Concetta D’Amico

Concetta D’Amico (nee Giubilo), age 89, of Tenafly passed away peacefully on Tuesday May 26, 2020 while receiving the loving care of her family.

Concetta was born and raised in Augusta, Italy and was one of nine children to Giovanni and Domenica Giubilo.  Growing up in the 1930’s and 1940’s were a difficult time for everyone in Europe with the onset of World War II displacing many families.  Concetta was more or less forced to leave school at an early age and went to work as a seamstress.  Concetta continued to work as a seamstress after the war and met a young handsome Italian man by the name of Anthony D’Amico.  They started dating and as fate would have it they fell in love.

In 1955 Concetta immigrated to the United States in search for a better life and the American Dream.  Anthony soon followed her to the US a short time later.  On October 6, 1963 Concetta and Anthony became husband and wife.  Anthony and Concetta moved to Paterson, New Jersey a short time later and Concetta found work quickly, once again as a skilled seamstress.  On May 26, 1968, the couple welcomed their first and only child into their lives, and adopted their daughter Maria when she was only three weeks old.

Concetta and her family moved to Elmwood Park in 1978 and remained there for the next twenty-six years.  It was after moving to Elmwood Park when Concetta decided that she would devote herself to being a full time homemaker.  This was truly Concetta’s calling and where she flourished.  Concetta was a devoted mother and a dedicated wife.  She had dinner on the table every night at 5PM and Sunday dinners were always at 2 o’clock sharp.  She was a wonderful cook and treasured the family gatherings and holidays that she hosted in her home.  In 2005 the family moved to Long Valley with their daughter and to be close to her grandchildren.  Eventually in 2014, Concetta moved to a retirement community with her husband.

Concetta and Anthony were parishioners of St. Anne’s RC Church in Fair Lawn for many years.  The couple also hosted and volunteered for the Our Lady of Tears Festival in Bloomfield every year for many years as well.  Not only was Concetta a great cook but she was also an avid gardener.  She took great pride in her front yard and won a variety of prizes over the years for her Christmas decorations and gardening skills.  Concetta was a typical Italian mother and wife.  She was full of drama and passion, and nothing in the world meant more to her than her family.  Concetta was an extraordinary woman who touched the lives of many people and will be missed by everyone that knew her.

Concetta is survived by her husband Anthony D’Amico of Tenafly, her daughter Maria Mikol and her husband Robert of Long Valley, four sisters; Anna Sicari of Spotsylvania, Va, Sister Maria Giubilo of Sicily, Italy, Giovanna Nizza of Boston, MA, and Frances Giubilo of Boston, MA, three grandchildren; Brianna Mikol, Amanda Mikol, and Robbie Mikol, many nieces and nephews, as well as many grandnieces and grandnephews.  She was predeceased by her siblings; Joseph Giubilo, Pasquale Giubilo, Thomas Giubilo, Umberto Giubilo.

Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider donations to Sarah’s Fight for Hope Foundation, 10 Amherst Drive, Long Valley, NJ 07853. http://https://www.sarahsfightforhope.org/