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November 19, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at the funeral home. Committal will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
Gloria Mania (nee Beshada) age 81 of Wayne, died at home on Saturday, November 19, 2011 after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Gloria was born in Sayerville, NJ and grew up in Paterson and Clifton. In her childhood, you were likely to find her climbing trees and digging up worms; she was always doing something. As a young lady, she began working at the Gencraft factory in Paterson, making window treatments, and it was here that she met her husband, Carman, in the 1940’s. The two of them were married in 1951 and together they raised their family in Paterson. Carman’s mother began to teach Gloria how to cook and she became very good at preparing traditional Italian meals for her family. Even her calamari was excellent, which she couldn’t stand to eat herself, but her husband loved it. She was also very handy around the house, enjoyed crafts and was good with her hands, and an excellent seamstress. She was skilled at working with ceramics, an accomplished painter on canvas, and a voracious reader.
Gloria was one cool lady. She was feisty, physically strong and she wouldn’t take any guff from anyone. As her children recall, she could throw a shoe (her first choice when necessary) with speed and pin-point accuracy, like no one else. She was a great mom; stern and caring. Her kids also recall how she was so caring to the little baby pigeons that they used to raise, bringing them into the kitchen near the heater, and nursing them until they were big enough. She and Carman had racing pigeons and they bred them at home. Gloria also always had a dog in the house and considering how kind and nurturing she was to her pets, you would almost think she liked animals more than she did people. Of course, once her grandchildren began to arrive, you knew just how much she loved her family.
Gloria loved her grandchildren so very much and they completely changed her. They could do no harm or foul while she was around, and she would let them get away with just about anything. They each gave her the strength to battle her Parkinson’s disease and to enjoy as many days as she could with them. She now holds a special place in each of their hearts.
Gloria is survived by her loving husband of sixty years; Carman of Wayne, three children; Carman Jr. and his wife Jayne of Lodi, Diane Baskinger-Petrolino and her husband James of Coral Springs, Fl, (formerly of Wayne), and Michael and his wife Gail of Wayne, six grandchildren; Matthew Baskinger of Wayne, NJ, Corey and Kelsie Mania of Wayne, and Jenna Lynn, David, and Hannah Mania of Lodi, one sister; Barbara Tajerian and her husband Jack of Paterson, and one brother; Leo Beshada of Newton, NJ. She was predeceased by her sister Pearl Pagliaro.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at the funeral home. Committal will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
November 19, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at the funeral home. Committal will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
Gloria Mania (nee Beshada) age 81 of Wayne, died at home on Saturday, November 19, 2011 after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Gloria was born in Sayerville, NJ and grew up in Paterson and Clifton. In her childhood, you were likely to find her climbing trees and digging up worms; she was always doing something. As a young lady, she began working at the Gencraft factory in Paterson, making window treatments, and it was here that she met her husband, Carman, in the 1940’s. The two of them were married in 1951 and together they raised their family in Paterson. Carman’s mother began to teach Gloria how to cook and she became very good at preparing traditional Italian meals for her family. Even her calamari was excellent, which she couldn’t stand to eat herself, but her husband loved it. She was also very handy around the house, enjoyed crafts and was good with her hands, and an excellent seamstress. She was skilled at working with ceramics, an accomplished painter on canvas, and a voracious reader.
Gloria was one cool lady. She was feisty, physically strong and she wouldn’t take any guff from anyone. As her children recall, she could throw a shoe (her first choice when necessary) with speed and pin-point accuracy, like no one else. She was a great mom; stern and caring. Her kids also recall how she was so caring to the little baby pigeons that they used to raise, bringing them into the kitchen near the heater, and nursing them until they were big enough. She and Carman had racing pigeons and they bred them at home. Gloria also always had a dog in the house and considering how kind and nurturing she was to her pets, you would almost think she liked animals more than she did people. Of course, once her grandchildren began to arrive, you knew just how much she loved her family.
Gloria loved her grandchildren so very much and they completely changed her. They could do no harm or foul while she was around, and she would let them get away with just about anything. They each gave her the strength to battle her Parkinson’s disease and to enjoy as many days as she could with them. She now holds a special place in each of their hearts.
Gloria is survived by her loving husband of sixty years; Carman of Wayne, three children; Carman Jr. and his wife Jayne of Lodi, Diane Baskinger-Petrolino and her husband James of Coral Springs, Fl, (formerly of Wayne), and Michael and his wife Gail of Wayne, six grandchildren; Matthew Baskinger of Wayne, NJ, Corey and Kelsie Mania of Wayne, and Jenna Lynn, David, and Hannah Mania of Lodi, one sister; Barbara Tajerian and her husband Jack of Paterson, and one brother; Leo Beshada of Newton, NJ. She was predeceased by her sister Pearl Pagliaro.
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