Theresa (Radano) Cortese died on Sept. 27 at the age of 84. She was a resident of Haddon Heights, N.J., and was the wife of the late Edward F. Cortese. She was born in Camden, N.J. and lived in Indiana for 23 years.

She became a regular visitor to the Vineyard when her daughter moved to Edgartown in 1983.

She was a 1941 graduate of Camden Catholic High School and in 1943 graduated from the Business School of Philadelphia. Mrs. Cortese worked as a secretary and office manager at the New York Shipyard and Peoples Bank in South Jersey and the Speedway police department in Indiana. She had been a hospital volunteer at both the Westview Hospital in Indiana and Virtua Hospital in Voorhees.

Additionally, she was a secular member of the Franciscan Order and belonged to the Cherry Hill Maturity Club and the Garden Club of Mt. Laurel.

She is survived by her sons, Dr. Bernard (Buzz) Cortese and his wife Barbara of Haddon Heights, N.J.; Joseph E. Cortese and his wife Terri of Millville, N.J.; her daughter Jude C. Boass and her husband Erik of Edgartown; five grandchildren, Michael, Benjamin, Frank, Tanya and Tammy; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Constance Giordano, of Cherry Hill, N.J. and Rosemarie Rosolia (Frank), of Pennsauken, N.J.

Visiting hours were held at Evoy-Banasz Funeral Home in Haddon Heights, N.J. A funeral mass was held at St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church in Haddon Heights. Interment was in Locustwood Cemetery in Cherry Hill, N.J.

Memorial donations in her name may be sent to Camden Catholic High School, 300 Cuthbert Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002.