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April 8, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday 4 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Saturday from 2 – 5 PM.
Josephine DeMaria (nee Stafaci) age 95 of Wayne died on Monday, April 9, 2012 at the Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff. Her passing was peaceful with her family at her bedside loving her.
She was born in Hibbing, Minnesota and she and her eleven other siblings moved by train to Nutley, NJ in the 1920’s. She spent most of her life living in Nutley before moving to her daughter MaryLou’s home in Wayne six years ago.
Josephine was a quiet person who enjoyed her family, her dogs Jetty, Crimson, Shelly, and Happy Toes as well as gardening, and making hooked rugs.
She met her husband Dominick DeMaria also of Nutley at a family wedding. They married in September 5th, 1948 and had a loving marriage of almost forty years until Dominick’s passing in 1987. His hobby was bowling and he wrote and recorded a song called You Are On My Mind for Josephine.
Josephine and Dominick decided to adopt two daughters. It was a wonderful loving experience for all. Her daughters describe her as a “great mom” who contributed much love and caring to their lives.
Josephine was pre-deceased by her siblings Julia Wiedemann, James Strafaci, Natale (Ned) Strafaci, Salvatore (Slim, Sam) Strafaci, Margaret Corio, Angelina Juliano, Domenica (Dee) Arbino, Mary Mastrantonio, Sally Vitello, Grace Clauson and Rose Marinaccio.
Surviving to cherish this special mother’s memory are two daughters MaryLou DeMaria-Berhang and her husband Kurt Berhang of Wayne and Gloria Fedoriw and her husband William of Hampton, NJ; three grandchildren Stephen Fedoriw, Nicole Fedoriw and Carly Berhang; four great grandchildren Michael Briganti, Isabella Bocchino, and twins Colin and Connor Fedoriw.
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Funeral services will be held Saturday 4 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Saturday from 2 – 5 PM.
April 8, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday 4 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Saturday from 2 – 5 PM.
Josephine DeMaria (nee Stafaci) age 95 of Wayne died on Monday, April 9, 2012 at the Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff. Her passing was peaceful with her family at her bedside loving her.
She was born in Hibbing, Minnesota and she and her eleven other siblings moved by train to Nutley, NJ in the 1920’s. She spent most of her life living in Nutley before moving to her daughter MaryLou’s home in Wayne six years ago.
Josephine was a quiet person who enjoyed her family, her dogs Jetty, Crimson, Shelly, and Happy Toes as well as gardening, and making hooked rugs.
She met her husband Dominick DeMaria also of Nutley at a family wedding. They married in September 5th, 1948 and had a loving marriage of almost forty years until Dominick’s passing in 1987. His hobby was bowling and he wrote and recorded a song called You Are On My Mind for Josephine.
Josephine and Dominick decided to adopt two daughters. It was a wonderful loving experience for all. Her daughters describe her as a “great mom” who contributed much love and caring to their lives.
Josephine was pre-deceased by her siblings Julia Wiedemann, James Strafaci, Natale (Ned) Strafaci, Salvatore (Slim, Sam) Strafaci, Margaret Corio, Angelina Juliano, Domenica (Dee) Arbino, Mary Mastrantonio, Sally Vitello, Grace Clauson and Rose Marinaccio.
Surviving to cherish this special mother’s memory are two daughters MaryLou DeMaria-Berhang and her husband Kurt Berhang of Wayne and Gloria Fedoriw and her husband William of Hampton, NJ; three grandchildren Stephen Fedoriw, Nicole Fedoriw and Carly Berhang; four great grandchildren Michael Briganti, Isabella Bocchino, and twins Colin and Connor Fedoriw.
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