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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday July 14, 2016 from 4-8PM.
Funeral Services will be held Friday 8:30AM from the funeral home, then to St James of the Marches Church, 410 Totowa Rd, Totowa where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Angela Liberatore (nee Sinelabe) age 89 of Totowa passed away peacefully on Monday July 11, 2016 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Angela was born in San Giovanni Teatino, Italy to Eugene and Concetta Sinelabe. She grew up in the heart of central Italy amongst the beauty, culture and everything that Italy has to offer. Angela was also a young woman during the Second World War. Amidst the tragedies and horrors of war, Angela met the love of her life, Nicola Liberatore. They started out as best friends, and as fate would have it they fell in love and were married in 1956.
All three of Angela and Nicola’s children were born in Italy and while raising and caring for their young and growing family, Nicola’s sister requested that they emigrate to the United States of America. So in the search for a better life and the American Dream, Nicola went ahead of his family to the United States. After securing a job here in the US, Nicola sent for his wife and children to join him. Once the entire family was here in America, they settled in the City of Paterson and eventually moved to Totowa where Angela would call home the rest of her life.
Very unexpectedly during their first few years living in the United States, Nicola was diagnosed with cancer and tragically passed away in 1974. Upon Nicola’s passing, a great void was left in the family’s life. Angela went from a simple homemaker, to taking on the role of breadwinner, homemaker and mother. Through great courage and determination to raise her family here in the USA, and with only an eighth grade education, Angela got a job to support her family. She became a Presser at Metro Mills Inc. in Paterson where she worked for 15 years until her retirement in 1990. It was through “God’s strength” that she was able to balance being a loving and devoted mother for her children while at the same time working to support them monetarily. Angela never remarried, she devoted everything in her life to her children. She may not have been able to give them all of the material things she wanted them to have, but more importantly she gave them good, strong family values. All three of her children went to work as teenagers to help support the family. Her family recalls that one of the reasons they were able to make it was the fact that they stuck together and supported one and other.
Not only being devoted to her family, she was also devoted to her Catholic Faith, she was a parishioner of St James of the Marches in Totowa for many years. Angela was an extremely generous person, always willing to give to those in need and less fortunate than herself. She had a beautiful heart and was thoughtful and giving throughout her whole life. Even when her family knew she was not feeling well or in pain, Angela never complained and would always say, “I’m fine.” She had a great sense of humor and was always grateful for whatever she had or whatever she was dealt. Angela had a love for animals as well. The family dog Max would always be by her side. She was also quite often found feeding the birds in her backyard. The birds became so comfortable with her, it was as if they were completely domesticated. Angela was an extraordinary person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by all who knew her.
Angela is survived by two daughters; Stephanie Carini and her husband David of Hawthorne, and Theresa Scuttaro and her husband Anthony of Totowa, one son Lorenzo Liberatore and his wife Angela of Totowa, five grandchildren; Frank, Sonia, Nicola, Michael, and Nicole, three great grandchildren; Mia, Frankie, and D.J. she was predeceased by her husband Nicola Liberatore in 1974.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Angela’s name to Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherds Ln, Totowa, NJ 07512.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday July 14, 2016 from 4-8PM.
Funeral Services will be held Friday 8:30AM from the funeral home, then to St James of the Marches Church, 410 Totowa Rd, Totowa where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday July 14, 2016 from 4-8PM.
Funeral Services will be held Friday 8:30AM from the funeral home, then to St James of the Marches Church, 410 Totowa Rd, Totowa where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Angela Liberatore (nee Sinelabe) age 89 of Totowa passed away peacefully on Monday July 11, 2016 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Angela was born in San Giovanni Teatino, Italy to Eugene and Concetta Sinelabe. She grew up in the heart of central Italy amongst the beauty, culture and everything that Italy has to offer. Angela was also a young woman during the Second World War. Amidst the tragedies and horrors of war, Angela met the love of her life, Nicola Liberatore. They started out as best friends, and as fate would have it they fell in love and were married in 1956.
All three of Angela and Nicola’s children were born in Italy and while raising and caring for their young and growing family, Nicola’s sister requested that they emigrate to the United States of America. So in the search for a better life and the American Dream, Nicola went ahead of his family to the United States. After securing a job here in the US, Nicola sent for his wife and children to join him. Once the entire family was here in America, they settled in the City of Paterson and eventually moved to Totowa where Angela would call home the rest of her life.
Very unexpectedly during their first few years living in the United States, Nicola was diagnosed with cancer and tragically passed away in 1974. Upon Nicola’s passing, a great void was left in the family’s life. Angela went from a simple homemaker, to taking on the role of breadwinner, homemaker and mother. Through great courage and determination to raise her family here in the USA, and with only an eighth grade education, Angela got a job to support her family. She became a Presser at Metro Mills Inc. in Paterson where she worked for 15 years until her retirement in 1990. It was through “God’s strength” that she was able to balance being a loving and devoted mother for her children while at the same time working to support them monetarily. Angela never remarried, she devoted everything in her life to her children. She may not have been able to give them all of the material things she wanted them to have, but more importantly she gave them good, strong family values. All three of her children went to work as teenagers to help support the family. Her family recalls that one of the reasons they were able to make it was the fact that they stuck together and supported one and other.
Not only being devoted to her family, she was also devoted to her Catholic Faith, she was a parishioner of St James of the Marches in Totowa for many years. Angela was an extremely generous person, always willing to give to those in need and less fortunate than herself. She had a beautiful heart and was thoughtful and giving throughout her whole life. Even when her family knew she was not feeling well or in pain, Angela never complained and would always say, “I’m fine.” She had a great sense of humor and was always grateful for whatever she had or whatever she was dealt. Angela had a love for animals as well. The family dog Max would always be by her side. She was also quite often found feeding the birds in her backyard. The birds became so comfortable with her, it was as if they were completely domesticated. Angela was an extraordinary person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by all who knew her.
Angela is survived by two daughters; Stephanie Carini and her husband David of Hawthorne, and Theresa Scuttaro and her husband Anthony of Totowa, one son Lorenzo Liberatore and his wife Angela of Totowa, five grandchildren; Frank, Sonia, Nicola, Michael, and Nicole, three great grandchildren; Mia, Frankie, and D.J. she was predeceased by her husband Nicola Liberatore in 1974.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Angela’s name to Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherds Ln, Totowa, NJ 07512.
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