A resident of Independence, LA, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 8:21AM at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, LA. She was born September 8, 1948 in Sanford, FL and was 74 years of age. She is survived by her husband, John Saragusa; 1 daughter, Bella Giuliano and husband, Antonio; 2 sons, Brett Saragusa and wife, Germaine and John Saragusa, III; grandchildren, Christian Saragusa, Joey Saragusa, and Kayleigh Sara Sciortino; sister, Julie Wall and Rhonda Rateliff; brother, Robert Gerard Hartman; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5:00PM until 9:00PM on Friday and from 9:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Services conducted by Pastor Scotty Smith. Interment Loranger Community Cemetery, Loranger, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.