Brenda Roman

Brenda I. Roman, age 54, of Clifton, passed Sunday, October 2, 2022.

She was born to Emilio and Vidalina Brito in Heidelberg, Germany as her father was serving in the US Army and stationed in Germany. Upon returning to the United States the family first settled in Alabama, soon moved to Paterson, and ultimately settled in Clifton many years ago.

Brenda graduated from the John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, where she played on the volleyball team, with the Class of 1986.

She will be lovingly remembered as a fun, crazy, outgoing, bubbly, wonderful person. She was an excellent cook specializing in Spanish cuisine. When it came to cleaning it is said that Brenda was obsessed with cleaning and would even clean your house when she came to visit. She loved caring for family and their kids, and enjoyed going to the Jersey Shore in Belmar, Bradley Beach, and Long Branch. She would sit on the beach and could look at the ocean or people watch all day long. When it came to her soap operas on television, she loved watching The Bold and the Beautiful.

Brenda met her husband Eli through friends. Eli proposed marriage while they were at a restaurant in Lincoln Park and they soon married on June 13, 2010…the day after her birthday.

Brenda was the loving wife of twelve years to Eli Salazar; devoted daughter of the late Emilio (d.2003) and her surviving mother Vidalina Brito; she was the mother of four sons: Joshua Virella, Skylar Roman, Justin Roman, and Devin Roman all of Clifton; she was the sister of the late Nidia “Mari” Brito (d.1985), Marta Rodriguez and her husband Miguel “Junior” of Paterson; and Elva Ghalam and her husband Darryl of Midland Park.