Angela Casciano Schlump, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, entrepreneur, and adventurer, passed away on June 21, 2026, in Hingham, Massachusetts, at the age of 95, with family by her side.

Born in New Jersey in 1931 to Nicholas and Lena Casciano, Angela grew up with her sister and brother in a close-knit extended family of Italian immigrants. Her father was a tailor and WW2 air raid warden, and her mother a homemaker. She earned her nursing credentials at Elizabeth General Hospital and worked as a psychiatric nurse before meeting her late husband, John Schlump, with whom she shared 59 years of adventure, partnership, and love.

Three days after they married in February 1956, they set off for Santa Maria in the Azores, where John built an airstrip and Angela carved out a home on the remote island. This first chapter of their life together was marked by discovery, humor, martinis, dancing, and lasting friendships.

In 1958, Angela and John returned to Mountainside, New Jersey, where daughters Lynn, Judith, and Joan Ellen were born in quick succession. In 1964, the young family moved to Puerto Rico and soon welcomed a fourth daughter, Jill Ann. They fell in love with the island, its people, and its spirit, and Puerto Rico remained Angela’s home for 60 years.

Angela became fluent in Spanish and embraced island life with characteristic enthusiasm. She and John learned to sail, bought a sailboat, and spent countless days exploring nearby islands with their young crew and a circle of sailing families who became lifelong friends.

Angela was an entrepreneur of extraordinary determination and vision. In San Juan, she built and operated a successful real estate business at a time when women were seldom seen in business negotiations. Angela shifted from individual home sales to partnering with local developers in the sale of extensive new housing, earning the respect of colleagues, recognition from the San Juan Star as an ‘industry leader’ and ‘Outstanding Woman in Real Estate,’ and a reputation for intelligence, perseverance, and impeccable style.

Through the years, she was an active volunteer and board member with organizations including the Girl Scouts, League of Women Voters, Saint Johns School, Women’s Coalition for Affordable Housing, La Fondita de Jesùs, and the Rotary Club of San Juan. As a Rotarian, Angela partnered with Costco and Pueblo Supermarkets to distribute Thanksgiving turkeys to families, worked on a public health project in Haiti, and helped high school students learn English and secure college scholarships.

Angela moved easily between worlds. She was as comfortable closing a real estate deal as she was dancing in the kitchen with her grandchildren.

Together with John, Angela created a family life rich with traditions. She adored her 12 grandchildren, following every detail of their lives with genuine interest and enthusiasm. They in turn loved spending holidays with her in Puerto Rico, and idyllic summers with “la familia” on Capitol Island in Southport, Maine. She shuttled them to sailing lessons and tennis matches, stocked the freezer with her delicious magic bars, competed in card games, and joyfully joined in impromptu kitchen dance parties. Angela was, in every sense, a dancing queen.

Those who knew Angela will remember her strength, elegance, intelligence, and boundless energy. They will remember her quick wit, her well-informed opinions and strong convictions, her love of reading, and the way she embraced life fully. They will remember a woman who was fierce and beautiful, brave and driven, endlessly interested, and deeply devoted to the people she loved.

Despite health challenges in recent years, Angela never lost her curiosity, sense of humor, or appetite for a good conversation. She appreciated the companionship of new friends and caregivers during her final years in Hingham and followed the lives of her daughters and their families closely, knowing and caring about every detail.

She will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered.

Angela was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John Arthur Schlump, and her sister, Marie DeVito. She is survived by her daughters Lynn (Tom) Hallett, Judy (John) Sneath, Joan Schlump (Mike Yon), and Jill (Jeff) Quillen; her grandchildren Daphne Donahue, Nicholas Sneath, Elizabeth Mendoza, Jonathan Peters, Charlotte Brown, William Hallett, Jeremy Peters, Noah Sneath, Gillian Peters, Samuel Quillen, Clara Quillen, and Harrison Quillen; her ten great-grandchildren (and two on the way), her brother, Nicholas Casciano, and many in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A private celebration of Angela’s life will be held this summer.