Beatrice Bico

July 6, 1951 - December 29, 2015

Wantage - Beatrice Bico, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, New York. Born in Passaic to the late Michael and Beatrice (Wargacki) Mahouchick, Mrs. Bico lived in Clifton before moving to Sussex County in 1979. She had been employed in the Accounts Payable Department at the Sussex County Technical School in Sparta for 35 years retiring on September 1, 2014. Besides her parents, Mrs. Bico was predeceased by her husband of 35 years, Stephen in 2009. She is survived by her daughter, Felicia V. Bico of Wantage; her son, Stephen M. Bico, grandson, Adrian and granddaughter, Melina of Wantage; her two brothers, Kenneth M. Mahouchick and his wife Alberta of the Glenwood section of Vernon and Dennis Mahouchick and his wife Tammy of Jacksonville, North Carolina; her two sisters, Marcia Tomporowski and her late husband Stanley who passed away in 1990 of Tuckerton and Barbara Obal and her husband Joseph of West Melbourne, Florida; Mrs. Bico was a member of St. Jude The Apostle Church in Hamburg. Funeral services will be held at 9:15 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2016 from the Pinkel Funeral Home, 31 Bank Street (Route 23), Sussex. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m. at St. Jude The Apostle Church, 4-24 Beaver Run Road, Hamburg. Interment Mt. Salem Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects to the family on Sunday, January 3, 2015 from 4 - 8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations may be made to Beatrice's children. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.pinkelfuneralhome.com