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January 6, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Thursday, January 9, 2014 from the funeral home then to St. Philip the Apostle RC Church, 797 Valley Road, Clifton, where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Josephine (Cilli) Tufano, age 93, of Clifton passed peacefully on Monday, January 6, 2014.
She was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, was raised in Fair Lawn, and lived in Paterson before moving to Clifton 37 years ago.
She met Samuel Tufano when she was 21 years old. They married on June 13, 1943 at St John the Baptist Church and honeymooned at Niagara Falls, New York. She was a homemaker who dedicated herself to raising her family.
She was dedicated to her Catholic faith and was a parishioner of Saint Phillips RC Church in Clifton where she had been a member of the Columbiettes for many years.
Josephine’s passion was ballroom dancing, and she loved floral arranging. She never drove a car but managed to get any and everywhere she wanted, had a great sense of humor, and never complained. Even just before she passed, she said “I’m ok”. She was a great listener and confidant to both relatives and friends. Josephine’s door was always open if you needed a place to stay. One thing family and friends will always remember about Josephine is her cooking. She always had a chocolate or carrot cake on the counter, made awesome cupcakes, cookies, baked chicken, and chicken cutlets. If you saw her special pot on the stove you could be sure it was full of meatballs or sloppy joes. She even brought that pot on vacation with her as it was the special link between her and those she loved.
She was the devoted wife of the late Samuel Tufano (1975); loved mother of Judith McAloney of West Milford, Robert Tufano of Mount Airy, MD, and Peter Tufano and his wife Laura of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Christina Scienski and her husband Lawrence, Jennifer Godfrey and her husband Troy, Regina Kelly and her husband Brian, Danielle Petrelli and her husband Vincent, John Paul McAloney and his wife Lindsay, Adam Tufano and his fiancé Diana, Allyson Tufano, Nina Tufano, and Mark Tufano; proud great-grandmother of eleven great-grandchildren: Lauren, Patrick, Matthew, Naomi, Maren, Aran, Gracie, Julie, Maggie, McKenna, and Jack; loved sister of Columbia Provenzale and her husband Leonard of Waldwick and the late Frances Lattrechia.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Catholic Charities, 777 Valley Road, Clifton, NJ 07013 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Thursday, January 9, 2014 from the funeral home then to St. Philip the Apostle RC Church, 797 Valley Road, Clifton, where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
January 6, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Thursday, January 9, 2014 from the funeral home then to St. Philip the Apostle RC Church, 797 Valley Road, Clifton, where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Josephine (Cilli) Tufano, age 93, of Clifton passed peacefully on Monday, January 6, 2014.
She was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, was raised in Fair Lawn, and lived in Paterson before moving to Clifton 37 years ago.
She met Samuel Tufano when she was 21 years old. They married on June 13, 1943 at St John the Baptist Church and honeymooned at Niagara Falls, New York. She was a homemaker who dedicated herself to raising her family.
She was dedicated to her Catholic faith and was a parishioner of Saint Phillips RC Church in Clifton where she had been a member of the Columbiettes for many years.
Josephine’s passion was ballroom dancing, and she loved floral arranging. She never drove a car but managed to get any and everywhere she wanted, had a great sense of humor, and never complained. Even just before she passed, she said “I’m ok”. She was a great listener and confidant to both relatives and friends. Josephine’s door was always open if you needed a place to stay. One thing family and friends will always remember about Josephine is her cooking. She always had a chocolate or carrot cake on the counter, made awesome cupcakes, cookies, baked chicken, and chicken cutlets. If you saw her special pot on the stove you could be sure it was full of meatballs or sloppy joes. She even brought that pot on vacation with her as it was the special link between her and those she loved.
She was the devoted wife of the late Samuel Tufano (1975); loved mother of Judith McAloney of West Milford, Robert Tufano of Mount Airy, MD, and Peter Tufano and his wife Laura of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Christina Scienski and her husband Lawrence, Jennifer Godfrey and her husband Troy, Regina Kelly and her husband Brian, Danielle Petrelli and her husband Vincent, John Paul McAloney and his wife Lindsay, Adam Tufano and his fiancé Diana, Allyson Tufano, Nina Tufano, and Mark Tufano; proud great-grandmother of eleven great-grandchildren: Lauren, Patrick, Matthew, Naomi, Maren, Aran, Gracie, Julie, Maggie, McKenna, and Jack; loved sister of Columbia Provenzale and her husband Leonard of Waldwick and the late Frances Lattrechia.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Catholic Charities, 777 Valley Road, Clifton, NJ 07013 would be appreciated.
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