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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 20, at 9:30 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Constance “Connie” Carlo, age 91, of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 17, 2015.
Born and raised in Paterson, the third of Joseph and Carmela Silvano’s five children, Connie resided in Paterson almost all of her life until moving to Wayne in 1995. Following graduation from Eastside High School with the Class of 1941, she worked briefly as a stenographer in the Paterson court system.
Connie met a young man named Robert Carlo one day at an Italian Feast – a picnic, at Blessed Sacrament Church in Paterson. From that first encounter she really liked Bob, and being someone who wasn’t shy, she decided she wasn’t going to wait to see if he would ask her out on a date. Instead, Connie asked Bob out. They went to another Italian Feast, this time at Werner’s Grove in North Haledon, known today as The Tides. From that day on, their relationship was off and running. They enjoyed an exciting courtship and when Uncle Sam called Bob to Army service during World War II, Connie said she would wait for him if they got engaged before he went to war. So they got engaged then corresponded by sending love letters via mail until Bob returned home from Normandy, injured and a recipient of The Purple Heart. They were united in holy matrimony before God, family and friends on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at a new church in Paterson – Our Lady of Lourdes Church on River Street. They enjoyed a beautiful honeymoon at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark. One night during that honeymoon, Connie and Bob didn’t know what to do so they decided to come back to Paterson where they enjoyed an enchanting evening taking in a show at the magnificent Majestic Theater. They did something else that the average couple wouldn’t probably do on their honeymoon when they went to a Newark appliance store to purchase a refrigerator with three hundred dollars Bob received from the Army.
Connie and Bob’s first home was a three-family house located at thirteen Redwood Avenue in Paterson. It was Bob’s parents’ house and it was a true family affair with Connie and Bob living on the first floor, Connie’s parents on the second, and Bob’s parents living on the third floor. For the next fifty years, from 1945 to 1995 this was their home. Connie settled into her role as homemaker and in 1947, she added the role of Mom to her title when she and Bob welcomed their daughter Barbara into their lives. Connie made that house a home filled with love, laughter, family traditions and always the smell of delicious home cooking. She was a great cook and her family especially loved her eggplant parmigiana and Bob’s particular favorite dish was her chicken and potatoes. Most of her recipes were in her head – no cookbooks, just a bit of this and a pinch of that. You could say that Connie knew the way to her family’s heart was through their stomach. When her daughter Barbara was a little bit older, Connie took a job as a school crossing guard. It was her responsibility to get the school children at the intersection of Totowa Ave. and Wayne Ave. in Paterson safely across the street. A people person at heart, Connie loved helping kids so being a crossing guard was a perfect job for her. She also lovingly took care of her disabled sister Millie for many years.
From the time anyone can remember, Connie had an exuberant love for music. Right after high school she was a singer in a 1940’s big band. She especially enjoyed Italian music. She was always playing it in the house, singing along and she could always be expected to be the life of the party. Connie would take the microphone and sing songs in Italian and she’d keep on singing until someone took that mic away. She also enjoyed seeing Italian singers perform at local venues.
One of Connie’s favorite pastimes was going to Atlantic City. She and Bob would often stay at her daughter Barbara and husband Al’s house in Brigantine, then hit the slot machines. They never hit the jackpot but they always had a great time.
Always full of life, Connie loved getting together for any random reason. Holiday gatherings were often at her house. At Easter time she traditionally made a delicious pizza rustica filled with delicious meat and cheeses. Christmas gatherings always included the annual Christmas sing-along and the last song of the night was always The Twelve Days of Christmas. Everyone had a line they were assigned to sing and Connie and her two sisters’ line was fittingly “three French hens.” When that song was over it was time for everyone to go home.
Connie always said that the most important thing in her life was her family. She would do anything she could to show her love to Bob, Barbara, Al and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her three grandchildren will always have fond memories of lots of sleepovers at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, watching episodes of The Love Boat and Fantasy Island while enjoying the yummy food that Connie prepared for them, and taking a trip to downtown Paterson to visit Jacob’s Department Store. When her grandson Michael became a magician it was his dear Grandma Connie who sewed a lot of his costumes and props. She even would occasionally take care of one of her great-grandchildren and did so as recently as last year when she was ninety!
Connie’s family and friends are grateful to God for the many blessings she brought to their lives. Just this past October, she and Bob celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary. She will always be remembered as a woman of faith who was bubbly, full-of-life, loud yet humble – a selfless servant and a friend to all.
In addition to her husband Bob, Connie is survived by her dear daughter Barbara and husband Al Turco of Wayne; three cherished grandchildren: Amy and husband Dave Fazekas, David and wife Stacy Turco, and Michael Turco and girlfriend Nicole Stryker; six adored great-grandchildren: Tyler, Maci and Alex Fazekas, and Aidan, Dylan and Kylie Turco; her dear sister Helen and husband Sonny Piccolo of Haledon; and her dear sister-in-law Barbara Silvano of Wanaque. She was predeceased by three siblings: Millie Silvano, Dr. Nino Silvano, and Dr. Joseph Silvano.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Connie’s name are asked to consider Hospice of NJ, 400 Broadacres Drive, 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 20, at 9:30 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 20, at 9:30 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Constance “Connie” Carlo, age 91, of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 17, 2015.
Born and raised in Paterson, the third of Joseph and Carmela Silvano’s five children, Connie resided in Paterson almost all of her life until moving to Wayne in 1995. Following graduation from Eastside High School with the Class of 1941, she worked briefly as a stenographer in the Paterson court system.
Connie met a young man named Robert Carlo one day at an Italian Feast – a picnic, at Blessed Sacrament Church in Paterson. From that first encounter she really liked Bob, and being someone who wasn’t shy, she decided she wasn’t going to wait to see if he would ask her out on a date. Instead, Connie asked Bob out. They went to another Italian Feast, this time at Werner’s Grove in North Haledon, known today as The Tides. From that day on, their relationship was off and running. They enjoyed an exciting courtship and when Uncle Sam called Bob to Army service during World War II, Connie said she would wait for him if they got engaged before he went to war. So they got engaged then corresponded by sending love letters via mail until Bob returned home from Normandy, injured and a recipient of The Purple Heart. They were united in holy matrimony before God, family and friends on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at a new church in Paterson – Our Lady of Lourdes Church on River Street. They enjoyed a beautiful honeymoon at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark. One night during that honeymoon, Connie and Bob didn’t know what to do so they decided to come back to Paterson where they enjoyed an enchanting evening taking in a show at the magnificent Majestic Theater. They did something else that the average couple wouldn’t probably do on their honeymoon when they went to a Newark appliance store to purchase a refrigerator with three hundred dollars Bob received from the Army.
Connie and Bob’s first home was a three-family house located at thirteen Redwood Avenue in Paterson. It was Bob’s parents’ house and it was a true family affair with Connie and Bob living on the first floor, Connie’s parents on the second, and Bob’s parents living on the third floor. For the next fifty years, from 1945 to 1995 this was their home. Connie settled into her role as homemaker and in 1947, she added the role of Mom to her title when she and Bob welcomed their daughter Barbara into their lives. Connie made that house a home filled with love, laughter, family traditions and always the smell of delicious home cooking. She was a great cook and her family especially loved her eggplant parmigiana and Bob’s particular favorite dish was her chicken and potatoes. Most of her recipes were in her head – no cookbooks, just a bit of this and a pinch of that. You could say that Connie knew the way to her family’s heart was through their stomach. When her daughter Barbara was a little bit older, Connie took a job as a school crossing guard. It was her responsibility to get the school children at the intersection of Totowa Ave. and Wayne Ave. in Paterson safely across the street. A people person at heart, Connie loved helping kids so being a crossing guard was a perfect job for her. She also lovingly took care of her disabled sister Millie for many years.
From the time anyone can remember, Connie had an exuberant love for music. Right after high school she was a singer in a 1940’s big band. She especially enjoyed Italian music. She was always playing it in the house, singing along and she could always be expected to be the life of the party. Connie would take the microphone and sing songs in Italian and she’d keep on singing until someone took that mic away. She also enjoyed seeing Italian singers perform at local venues.
One of Connie’s favorite pastimes was going to Atlantic City. She and Bob would often stay at her daughter Barbara and husband Al’s house in Brigantine, then hit the slot machines. They never hit the jackpot but they always had a great time.
Always full of life, Connie loved getting together for any random reason. Holiday gatherings were often at her house. At Easter time she traditionally made a delicious pizza rustica filled with delicious meat and cheeses. Christmas gatherings always included the annual Christmas sing-along and the last song of the night was always The Twelve Days of Christmas. Everyone had a line they were assigned to sing and Connie and her two sisters’ line was fittingly “three French hens.” When that song was over it was time for everyone to go home.
Connie always said that the most important thing in her life was her family. She would do anything she could to show her love to Bob, Barbara, Al and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her three grandchildren will always have fond memories of lots of sleepovers at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, watching episodes of The Love Boat and Fantasy Island while enjoying the yummy food that Connie prepared for them, and taking a trip to downtown Paterson to visit Jacob’s Department Store. When her grandson Michael became a magician it was his dear Grandma Connie who sewed a lot of his costumes and props. She even would occasionally take care of one of her great-grandchildren and did so as recently as last year when she was ninety!
Connie’s family and friends are grateful to God for the many blessings she brought to their lives. Just this past October, she and Bob celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary. She will always be remembered as a woman of faith who was bubbly, full-of-life, loud yet humble – a selfless servant and a friend to all.
In addition to her husband Bob, Connie is survived by her dear daughter Barbara and husband Al Turco of Wayne; three cherished grandchildren: Amy and husband Dave Fazekas, David and wife Stacy Turco, and Michael Turco and girlfriend Nicole Stryker; six adored great-grandchildren: Tyler, Maci and Alex Fazekas, and Aidan, Dylan and Kylie Turco; her dear sister Helen and husband Sonny Piccolo of Haledon; and her dear sister-in-law Barbara Silvano of Wanaque. She was predeceased by three siblings: Millie Silvano, Dr. Nino Silvano, and Dr. Joseph Silvano.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Connie’s name are asked to consider Hospice of NJ, 400 Broadacres Drive, 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003.
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