Pirone, Esther Ann, age 62, of Leonia, died on Thursday July 27, 2006. She was the beloved daughter of Nancy (nee Grassano) and the late Carmine Pirone. She is also survived by an aunts and an uncle, and many cousins. Esther Ann was a resident of Leonia since early 1950. She was a member of ARC of Bergen and Passaic and worked at the Association of Retarded Citizens, Lodi, NJ She was also a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist RC Church, Leonia. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral on Saturday at 9 am from the Volk Leber Funeral Home, 789 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, 201-836-0202. The funeral liturgy will be celebrated 10 AM at St. John the Evangelist RC church, Leonia. Entombment will follow at Madonna Mausoleum, Ft. Lee, NJ. Visiting Friday 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Donations in her memory to the Leonia Volunteer Ambulance Corps, PO Box 294, Leonia, NJ 07605-0294 or the Association of Retarded Citizens, 223 Moore Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be greatly appreciated by the family.