Charles F. Marino age 99 of Wayne passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at the Saint Joseph’s Hospital Hospice Unit in Wayne. His passing was gracefully peaceful after receiving the loving care of his family who were often at his bedside.
He was born in College Point, Long Island, New York and had lived in Paterson and Toms River before moving to Wayne (since 1976)
Mr. Marino was the proprietor of Tony Marino and Son Grocery and Butcher Shop formerly located on River Street in Paterson. The store was originally his father’s and he worked there from for over fifty years from 1927 when he was age 16 until 1968. He then worked for Shop Rite Supermarkets in both Passaic and Toms River.
He was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne and was a member of the Passaic County Seniors.
Charles Marino was above all things a family man. He genuinely appreciated and loved his family making the most important mission of his life his family.
Charles and Lena where devoted to each other and they had an “Excellent Marriage” together for sixty-five years. His friends and many customers have fond memories of his being a perfectly likable “Nice Man”. His many friends at the Passaic County Seniors were a bright spot in his life.
Surviving are two daughters Merlinda Berish and her husband John of Ortley Beach, Maria Nuccetelli and her husband Philip of Wayne; one son Anthony Marino and his partner Stephen Cleaveland of New York City; three Grandchildren Philip Nuccetelli, Lisa DellAntonia and Lori Kotes; four Great Grandchildren Dominic and Isabella DellAntonia, Joshua Nuccetelli and Tyler Kotes. He is also survived by his special friend Jenny Franco and her family. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
His loving wife Lena (nee Vitale) Marino predeceased him in 2003 and his sisters Viola Lacrignola and Elsie Vitale died earlier.
He will be laid to rest with his loving wife Lena Marino at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park in Totowa.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 8;30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Those planning an expression of sympathy, in Charles’s memory, are asked to consider the Wayne Hospice Inpatient Unit at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Sixth Floor, 224 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470.