Denise Rosendo

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF DENISE  ROSENDO

January 14, 1954 -  June 1, 2025 

A BELOVED WIFE, SISTER, AND AUNT. DENISE ROSENDO, 71, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA, PASSED AWAY

PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2025, SHE HAD BRAVELY CONFRONTED AND

FOUGHT CANCER. DENISE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 14, 1954 IN PHILADELPHIA, PA  AND

RESIDED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA FOR MOST OF HER LIFE.

DENISE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE EUGENE AND ELIZABETH JOHNSON. SHE WAS EDUCATED

IN THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GRADUATED FROM GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

AND LATER ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IN PITTSBURGH, PA. DENISE WAS

EMPLOYED EARLIER IN HER CAREER AT ONE OF THE TOP FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, GOLDMAN &

SACHS, (PHILADELPHIA & BOSTON BRANCH), AND THEN FOR UBS PAINE WEBBER AND

MAINTAINED A CAREER AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR MANY YEARS.

AN AMAZING, GIFTED COOK, DENISE LOVED TO COOK, AND CREATED GREAT DISHES FOR HER

FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS AND HOLIDAYS. DENISE'S SPIRITUAL LIFE BEGAN

AT A YOUNG AGE AS A BAPTIST AND LATER IN LIFE CONVERTED TO A CATHOLIC AND

SERVED AND WORKED AS THE BUSINESS MANAGER FOR ST. EDMOND CHURCH UNTIL SHE

BECAME ILL.

DENISE WAS UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONYTO HER HUSBAND BENITO. THEY WERE UNITED

FOR TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS. DENISE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND BENITO, TWO STEP-

CHILDREN (ASHLEY & AUTUMN), SISTER AND BROTHER IN-LAW (BEVERLY & LEROY HAMPTON),

NIECE DANIELLE AND HER HUSBAND CHARLIE WILLIAMS, NEPHEW AMON JACKSON, GREAT-

NEPHEWS MEKHI & BRYCE WILLIAMS AND AIDEN JACKSON, GREAT NIECE AMAYLA JACKSON

AND A HOST OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF DENISE AT HER FUNERAL MASS ON SATURDAY, JUNE 21 AT 11AM, ST. EDMOND CHURCH, 21st ST. AND SNYDER  AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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