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'Celebration of Life' For Paige Aiello in Summit Tuesday

A memorial service for the late College of New Jersey student will be held at the Unitarian Church, followed by a funeral in Westfield.

Family and friends will host a “celebration of Paige’s life” at Summit's Unitarian Church on Tuesday to honor the College of New Jersey senior and Hillsborough resident whose body was discovered in the Hudson River on May 8, New Jersey 101.5 has reported.

According to Aiello's obituary on legacy.com, the memorial service will begin at 10:30 a.m. The Unitarian Church is located on Waldron Avenue in Summit. Her funeral will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.

Visitation will be Monday at the Hillsborough Funeral Home, 796 Route 206 South in Hillsborough from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m., according to her obituary.

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Last week, the family of Aiello confirmed on the Find Paige Aiello Facebook page that a body discovered in the Hudson River was, in fact the missing Hillsborough woman. 

According to a news release from Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano, the New York Medical Examiner's Office used dental records last Thursday to identify Aiello during an autopsy attended by the Hillsborough police and the State Police Missing Persons Unit.

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The Hillsborough woman was last seen by her family on April 9. That evening, her father reported her missing after being notified that her purse and personal items were found on the south walkway of the upper level of the George Washington Bridge. The following day, police located Aiello's Audi in the Gateway parking garage in New Brunswick.

The discoveries led New York investigators to conduct a search of the bridge and the Hudson River area with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, New York Police Department Patrol and Aviation Units.

Aiello's family spent weeks searching for the missing woman, using social media sites such as a Find Paige Aiello Facebook page.

Aiello's obituary indicates that "all that have known Paige or have been affected by Paige's story are welcomed to attend" the celebration of her life Tuesday.


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