MaryAnn E. (née Milchanoski) DaCunha, aged 86, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at Somerset Woods Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Somerset, New Jersey with her loving family by her side. Born in Manhattan, New York, MaryAnn was the daughter of the late Walter and Elizabeth (née DeLeo) Milchanoski. She grew up in Manville, New Jersey and then resided in Hillsborough, New Jersey before settling to Middlesex, New Jersey, ten years ago.

MaryAnn graduated from Dunellen High School and subsequently began her career as a loan officer at Hillsborough National Bank in Hillsborough, where she worked for several years. Afterward, she served as a bookkeeper at Newman Construction in West Windsor, New Jersey, for many years until her retirement.

MaryAnn was actively involved in various women’s organizations, had a passion for reading, took pleasure in watching movies, cherished moments spent with her grandchildren, whom she delighted in cooking for and hosting tea parties, and enjoyed traveling with them.

In addition to her parents, MaryAnn was predeceased by her brother, Walter “Jack” Milchanoski.

MaryAnn is survived and will be dearly missed by her loving children, Robert “Bobby” DaCunha and his wife Irene of Bound Brook, New Jersey, Nadine Palchanes of Middlesex, New Jersey, and Jeffrey DaCunha of San Jose, Costa Rica; her sister, Joan and her husband Robert Morrison; five cherished grandchildren, Jennifer DaCunha, Jessica DaCunha, Kaitlin Palchanes, Nicholas Palchanes, and Steven Bruno; and four treasured great grandchildren, Stellar, Grey, Andrew, and Quinn.

Memorial contributions may be made in MaryAnn’s name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital via https://www.stjude.org/donate/, 1-800-805-5856, or St. Jude, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.

A celebration of life will be announced in the future, please contact MaryAnn's family for details.  Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fucillo & Warren Funeral Home, 205 South Main Street, PO Box 515, Manville, NJ 08835. To share condolences and photographs with MaryAnn’s family or light a virtual candle in her memory, please visit FucilloandWarrenFuneralHome.com.