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January 24, 2008
A dear mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Anne (Mingione) Buscema, 90, of Wayne passed from this life into our Lord’s care on January 24, 2008. Despite pain and loss of physical strength, her passion for life and family and her determination to survive were lessons to all who cherished her.
Born in Paterson, she worked from the time she graduated Grammar school, first at the Five & Dime and later at Hall’s Cleaners. Throughout the 2nd World War she, along with thousand of other American women, supported the war effort at Curtis Wright. She labored in the coat factories of Paterson and, while living in Hawthorne, she was employed at Ponds and New Era Company. In the 1960’s she was a seamstress at the Alexander Hamilton Hotel in Paterson. She was promoted to Housekeeper and eventually left the hotel business to face the demands of hospital and nursing home work. St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, St. Vincent’s Hospital in Montclair, and Lakeview Sub Acute Care Center in Wayne were more like second homes than jobs. She appreciated her career and the opportunities it provided to do challenging and rewarding work. Many of the people she worked with became life long friends.
The July 14, 1971 former Paterson News contained the following article about her:
“Mrs. Anne Buscema, of Paterson, has been nominated for membership in the American Academy of Medical Administrators, a non-profit professional society headquartered in Boston. Some of the aims of the Academy are to encourage and foster a scientific approach to the practice of medical administration; provide a means of inter-communication; promote, conduct and foster educational courses in this specialty; establish and maintain a criteria of competency for those engaged in this profession; and to provide for recognition by means of fellowships, scholarships, and grants to those who are doing noteworthy service in this endeavor.
”A member of the National Executive Housekeepers’ Association, Inc., Mrs. Buscema became a certified member by completing credited work in the field of sociology, personnel management, purchasing, and maintenance and control. In 1969 she completed the Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations. She has also been awarded a certificate from the New York City Community College, Division of Continuing Education and Extension Services in 1970 by having successfully completed the course in Sanitation Management.
“Mrs. Buscema resides with her two children, Nancy and Robert.”
Her Daughter, Nancy and her Son, Bob and his wife Sue, Grandchildren, Janine and Rob Rubino, and Cheryl Buscema, survive Anne. Others who shared her life and mourn her passing include: her Sister, Rose Mingione, Sister-in-law, Ellen Mingione, Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law, Vincent and Marie Buscema, Nieces and Nephews, Genevieve and Rich Ferrara, Margaret and Albert D’Aurizio, Kathy and Ron Vanone, Mary Dube, Dan and Dianne Mingione, Michael Pignatello, Christiane and Ezio Defilippis, Bernadette and Mark Falcon, Cousins Ginny and Kush Popeck, Jeanne and Lou Shamble, Elaine and Henry Deppert, Joe Aceto, Faye Vitale and dear friends, Rose Scurio, Sister Teresa Christine Amero, and Walter Rogge. They, along with her extended family, former co-workers and others whose lives she touched, will remember her with fondness and a smile for who she was to each of them and what she stood for and believed.
Loss was a constant in her life, but defeat was not a word she acknowledged. Poverty and struggle marked her childhood, yet her memories of that time were a rich tapestry of family love and traditions. She laughed easily and often, especially at herself. She would not tolerate injustice. She loved animals and believed in their nobility. Star, her cat, was her constant companion during the final years.
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January 24, 2008
A dear mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Anne (Mingione) Buscema, 90, of Wayne passed from this life into our Lord’s care on January 24, 2008. Despite pain and loss of physical strength, her passion for life and family and her determination to survive were lessons to all who cherished her.
Born in Paterson, she worked from the time she graduated Grammar school, first at the Five & Dime and later at Hall’s Cleaners. Throughout the 2nd World War she, along with thousand of other American women, supported the war effort at Curtis Wright. She labored in the coat factories of Paterson and, while living in Hawthorne, she was employed at Ponds and New Era Company. In the 1960’s she was a seamstress at the Alexander Hamilton Hotel in Paterson. She was promoted to Housekeeper and eventually left the hotel business to face the demands of hospital and nursing home work. St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, St. Vincent’s Hospital in Montclair, and Lakeview Sub Acute Care Center in Wayne were more like second homes than jobs. She appreciated her career and the opportunities it provided to do challenging and rewarding work. Many of the people she worked with became life long friends.
The July 14, 1971 former Paterson News contained the following article about her:
“Mrs. Anne Buscema, of Paterson, has been nominated for membership in the American Academy of Medical Administrators, a non-profit professional society headquartered in Boston. Some of the aims of the Academy are to encourage and foster a scientific approach to the practice of medical administration; provide a means of inter-communication; promote, conduct and foster educational courses in this specialty; establish and maintain a criteria of competency for those engaged in this profession; and to provide for recognition by means of fellowships, scholarships, and grants to those who are doing noteworthy service in this endeavor.
”A member of the National Executive Housekeepers’ Association, Inc., Mrs. Buscema became a certified member by completing credited work in the field of sociology, personnel management, purchasing, and maintenance and control. In 1969 she completed the Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations. She has also been awarded a certificate from the New York City Community College, Division of Continuing Education and Extension Services in 1970 by having successfully completed the course in Sanitation Management.
“Mrs. Buscema resides with her two children, Nancy and Robert.”
Her Daughter, Nancy and her Son, Bob and his wife Sue, Grandchildren, Janine and Rob Rubino, and Cheryl Buscema, survive Anne. Others who shared her life and mourn her passing include: her Sister, Rose Mingione, Sister-in-law, Ellen Mingione, Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law, Vincent and Marie Buscema, Nieces and Nephews, Genevieve and Rich Ferrara, Margaret and Albert D’Aurizio, Kathy and Ron Vanone, Mary Dube, Dan and Dianne Mingione, Michael Pignatello, Christiane and Ezio Defilippis, Bernadette and Mark Falcon, Cousins Ginny and Kush Popeck, Jeanne and Lou Shamble, Elaine and Henry Deppert, Joe Aceto, Faye Vitale and dear friends, Rose Scurio, Sister Teresa Christine Amero, and Walter Rogge. They, along with her extended family, former co-workers and others whose lives she touched, will remember her with fondness and a smile for who she was to each of them and what she stood for and believed.
Loss was a constant in her life, but defeat was not a word she acknowledged. Poverty and struggle marked her childhood, yet her memories of that time were a rich tapestry of family love and traditions. She laughed easily and often, especially at herself. She would not tolerate injustice. She loved animals and believed in their nobility. Star, her cat, was her constant companion during the final years.
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