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August 12, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 10 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest next to her husband Christopher at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
This is a short story of a lady who had a wonderful motherly humanity that was coupled with a warm and wise relationships with her children and grandchildren.
Elizabeth “Betty” Mauriello (nee Cornelius) age 91 of West Palm Beach, Florida formerly of Wayne on Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Her gracious and peaceful passing took place at her home with her loving son Chris holding her hand.
This is a lady who ran a long race of ninety-one years. A lady who in her autumn days was debilitated with illness. It was at this point in her life that her two sons, Ed and Chris pitched in and with all the love and dedication that they could muster, personally took care of mom. They bathed her dressed her, fed her and gave her much love all at home. They resisted professional help out of love for this very special mother who had changed their diapers as children and now they were returning their mother’s dedication out of pure love to aid her in her fading days. Family dedication does not get any better than that.
She was born in Passaic where she spent her formative years. Betty received her formal education at Passaic Grammar School and later Passaic High School graduating with the Class of 1935. She then went on to study Beauty Culture along with her two sisters at Manhattan Beauty School in New York City.
Upon learning those skills she joined her sisters at their father’s beauty parlor named Betty and Mary Alice’s Beauty Salon which was located on Howe Avenue in Passaic.
In those days families needed everyone working to make ends meet and Betty and her sisters would turn all their earning over to Dad and he would apportion each a share as he saw proper to keep the family finances sound.
Betty moved to Wayne in 1958 where she lived before moving to West Palm Beach six years ago.
While living in Wayne with her Husband Christopher they became one of the founding families of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181. They were very active in the Lodge and held many offices and chaired many events in the support of the Wayne Elks Lodge Crippled Children’s programs. She and Chris were presented with “Life Time Membership” status for their great dedication to the Lodge.
Perhaps Betty’s strongest dedication was to family. She absolutely loved her husband, two sons and her grandchildren. Her sons recall a very strict mother who kept their spirited ways under control with a stick to their bottoms if need be. Her sons always admired her for that because the intensity of her love was designed out of complete concern for their well being. Her son Chris will readily testify that it worked. Thanks Mom for being so special in our lives.
Mom was a very special good cook and loved to have her family gather around her for dinners. Holidays were always orchestrated around family with Thanksgivings especially memorable. Her son Chris said that being next to Mom in the kitchen as she prepared her dinners was joyously memorable in his life.
Betty met a handsome young man named Chris Mauriello as a teen ager through childhood best friends. She played hard to get but Chris persisted. World War II was in full swing and Chris had to serve his country in the Army in the Pacific theater of the War. They communicated by mail and when he returned to the States they married. The end result was that they had fifty-three years of “great marriage” together until Chris’s passing in February of 2000.
Chris pursued a career in photography and would often be seen carrying his camera. His specialty was Television News Photographs which were displayed on TV sets across the country. He won an Emmy Award for outstanding “Spot News Footage”.
She leaves behind her family to cherish her memory. Surviving are one son Christopher Mauriello; two Sisters Pauline A. Frost of Clifton and Mary Alice Tarczyski of Passaic; seven grandchildren including Lisa, Anthony, Tiffany, Michael, Alicia, Jenna and Anthony Michael Mauriello.
A tragedy visited her life on June 7th when her son Edward suddenly and unexpectedly passed away.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Betty’s memory are asked to consider the Wayne Elks Lodge “Crippled Children’s” Program, 50 Hinchman Avenue, Wayne, NJ 07470
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 10 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest next to her husband Christopher at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
August 12, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 10 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest next to her husband Christopher at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
This is a short story of a lady who had a wonderful motherly humanity that was coupled with a warm and wise relationships with her children and grandchildren.
Elizabeth “Betty” Mauriello (nee Cornelius) age 91 of West Palm Beach, Florida formerly of Wayne on Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Her gracious and peaceful passing took place at her home with her loving son Chris holding her hand.
This is a lady who ran a long race of ninety-one years. A lady who in her autumn days was debilitated with illness. It was at this point in her life that her two sons, Ed and Chris pitched in and with all the love and dedication that they could muster, personally took care of mom. They bathed her dressed her, fed her and gave her much love all at home. They resisted professional help out of love for this very special mother who had changed their diapers as children and now they were returning their mother’s dedication out of pure love to aid her in her fading days. Family dedication does not get any better than that.
She was born in Passaic where she spent her formative years. Betty received her formal education at Passaic Grammar School and later Passaic High School graduating with the Class of 1935. She then went on to study Beauty Culture along with her two sisters at Manhattan Beauty School in New York City.
Upon learning those skills she joined her sisters at their father’s beauty parlor named Betty and Mary Alice’s Beauty Salon which was located on Howe Avenue in Passaic.
In those days families needed everyone working to make ends meet and Betty and her sisters would turn all their earning over to Dad and he would apportion each a share as he saw proper to keep the family finances sound.
Betty moved to Wayne in 1958 where she lived before moving to West Palm Beach six years ago.
While living in Wayne with her Husband Christopher they became one of the founding families of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181. They were very active in the Lodge and held many offices and chaired many events in the support of the Wayne Elks Lodge Crippled Children’s programs. She and Chris were presented with “Life Time Membership” status for their great dedication to the Lodge.
Perhaps Betty’s strongest dedication was to family. She absolutely loved her husband, two sons and her grandchildren. Her sons recall a very strict mother who kept their spirited ways under control with a stick to their bottoms if need be. Her sons always admired her for that because the intensity of her love was designed out of complete concern for their well being. Her son Chris will readily testify that it worked. Thanks Mom for being so special in our lives.
Mom was a very special good cook and loved to have her family gather around her for dinners. Holidays were always orchestrated around family with Thanksgivings especially memorable. Her son Chris said that being next to Mom in the kitchen as she prepared her dinners was joyously memorable in his life.
Betty met a handsome young man named Chris Mauriello as a teen ager through childhood best friends. She played hard to get but Chris persisted. World War II was in full swing and Chris had to serve his country in the Army in the Pacific theater of the War. They communicated by mail and when he returned to the States they married. The end result was that they had fifty-three years of “great marriage” together until Chris’s passing in February of 2000.
Chris pursued a career in photography and would often be seen carrying his camera. His specialty was Television News Photographs which were displayed on TV sets across the country. He won an Emmy Award for outstanding “Spot News Footage”.
She leaves behind her family to cherish her memory. Surviving are one son Christopher Mauriello; two Sisters Pauline A. Frost of Clifton and Mary Alice Tarczyski of Passaic; seven grandchildren including Lisa, Anthony, Tiffany, Michael, Alicia, Jenna and Anthony Michael Mauriello.
A tragedy visited her life on June 7th when her son Edward suddenly and unexpectedly passed away.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Betty’s memory are asked to consider the Wayne Elks Lodge “Crippled Children’s” Program, 50 Hinchman Avenue, Wayne, NJ 07470
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