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June 4, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, June 6, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Friday, June 7, 2013 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Jessie Bufardeci (Nicoletti) age 91, a fifty-seven year resident of Wayne, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.
She was born and raised in Paterson having graduated from Eastside High School.
As a young woman, she started working for Curtis-Wright Corporation, starting in the mail room and retiring 44 years later as a Contracts Analyst.
Jessie met her future husband, Matt, through her brother Jim, who attended Paterson Technical High School with Matt. Jessie and Matt dated for several years and before Matt went off to the Navy, they became engaged. When Matt returned from his service in World War II, they set the wedding date for September 29, 1946. They were married in St. Anthony’s Church in Paterson and honeymooned in Canada.
Jessie was a devoted wife to Matthew who predeceased her in 2012. She was the loving mother of Linda DeFranco and her husband Roy of West Milford, and Andrea Sykes and her fiancé Scott Cardelfe of West Long Branch; cherished grandmother of Roy DeFranco Jr. and Melissa, Matthew DeFranco and his wife Camille, and Amanda Haring; great grandmother of Lucia DeFranco and Amelia DeFranco; loved sister of Diana Rizzo of Pompton Plains, and sister in-law of Lucille Nicoletti of Belvidere and Frances Sunday of Prospect Park. Jessie was predeceased by her brothers Frank Nicoletti and James Nicoletti and his wife Marion. Jessie will also be lovingly remembered by many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews.
Jessie will be remembered for her generosity and kindness to all, but most importantly for her devotion to her family. She and her late husband were wonderful role models and anyone one who met them could feel the great love they had for each other.
Jessie was an amazing cook and an avid New York Yankees fan. Jessie and Matt also enjoyed traveling. They traveled to Europe several times and throughout the years they accompanied their children and grandchildren on many family vacations to Cape Cod, the Jersey Shore, The Bahamas, Las Vegas and Florida. Later in life Jessie and Matt often accompanied Jessie’s brother Jim and his wife Marion on day trips to various local places and Atlantic City.
Jessie and Matt were founding parishioners of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the charity of your choosing would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, June 6, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Friday, June 7, 2013 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
June 4, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, June 6, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Friday, June 7, 2013 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Jessie Bufardeci (Nicoletti) age 91, a fifty-seven year resident of Wayne, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.
She was born and raised in Paterson having graduated from Eastside High School.
As a young woman, she started working for Curtis-Wright Corporation, starting in the mail room and retiring 44 years later as a Contracts Analyst.
Jessie met her future husband, Matt, through her brother Jim, who attended Paterson Technical High School with Matt. Jessie and Matt dated for several years and before Matt went off to the Navy, they became engaged. When Matt returned from his service in World War II, they set the wedding date for September 29, 1946. They were married in St. Anthony’s Church in Paterson and honeymooned in Canada.
Jessie was a devoted wife to Matthew who predeceased her in 2012. She was the loving mother of Linda DeFranco and her husband Roy of West Milford, and Andrea Sykes and her fiancé Scott Cardelfe of West Long Branch; cherished grandmother of Roy DeFranco Jr. and Melissa, Matthew DeFranco and his wife Camille, and Amanda Haring; great grandmother of Lucia DeFranco and Amelia DeFranco; loved sister of Diana Rizzo of Pompton Plains, and sister in-law of Lucille Nicoletti of Belvidere and Frances Sunday of Prospect Park. Jessie was predeceased by her brothers Frank Nicoletti and James Nicoletti and his wife Marion. Jessie will also be lovingly remembered by many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews.
Jessie will be remembered for her generosity and kindness to all, but most importantly for her devotion to her family. She and her late husband were wonderful role models and anyone one who met them could feel the great love they had for each other.
Jessie was an amazing cook and an avid New York Yankees fan. Jessie and Matt also enjoyed traveling. They traveled to Europe several times and throughout the years they accompanied their children and grandchildren on many family vacations to Cape Cod, the Jersey Shore, The Bahamas, Las Vegas and Florida. Later in life Jessie and Matt often accompanied Jessie’s brother Jim and his wife Marion on day trips to various local places and Atlantic City.
Jessie and Matt were founding parishioners of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the charity of your choosing would be appreciated.
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