RAPHAEL RAE MACCANICO, 85, of SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, died Sunday, October 22, 2006, at the Geraldine Thompson Care Center, Allenwood. She had worked as a hostess for the Hollywood Country Club, Deal, N.J. for more than thirty-five years until retiring in 1993. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, Court St. Margaret's, the Mt. Carmel Lodge and the Women's Auxiliary of the Spring Lake Heights Fire Department. She was a member of the Asbury Park Italian-American Club, the third order of the Holy Trinity and a communicant of St. Catharine's Roman Catholic Church, Spring Lake. Born in Asbury Park, she was a resident of Spring Lake Heights since 1951. Mrs. Maccanico was affectionately known as Mom-Mom. She was predeceased by her parents, Gavino and Michela Perrotto Beradesco, by her husband Randolph Maccanico in 1970 and by a grand daughter Niki in 1991. Surviving are a daughter, Maria, and her husband, Alexander Amodio, of Ocean Township, and four sons, Gaetano Tom, and his wife, Jacqueline, of Brick, Gavino Butch, and his wife, Elaine, of Spring Lake Heights, Randolph, Jr., and his wife, Carol, of Spring Lake Heights, Michael, and his wife, Susanne, of Spring Lake Heights, a brother, Gavino Beradesco, of Eatontown, two sisters, Theresa Zaccaro, of Deal and Rose Marie Guthrie, of Virginia, thirteen grandchildren, Nina Amodio McLeod, Alexander Amodio, Jr., Deanna Amodio, Gregory Maccanico, Brett Maccanico, Renee Maccanico Felice, Darren Maccanico, Devin Maccanico, Randolph Maccanico, III, Michael R. Maccanico, Melanie Maccanico, Marc Maccanico and Michael A. Maccanico and 17 great grandchildren. Our Mom loved God and her family and passed that legacy on. A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Thursday, October 26th at 12:00 noon at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Asbury Avenue at Pine Street, Asbury Park, with interment following at St. Catharine's Cemetery, Wall. Friends were invited to call at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove on Wednesday, Oct. 25th from 4:00 to 8:00 PM.