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October 25, 2012
Services
Due to Hurricane Sandy, the funeral Mass has been rescheduled for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, at 10 AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church. No services will be held on Tuesday. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Antonia Petrozza (nee Cucaro)age 71 of Wayne died peacefully on Thursday, October 25, 2012 with the comfort of family by her side.
She was born and raised in the quaint town of Montescaglioso, (MT), Italy. Antonia’s parents, Nunzio and Francesca, where wheat farmers on a farm on the outskirts of town.
In her youth Antonia apprenticed as a seamstress. She had a lifelong love of sewing and has altered and made clothes for family and friends. She has made and altered wedding gowns, and countless brides maid’s dresses and just about anything else one could sew. Her daughters can boost that she also made window treatments for EVERY window in each of their homes and several family members and friends were privileged to have received a beautifully custom-adorned baby bassinet.
When she was growing up, Antonia was the fourth child of eight children and the first daughter. As the first daughter she was a mom to her brother’s and sister’s. They had and still have a very close knit family.
Antonia was arranged to be married to Sario, who was living in the United States. When she first met him she was very happy with her parents choice. Not sure of the exact wording but something along the lines of “he’ll do just fine” were uttered by Antonia in Italian. They married on August 4, 1962 at La Chiesa Madre in Montescaglioso and honeymooned in Rome. Soon after their marriage they moved to the US and settled in Paterson, New Jersey. The couple soon purchased their first home at 984 East 22nd Street in Paterson and Sario continued to work at The Dye House and moonlighted as a roofer. They were ambitious and opened a hardware store with their partner in 1973 called “People’s Park Hardware” on 21st Avenue in Paterson. Antonia was raising her family and also worked as a seamstress. In 1982 they moved to Wayne where they have lived for the past thirty years.
Antonia was an excellent cook and her special touch on Pizza, Chicken Soup and Bread will be greatly missed. All her nieces can say that Zia Nenetta pierced their ears!! Some of Antonia’s expressions like “don’t you tell me what to do......”; “Did you eat?.....sit down and eat”; “What can I make for you.....”; "Take all the food home....." and "I love my daughters but I LOOOVVVVE my grandchildren!!!!!" will ring in family and friends ears for years to come.
She was the cherished wife and best friend of fifty years to Sario and beloved mother of Carmela Perrone, Francesca Vinzi and Lina Salluce and their husbands and loving Nonna of seven grandchildren. Her brothers Rocco of Italy, Agostino of Switzerland, Michele of Italy, Cris of Totowa, Pietro of Edison, her sisters Ginetta Simmarano and Maria Locantore of Italy; bothers and sisters-in law, Pietro, Maria, Lucy, Vito, Tony, Anna, along with their respective husbands and wives and all her nieces and nephews are left to morn her loss.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601-5608 would be appreciated.
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Due to Hurricane Sandy, the funeral Mass has been rescheduled for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, at 10 AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church. No services will be held on Tuesday. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
October 25, 2012
Services
Due to Hurricane Sandy, the funeral Mass has been rescheduled for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, at 10 AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church. No services will be held on Tuesday. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Antonia Petrozza (nee Cucaro)age 71 of Wayne died peacefully on Thursday, October 25, 2012 with the comfort of family by her side.
She was born and raised in the quaint town of Montescaglioso, (MT), Italy. Antonia’s parents, Nunzio and Francesca, where wheat farmers on a farm on the outskirts of town.
In her youth Antonia apprenticed as a seamstress. She had a lifelong love of sewing and has altered and made clothes for family and friends. She has made and altered wedding gowns, and countless brides maid’s dresses and just about anything else one could sew. Her daughters can boost that she also made window treatments for EVERY window in each of their homes and several family members and friends were privileged to have received a beautifully custom-adorned baby bassinet.
When she was growing up, Antonia was the fourth child of eight children and the first daughter. As the first daughter she was a mom to her brother’s and sister’s. They had and still have a very close knit family.
Antonia was arranged to be married to Sario, who was living in the United States. When she first met him she was very happy with her parents choice. Not sure of the exact wording but something along the lines of “he’ll do just fine” were uttered by Antonia in Italian. They married on August 4, 1962 at La Chiesa Madre in Montescaglioso and honeymooned in Rome. Soon after their marriage they moved to the US and settled in Paterson, New Jersey. The couple soon purchased their first home at 984 East 22nd Street in Paterson and Sario continued to work at The Dye House and moonlighted as a roofer. They were ambitious and opened a hardware store with their partner in 1973 called “People’s Park Hardware” on 21st Avenue in Paterson. Antonia was raising her family and also worked as a seamstress. In 1982 they moved to Wayne where they have lived for the past thirty years.
Antonia was an excellent cook and her special touch on Pizza, Chicken Soup and Bread will be greatly missed. All her nieces can say that Zia Nenetta pierced their ears!! Some of Antonia’s expressions like “don’t you tell me what to do......”; “Did you eat?.....sit down and eat”; “What can I make for you.....”; "Take all the food home....." and "I love my daughters but I LOOOVVVVE my grandchildren!!!!!" will ring in family and friends ears for years to come.
She was the cherished wife and best friend of fifty years to Sario and beloved mother of Carmela Perrone, Francesca Vinzi and Lina Salluce and their husbands and loving Nonna of seven grandchildren. Her brothers Rocco of Italy, Agostino of Switzerland, Michele of Italy, Cris of Totowa, Pietro of Edison, her sisters Ginetta Simmarano and Maria Locantore of Italy; bothers and sisters-in law, Pietro, Maria, Lucy, Vito, Tony, Anna, along with their respective husbands and wives and all her nieces and nephews are left to morn her loss.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601-5608 would be appreciated.
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