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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the funeral home.
Interment will follow at the Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee.
Gloria M. Pellegrino (nee Mistretta) age 89 of Lincoln Park passed peacefully on Sunday, September 13, 2015.
She was born and raised in Fairview and lived in Maywood, Wayne, Lakehurst, and Sparta before moving to Lincoln Park ten years ago.
Gloria will always be remembered for her spectacular, Sunday Italian family dinners, with her special ingredient of love. Her Sicilian style eggplant parmesan, chicken cutlets, deep dish lasagna, clams oreganata, were her signature dishes. Her New Year’s Eve dinners were a smorgasbord that could serve 80 to 100 people. Gloria would bake for a week before all would come over; her cheesecake and lemon meringue pie will be greatly missed. Everything was homemade. She was a talented homemaker, had a great sense of humor, was a creative decorator, and always maintained a spotless home.
Gloria met the love of her life Johnny, while jumping rope in her driveway at 410 Walker Street in Fairview. They fell in love, were engaged to be married, and John was sent off to World War II. He was wounded during his service, and returned just one day before their wedding at Our Lady of Grace Church in Fairview. They married on June 10, 1945 and honeymooned in Niagara Falls, New York. They were truly devoted to each other, were always together, and forever acted like the high school sweethearts they truly were. The two of them were gifted dancers that could clear a dance floor. Gloria and John enjoyed sixty-two years of a loving and devoted marriage before John’s passing in 2008.
Gloria was the beloved wife of the late John Pellegrino. She was the devoted mother of 5 children, the late Linda Hoermann her husband John, Grayce Mouravieff and her late husband Alex, Andrea Holloway and her husband John, Joseph Pellegrino and his wife Bethanne and Maria Murphy. She was the cherished grandmother of Alexis Wilson, Derek Hoermann, Anthony Murphy, Brendan Murphy, Kendall Murphy, Joey Pellegrino, Jennifer Pellegrino and Jordan Pellegrino. Gloria was the much loved great-grandmother of McKenzie, Danny, James and Kailie. She was the dear sister of Helen Gatti, Jane Mistretta and Lorraine Graham as well as her deceased siblings; Vivian Famagletti, Nettie Bergen, Rose Milone, Tony Mistretta and Theresa Morone.
Gloria was also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. She was blessed to have Natalia, her “fifth daughter,” who came to her later in life and was a true friend and caregiver for many years.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Hospice of NJ, 400 Broadacres Drive, 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the funeral home.
Interment will follow at the Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the funeral home.
Interment will follow at the Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee.
Gloria M. Pellegrino (nee Mistretta) age 89 of Lincoln Park passed peacefully on Sunday, September 13, 2015.
She was born and raised in Fairview and lived in Maywood, Wayne, Lakehurst, and Sparta before moving to Lincoln Park ten years ago.
Gloria will always be remembered for her spectacular, Sunday Italian family dinners, with her special ingredient of love. Her Sicilian style eggplant parmesan, chicken cutlets, deep dish lasagna, clams oreganata, were her signature dishes. Her New Year’s Eve dinners were a smorgasbord that could serve 80 to 100 people. Gloria would bake for a week before all would come over; her cheesecake and lemon meringue pie will be greatly missed. Everything was homemade. She was a talented homemaker, had a great sense of humor, was a creative decorator, and always maintained a spotless home.
Gloria met the love of her life Johnny, while jumping rope in her driveway at 410 Walker Street in Fairview. They fell in love, were engaged to be married, and John was sent off to World War II. He was wounded during his service, and returned just one day before their wedding at Our Lady of Grace Church in Fairview. They married on June 10, 1945 and honeymooned in Niagara Falls, New York. They were truly devoted to each other, were always together, and forever acted like the high school sweethearts they truly were. The two of them were gifted dancers that could clear a dance floor. Gloria and John enjoyed sixty-two years of a loving and devoted marriage before John’s passing in 2008.
Gloria was the beloved wife of the late John Pellegrino. She was the devoted mother of 5 children, the late Linda Hoermann her husband John, Grayce Mouravieff and her late husband Alex, Andrea Holloway and her husband John, Joseph Pellegrino and his wife Bethanne and Maria Murphy. She was the cherished grandmother of Alexis Wilson, Derek Hoermann, Anthony Murphy, Brendan Murphy, Kendall Murphy, Joey Pellegrino, Jennifer Pellegrino and Jordan Pellegrino. Gloria was the much loved great-grandmother of McKenzie, Danny, James and Kailie. She was the dear sister of Helen Gatti, Jane Mistretta and Lorraine Graham as well as her deceased siblings; Vivian Famagletti, Nettie Bergen, Rose Milone, Tony Mistretta and Theresa Morone.
Gloria was also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. She was blessed to have Natalia, her “fifth daughter,” who came to her later in life and was a true friend and caregiver for many years.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Hospice of NJ, 400 Broadacres Drive, 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 would be appreciated.
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