Rosemary Shea Caputo
OBITUARY
Rosemary Shea Caputo, 86, of Shavertown, died Wednesday, June 17, 2026, peacefully at home. She was born May 6, 1940, in Kingston and was the daughter of the late Charles A. Shea, Jr. and Grace Kehoe Shea. She was a graduate of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York.
Rosemary was a lifelong resident of Wyoming Valley. She gave many years of community service to the Junior League of Wilkes-Barre, Catholic Social Service, the Bridge, the Wilkes-Barre Ballet Guild and the United Way. She was also a past member of the boards of Wyoming Seminary, the Wilkes-Barre Philharmonic, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, the Osterhout Free Library and the Valley Tennis and Swim Club. Her years working with young people at Westside Vocational Technical School and the Red Rock Job Corps Center were some of her most enjoyable and rewarding.
Rosemary’s interests were many and varied, enhanced by a lifelong love of learning, a lively intellect and world travel. An avid reader, she participated actively as a member of the Thursday Club and the Bookies Book Club for several decades.
She and her husband Richard had three children and seven grandchildren. Most recently, Rosemary experienced the joy of her first great-grandchild. She left this life knowing she leaves a remarkable legacy.
She was preceded in death by her husband, The Honorable A. Richard Caputo, sister, Sarah Shea Mason and brother, Charles A. Shea III.
She is survived by daughter Lisa Caputo Morris (Richard), Bronxville, New York, son A. Richard Caputo, Jr. (Laurel), Riverside, Connecticut, daughter Christina Caputo Gilbert (Jerome), Lake Oswego, Oregon, grandchildren Andrew and Caroline Morris, Lauren and Katy Gilbert, A. Richard Caputo III and his wife Clarissa, Jackson and Leah Caputo, and great-grandson Wesley Caputo.
Funeral services will be held privately at the convenience of family.
Arrangements entrusted to Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home, Inc., Shavertown.
Rosemary Shea Caputo
June 17, 2026