Amelia J. Botto of Somers, NY passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at the age of 86. She was born in Mount Vernon, NY on April 25, 1939, the daughter of James and Angela (Pisani) Caccavale.
Amelia graduated from Eastchester High School in 1956 and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Math Education from Hunter College and Columbia University. Amy taught in the Rye, NY School District until 1964 when she joined the Mahopac Central School District until her retirement in 1999.
In 1999 she relocated from Mahopac to Somers where she stayed active as a member of the Somers Women’s Club and a parishioner of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.
On December 29, 1963 she married Anthony J. Botto at Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe, NY. Sadly, Anthony passed away on August 22, 2010. She is survived by her daughters, Noelle Martin and her husband, Gary of Wildwood Crest, NJ, Andrea Joyce and her domestic partner, Charles Acquisto of Wallkill, NY and Maria Kurshan and her husband, Burt of Hopewell Junction, NY; her brother, James Caccavale; her sisters, Connie Gironda and RoseMarie Jordan and her four beloved grandchildren, Andrew (Sadie) and Matthew Joyce and Anthony and Tyler Kurshan.
Visiting will be held on Sunday, November 2 from 12 Noon until 4 pm at Joseph J. Smith Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, November 3 at 10 am at St. Joseph’s Church, 95 Plum Brook Road, Somers, with entombment to follow at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Putnam Valley, NY.
Flowers are welcome and if you so wish, please consider a donation in memory of Amelia to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
