Long Branch Bakery Owner, Rumson Resident Dies At 67

LONG BRANCH, NJ - Rumson resident and longtime Long Branch businesswoman Incoronata "Nada" Raffa Koenigsberg died March 29 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She was 67.

Koenigsberg was born in Borgo Giardinetto, Italy and immigrated to Long Branch as a child, according to her obituary. She attended Long Branch Schools and Monmouth University. Throughout her life, Koenigsberg pursued several career paths including real estate and teaching. She served as an ESL teacher at Wall Township Public Schools and a Spanish instructor at Long Branch High School.

From a young age, Koenigsberg demonstrated a passion for retail and business as she began working while in school at Baldanza's Bakery. She would later go on to work for Alexander's Department Store before pursuing a career as a corporate buyer at Macy's in New York City. While working at Alexander's Department Store, she met her future husband Carl. They later opened two businesses in Long Branch: Cake Bake and Roll (now closed) and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Pier Village.

"Nada was known as a very loving, caring, strong-willed and hard-working woman who was loved by so many near and far," her obituary reads. "She traveled frequently home to Italy, as well as throughout Europe and Asia. She also loved to spend time at the beach locally as a member of Chapel Beach Club and attended many shows and concerts in New York City. She was an avid Beatles fan."

Koenigsberg is predeceased by her loving husband Carl Koenigsberg and her parents, Michele Raffa and Maria Carmine Di Brino and mother-in-law Dorothy Koenigsberg. She is survived by her daughter Cara Marie Koenigsberg, stepchildren Sheri and her husband, Brian Anselmo, and Gary and his wife Kattya Koenigsberg; three grandchildren, Jared Koenigsberg and Brendan and Sean Anselmo; her sisters, Celeste Raffa and her husband Orazio Daniele, Angela Raffa and her husband Michele Candela and Nella Raffa and her husband Renzo Daniele; and her nieces and nephews, Rinaldo Andrea Daniele, Mariangela Candela, Maurizio Daniele, Gianmichele Candela, Davide Daniele, Gabriele Candela and Daria Daniele. She was also loved dearly by her extended Raffa and Koenigsberg family in both the U.S. and Italy, as well as by her beloved labradoodle Decklin.

Funeral services will be private for the Raffa and Koenigsberg families. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in memory of Nada Koenigsberg to support Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Online donations may be made using the following link: http://mskcc.convio.net/goto/NadaKoenigsberg.

Checks made payable to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center should be mailed to:

Attn: Leadership Giving Programs, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Office of Development, PO Box 27106, New York, NY 10087. Donations should indicate on the check memo line that the gift is in memory of Nada Koenigsberg.

You can visit www.fiorefuneralhomes.com to send condolences to the family.