1966 - 2024
COOPERSTOWN – Lisa Hafkin, a native of Long Island who in more recent years made her home with her family in Cooperstown, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday evening, August 7, 2024, at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center in Roslyn on Long Island. She was 58.
Born June 22, 1966, in the Village of Freeport in the Town of Hempstead on the South Shore of Long Island, Lisa became a daughter of Pasquale and Gloria (Cappellano) Boccio. Lisa grew up in Wantagh and graduated from General Douglas MacArthur High School in 1984.
She married David Hafkin March 4, 1990, in Huntington Station on Long Island.
Since moving to Cooperstown, Lisa has worked as a pharmacy technician at CVS in Cooperstown.
Lisa is survived by her husband of 34 years, David Hafkin of Cooperstown; their two children, Michael Hafkin of Cooperstown, and Jessica Neer and husband, Ryan of Hartwick; and one granddaughter, Aubrey Neer. She is further survived by a sister, Patricia Nolin and husband, Edward of Islip; two nephews, Ryan and Sean Nolin and a great nephew, Aleksandar Nolin; her mother-in-law, Arlene Hafkin of Smithtown; and her husband’s brothers, Matthew Hafkin of Jericho and Howard Hafkin of Nesconset, and nieces and nephews, Elizabeth, great nephew Austin Ross, Kyle, Jake, Aaron, Brett and Mackenzie.
She was predeceased by her mother, Gloria, who died August 19, 2013, and her father, Pasquale, who died December 12, 2017, as well as her father-in-law, Larry Hafkin, who died April 4, 2022.
Lisa will be reposing at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown, where family and friends may call and pay their respects from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.
A graveside service will be offered at 2 p.m. Thursday, August 15, 2024, at St. Mary’s Cemetery, 5070 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, with Fr. Michael Cambi, pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown, officiating.
If you would like to send condolences to the family, send an email to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth. We will forward your comments to the family. If you would like to send flowers in memory of the deceased, contact Mohican Flowers at (607) 547-8822, or A Rose is a Rose at (607) 264-3100.
