In the early morning of Thursday, May 1, 2025, with her family beside her, Frances J Musumeci, 77, took her final breath, passing peacefully away in Glendale, AZ. Born in Sperlonga, Italy, to her Italian father, Antonio DiTrento, and Sicilian-American mother, Margie (Bonelli) DiTrento, on May 11, 1947, Frances arrived in Brooklyn, NY, at 6 months old and went on to become a very proud Brooklynite. Raised on 3rd Place in South Brooklyn, Frances attended St. Mary Star of the Sea School and later met her future husband, Peter, in 1963 at a confraternity dance in its parish hall. Married in 1965, they spent 32 years together building a life and family before his passing in 1997. During those years, Frances was a substitute teacher, a secretary, and a bank teller before becoming a stay-at-home mom to her children. She later became an executive secretary at JP Morgan Chase, where she was a proud recipient of the Excalibur Award of Excellence. She was a World Trade Center survivor. As a mom, and even after she reentered the workforce, she always volunteered to coach Little League or help run the St. Mary’s Bowling league and was a den mother for Cub Scouts Troop 7, for which her mother, Margie, spent 30+ years as the troop leader. She was a lifelong Mets and Jets fan and enjoyed rooting for the underdog. As her children grew, her dinner plate settings grew as their friends stayed for dinner each night. She loved to cook, and they loved her cooking. She even became a guardian for a few of them throughout her kids’ adolescent years, making sure they had “a roof over their head and a belly full of food.” Her recipes will live on through her children and grandchildren. In 2001, Frances met Alexander Muniz and thus began the next chapter of her life. She left her childhood neighborhood for the first time and moved to Middletown, NY, to be with Al. Her life was filled with travel, Al’s hijinks, and her growing grandchildren - Frances enjoyed all of it. She and Al saw parts of the world she had only dreamed of seeing, and she was thrilled to share these grand adventures with him. Upon his passing in 2014, Frances moved to Arizona to fulfill the plan she and Al had made before his death. While she loved to dance in her younger years, and passionately listened to music throughout her life, neither outranked her enjoyment of a good game of cards amongst family and friends. In her later years, while living at Glencroft retirement community in Arizona, she relented to playing Hand and Foot until she could rally up enough folks to get a roaring game of Texas Hold ‘Em going. Frances found great joy and friendship through playing cards there and always held those friendships close to her heart. Frances is preceded in death by her husband, Peter; life partner, Alexander Muniz; mother, Margie; father, Antonio; and brother, Angelo. She is survived by her two children, Michael (Gloria) Musumeci and Mason J Musumeci, along with her grandchildren, Gabriela Musumeci and James (Janee Negron) Musumeci. Frances desired to forgo funeral services, be cremated, and have her ashes scattered with Al’s. Instead of flowers, the family asks that you consider donating to St Jude’s Foundation or the American Heart Association in her memory.