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August 7, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 10, 2008 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 9:30 AM from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Bernice will be laid to rest with her husband Mario at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery in Totowa, NJ immediately following.
Bernice M. Scarpa age 78 of Wayne, died on Thursday August 7, 2008 at the Atrium Health Care Center while surrounded by her family. Her passing was quiet and peaceful.
Bernice was born at home in Elmwood Park, NJ; then known as East Paterson. She lived there most of her life, attending Lodi High School and graduating with the class of 1947. She also lived in Fairlawn for fifteen years before moving to Wayne in 1998.
She worked over 30 years for Mona Industries in Paterson, NJ as an office manager before retiring in 1998.
She met her husband Mario and they were married in 1953. They enjoyed a “loving, playful, and adoring” marriage together until Mario’s passing in 1997.
Bernice had a wonderful personality and she could always “light up a room”. She had a terrific sense of humor, always joking, and was very generous, kind, and caring to all she knew. Bernice was a member of the Golden Age Circle of Wayne, and was an honorary life member of the North Hudson Yacht Club in Edgewater, NJ, where she and Mario kept their boat, “Leo’s Four”. Many club members will tell you that they will never forget the good times spent with Bernice and Mario.
Her sons recall many fond memories with their mom, especially her great cooking. She would come home from work, sometimes as late as 7pm, and proceed to cook up a big, wonderful meal for all of them in what seemed like no time at all. She always cooked for the holidays too – often getting up at 5am to start, and she would cook all day long. She also loved to go to Midnight Mass and most recently was attending Immaculate Heart of Mary RC church here in Wayne.
Bernice is survived by her two sons; Glenn Scarpa and his wife Susan of Wayne, and Mark Scarpa and his wife Victoria of Saddle Brook, four grandchildren; Kimberly and Paul Scarpa of Wayne, and Mark and Kristy Scarpa of Saddle Brook, and one brother; Jack Campbell and his wife Betty of Elmwood Park, NJ.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 10, 2008 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 9:30 AM from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Bernice will be laid to rest with her husband Mario at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery in Totowa, NJ immediately following.
August 7, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 10, 2008 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 9:30 AM from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Bernice will be laid to rest with her husband Mario at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery in Totowa, NJ immediately following.
Bernice M. Scarpa age 78 of Wayne, died on Thursday August 7, 2008 at the Atrium Health Care Center while surrounded by her family. Her passing was quiet and peaceful.
Bernice was born at home in Elmwood Park, NJ; then known as East Paterson. She lived there most of her life, attending Lodi High School and graduating with the class of 1947. She also lived in Fairlawn for fifteen years before moving to Wayne in 1998.
She worked over 30 years for Mona Industries in Paterson, NJ as an office manager before retiring in 1998.
She met her husband Mario and they were married in 1953. They enjoyed a “loving, playful, and adoring” marriage together until Mario’s passing in 1997.
Bernice had a wonderful personality and she could always “light up a room”. She had a terrific sense of humor, always joking, and was very generous, kind, and caring to all she knew. Bernice was a member of the Golden Age Circle of Wayne, and was an honorary life member of the North Hudson Yacht Club in Edgewater, NJ, where she and Mario kept their boat, “Leo’s Four”. Many club members will tell you that they will never forget the good times spent with Bernice and Mario.
Her sons recall many fond memories with their mom, especially her great cooking. She would come home from work, sometimes as late as 7pm, and proceed to cook up a big, wonderful meal for all of them in what seemed like no time at all. She always cooked for the holidays too – often getting up at 5am to start, and she would cook all day long. She also loved to go to Midnight Mass and most recently was attending Immaculate Heart of Mary RC church here in Wayne.
Bernice is survived by her two sons; Glenn Scarpa and his wife Susan of Wayne, and Mark Scarpa and his wife Victoria of Saddle Brook, four grandchildren; Kimberly and Paul Scarpa of Wayne, and Mark and Kristy Scarpa of Saddle Brook, and one brother; Jack Campbell and his wife Betty of Elmwood Park, NJ.
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