Karin Visicaro

Karin Visicaro, age 80, of Wayne and a former longtime resident of Bayville, NJ, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, February 3, 2023.

Karin was born in Breslau, Germany in 1942. The youngest of Dr. Kurt & Frieda Augustin’s three children, when she was sixteen years old, Karin emigrated to the United States of America with her mother and brother Dieter to join her sister Ingeborg who was already in the states. The family lived first in Wallington, then Clifton before settling in East Rutherford.  

Karin was extremely bright and was able to start high school in the U.S. two grades ahead of when she should have started. After graduating, she began a career with Hoffmann-La Roche, a pharmaceutical company in Nutley. While there, she completed company  training in computer programming and also attended Monmouth College where she earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science. Her years with Roche as a computer programmer were wonderful and prosperous spanning a total of 35 years. She stayed on a couple more years after that as a consultant in their Branchburg location.

Karin was the beloved wife of Ignazio “Iggy” Visicaro. They met at Hoffmann-La-Roche playing for the company bowling team. They married in 1974 and lived in Nutley and Long Valley where she enjoyed tending to and riding her horses, before settling down the Jersey shore in Bayville. They enjoyed a storied marriage of 43 years full of love and devotion until Iggy’s passing in 2017. Karin remained in Bayville until this past November when ill health necessitated moving in with her loved sister Inge.

Despite a rough start at life, the close-knit love of her parents, brother and sister made for many happy memories. In childhood, Karin learned to play the accordion. Learning a musical instrument was important to Karin’s parents and Dieter learned the trumpet and Inge the accordion too. They enjoyed playing music together and Karin’s mom, with her beautiful voice, loved to sing along. One of Karin’s other great loves was spending time outdoors in her yard in Bayville tending to her beautiful gardens and yard. Her yard was park-like with beautiful trees that she planted herself and lots of decorative potted flowers all around. She and Iggy enjoyed trips to Atlantic City and visiting her stepchildren, step-grandchildren, and step-great-grandchildren. Karin was always on the go! Up every morning at 5 AM, her head seldom hit the pillow before late at night. During the day, she loved taking walks or a jog to the park near her home in Bayville where she enjoyed seeing all the boats. Oftentimes, she was accompanied by one of the dogs that were close friends throughout the years. The last one was her dear pooch Sabrina and Karin was devastated when she passed away.

Karin was very ambitious, active and health conscious. She was the most giving and caring person – very loving and gracious. She remembered everyone’s birthday and gave the most thoughtful gifts. She had a great knack for helping all to feel special.

Karin was the beloved wife of the late Ignazio “Iggy” Visicaro, very loving sister of Dieter Augustin and wife Mary Ann of Palm Coast, Florida, and Ingeborg Shanahan and her late husband Robert of Wayne; and the dear stepmother of Karen Campagna and husband Anthony of Montville and Robert “Bobby” Visicaro and wife Samantha of Upstate, NY. She also leaves behind her step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren and her niece Christine Micke and husband Thomas.

Because of her love for animals, in lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Karin’s name are asked to consider FOWA Animal Rescue

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