Celeste A. Tinger, 78, of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, formerly of Brooklyn, New York, and Iselin, New Jersey, passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
Born on June 16, 1947, in Brooklyn, she was the daughter of the late August and Frances (Corso) Fortugno.
Celeste was a proud graduate of St. Edmund’s High School in Brooklyn. She began her career as a clerk at the Home Insurance Company, where she met her husband, John. Over the years, she held a variety of roles that reflected her compassionate spirit including hospice nurse’s aide, Amway and Tupperware distributor, Home Depot sales associate, and school bus driver.
Celeste will be fondly remembered as the life of the party, with a laugh that was impossible to miss and a sense of humor that lit up every room she entered. She brought laughter and light to those around her and cherished time spent with her family and friends. In her free time, she enjoyed reading, solving puzzles, and all things Disney.
Celeste will be lovingly remembered by her husband of fifty-four years: John S. Tinger; her children: Rosanne Herrmann and her husband Kenneth, and John A. Tinger and his wife Rebecca; her siblings: Dominic, Joseph, and Stephen Fortugno, and Rosanne Wynn; and her beloved grandchildren: Kristen and her husband Jack, Danielle, Kenny, Johnathon, and Gabriella. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are invited to a viewing at C.R. Strunk Funeral Home, Inc., 821 West Broad Street, Quakertown, on Sunday, July 13, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. A second viewing will take place at St. Isidore’s Catholic Church, 2545 West Pumping Station Road, Quakertown, on Monday, July 14, from 9:00 AM until the Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 AM.
Entombment will follow at Clover Leaf Memorial Park in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made in Memory of Celeste Tinger to the American Lung Association (www.lung.org) or the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org) or the American Heart Association (www.heart.org).
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