Teresa R. Scalcione

Teresa R. Scalcione 61 of Teaneck passed away on Monday, February 17, 2020 at the “Care One Center” at Cresskill following a long illness. Born in Jersey City where she lived until 1988 when she moved to Hawthorne and later Mahwah. In 2019 she moved to Teaneck’s “Arbor Terrace” after residing 5 years at “Leisure Village” in Lakewood. She was beloved by all and will be deeply missed by her two sisters, Marie and Susan, several nieces and nephews, and numerous devoted and faithful friends all of whom she herself deeply loved. She was predeceased by her mother, Rose Cupo Scalcione, in 2011. Educated at Rutgers University in Newark, Teresa was first employed as a supervisor at the headquarters office of the First Jersey Bank at Exchange Place in Jersey City. Never abandoning her love of biology and the medical fields, she enrolled in a Medical Assistant Curriculum at Lyons Institute in Hackensack. Upon completion, Teresa was employed in the office of a prestigious ophthalmologist in Tenafly. When Lyons Institute closed, one of her former professors, Mrs. Julie Talan, contacted her and proposed the formation of a medical claims billing company. Thus, MORE Medical Billing Co. was created, quickly outgrowing its “spare bedroom” office in Wyckoff to become a full- fledged company in North Haledon., with a staff of fifteen and a client base of over forty medical professionals. Sadly, Mrs. Talan died in 2003 and the business was ultimately sold. Teresa, however, continued her work as an expert medical biller working from her home office and becoming a leading authority in the field up until the time of her recent illness. Teresa was a very active member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Teaneck for over fifteen years, participating in many organizations, singing in the choir, and playing the handbells. During her years in Lakewood, she joined the parish of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Neptune where she remained active until very recently. Teresa was an avid reader and a lover of all music, especially popular, choral, and operatic. She enjoyed occasional weekends with friends at Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, and was especially fond of taking day trips to the Branford Trolley Museum in East Haven, Connecticut; to Cape May and Wildwood, and the Amish Country in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Friends may call at the Volk Leber Funeral Home, 789 Teaneck Rd., Teaneck on Sunday, February 23rd from 3PM – 7PM. The funeral service of Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church on Virginia Ave. and River Rd. in New Milford, NJ on Monday, February 24th at 11:00AM. Interment to follow at George Washington Memorial Park. Please consider a contribution in her memory to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 158929, Arlington, VA 22215; or to the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, 296 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001.