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In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito speaks at Roger Williams University Law School in Bristol, R.I. Alito is defending the court´s 2010 decision in the Citizens United case that helped fuel hundreds of millions of dollars of spending by independent groups in the just-concluded campaign season. (AP Photo / Stephan Savoia, File)
In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito speaks at Roger Williams University Law School in Bristol, R.I. Alito is defending the court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case that helped fuel hundreds of millions of dollars of spending by independent groups in the just-concluded campaign season. (AP Photo / Stephan Savoia, File)
The Associated Press
Last updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 8:20 AM
Posted: Tue Jun 18 00:01:00 PDT 2013

HAMILTON, N.J. - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. attended his 98-year-old mother's funeral in New Jersey.

Rose Alito died last week. She was a school teacher until she retired in 1984.

The Trentonian newspaper ( http://bit.ly/XypyiU) reports the justice and about three dozen people attended the funeral Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Hamilton Monday. They then went to Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery.

Sam Alito was born in nearby Trenton in 1950 before the family moved to Hamilton.

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Information from: The (Trenton, N.J.) Trentonian, http://www.trentonian.com

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