SOTELO, Celeste C. (nee Claussen), of Teaneck, NJ passed away on September 19, 2008. Celeste was born in Chicago, Il. on March 18, 1943, where she graduated from Aquinas Dominican High School (1961) and St. Xavier College (now University) with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (1965). She worked at Mercy Hospital in Chicago before moving to Teaneck in 1971. She devoted her life to her family and to the service of others. She was an active member of St. Anastasia RC Church in Teaneck, where she served on the parish council, was a Eucharistic minister, helped run the food pantry, and regularly organized blood drives at the parish. She was also the administrator of medical missions to her husband’s hometown of Abancay, Peru, under the auspices of the Peruvian American Medical Society. Celeste is the beloved wife of over 41 years of Julio E. Sotelo, MD. And the devoted mother of four children: Sergio of Teaneck; Andre and his wife Michelle of Teaneck; Dianna Matos and her husband Carlos of Manahawkin; and Tania Sotelo and her husband Ofer Rodriguez of Miami, Florida. She is the grandmother of Gabriel, Xavier, Elijah, Sophia, and Cedric. She is the sister of Marianne Spruck, Kathleen Fuller, Anita T. Chilson, Joseph Claussen, Martin Claussen, David Claussen, Peter Claussen, and yhe late Jude Claussen. The family will receive visitors on Thursday September 25 at 2-4 and 7-9pm at the Volk-Leber Funeral Home, 789 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck,NJ (201-836-0202). Mass to be held at 10am on Friday, September 26 at St. Anastasia RC Church, 1095 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck, NJ. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Peruvian American Medical Society Endowment Fund-Abancay Medical Missions, 6488 Tamerlane Drive, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; to the Holy Name Hospital Patricia Lynch Regional Cancer Center, 718 Teaneck Rd. Teaneck, NJ 07666; or to the St. Anatasia RC Church-Food Pantry, 1095 Teaneck Rd. Teaneck, NJ 07666.