Frances “Zizi Dolly” Scozzaro

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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, October 24, 2016 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, October 25, from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.

Frances Jean Scozzaro (nee DeLise), age 97 of Wyckoff, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. She had lived in Wyckoff since 1960.

“Zizi Dolly,” as she was known to just about everyone, married her husband Pasquale “Pat” in 1945 and they enjoyed sixty-four years together. Among one of her favorite hobbies, besides reading celebrity tabloids, was crafting sequin and glitter-encrusted Christmas ball decorations. She must have more than 100 of them! Ironically, she almost lost her left hand to a childhood injury, but doctors were able to save her hand which, among other things, was a blessing for her life-long activities and hobbies – including her ability to make those Christmas balls! Zizi Dolly never had any of her own children, but she cherished her nieces and nephews as if they were her own children. Whether celebrating the holidays or just having a family get-together, she loved being surrounded by them all. To celebrate her 94th birthday, they had a big party for her, complete with a birthday-girl tiara and Zizi Dolly was in her glory. They will all miss her dearly.

Zizi Dolly was predeceased by her husband Pasquale “Pat” in 2009 and is survived by five nieces; Michele Papietro of Burbank, CA, Frances Monastiro of Brick, NJ, Patricia Monello of Wayne, NJ, Marlene Penzenick and husband Gary of Denville, NJ; and, Doreen Piscitelli and husband Frank of Totowa, NJ; three nephews; Nicholas Tonzillo, Jr. of HI, Frank DeLise, Jr. and wife Julie of Washington State; and, Dennis Costa and wife Marie of Aberdeen, NJ; and, generations of nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by her siblings; Margaret Tonzillo, Ida Papietro, John DeLise, and Frank DeLise, and nephews; Raymond DeLise and Eugene Papietro.

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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, October 24, 2016 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, October 25, from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.

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