafiso Jr. and Jeffrey G. Cafiso, both of Sag Harbor, along with seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

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