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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, NJ, where she will be laid to rest with her husband, George.
Katherine J. Tomasi (nee Polizzotto), age 97 of Galloway, formerly of Kinnelon and Toms River, died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. She had lived in Kinnelon prior to 1981 and then Toms River before moving to Galloway just three years ago.
Katherine was raised in Haledon and attended Central High School. Growing up during the Great Depression, she left high school and began working to help support her family. After marrying George Tomasi, they settled in Paterson and ran the family bakery; Tomasi Prospect Bakery on Prospect St. and Van Houten Ave. in Paterson. She became the consummate mom to her three children, often taking them to the various movie houses around Paterson when the new films were released, and they also made frequent day trips to Long Branch at the Jersey Shore. Katherine had been a fabulous bowler in her day and even belonged to a woman’s bowling league. She was a wonderful cook and everything she made was simply fantastic! Her meatballs, lasagna, pasta fagioli and roasted chicken were among her family’s favorites. Fresh pasta was the norm and her children recall laying out strands of fresh pasta across the bed to dry before it was all cooked at dinner time. Katherine always had food in the house and if you stopped by to visit, she would soon have a full meal on the table, ready for your enjoyment. She hosted most of the holiday dinners and the tradition for many years was Sunday dinner at her place with no less than eighteen people at the table. No one went home hungry!
She loved “AC” and while living in Holiday City, Toms River, she went to AC at least twice a week and organized one bus trip a month with her community friends. She just loved going to AC and enjoyed herself there countless times. She enjoyed traveling with her husband George and friends. Each labor day they visited Villa Roma in the Catskills for a week of dancing, cards games, and food. She felt blessed to have been able to visit Italy her parents birth place. Hawaii and San Francisco were also places she visited and enjoyed. She loved music and convinced George to take dancing lessons so they could dance the night away. She truly enjoyed her life.
Katherine was predeceased by her husband George in 1983, and by her grandson; George Garbarino in 1982. She is survived by her three children; Margaret Garbarino of Galloway, Peter Tomasi and his wife Carol of Hawthorne, NJ, and George Tomasi and his wife Linda of San Marco, CA, seven grandchildren; Cathy Rusyniak and her husband Michael of Rockaway Township, NJ, Frank Garbarino and his wife Kelly of Denville, NJ, Susan Jacalone and her husband Victor of Galloway, NJ, Peter Tomasi of Hawthorne, NJ, John Tomasi and his wife Jessica of N. Haledon, NJ, George Tomasi of San Marco, CA, and Daniel Tomasi and his wife Julie of Poway, CA, as well as eleven great-grandchildren: Sarah Murphy and her husband Francis of Galloway, Vincent Jacalone also of Galloway. Forrest Rusyniak and Tanner Rusyniak of Rockaway Township. Margaret Garbarino and Jack Garbarino of Denville. Evan Tomasi Lorelai Tomasi, and Cassidy Tomasi of North Haledon. Mia Tomasi and Kelsey Tomasi of Poway.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, NJ, where she will be laid to rest with her husband, George.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, NJ, where she will be laid to rest with her husband, George.
Katherine J. Tomasi (nee Polizzotto), age 97 of Galloway, formerly of Kinnelon and Toms River, died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. She had lived in Kinnelon prior to 1981 and then Toms River before moving to Galloway just three years ago.
Katherine was raised in Haledon and attended Central High School. Growing up during the Great Depression, she left high school and began working to help support her family. After marrying George Tomasi, they settled in Paterson and ran the family bakery; Tomasi Prospect Bakery on Prospect St. and Van Houten Ave. in Paterson. She became the consummate mom to her three children, often taking them to the various movie houses around Paterson when the new films were released, and they also made frequent day trips to Long Branch at the Jersey Shore. Katherine had been a fabulous bowler in her day and even belonged to a woman’s bowling league. She was a wonderful cook and everything she made was simply fantastic! Her meatballs, lasagna, pasta fagioli and roasted chicken were among her family’s favorites. Fresh pasta was the norm and her children recall laying out strands of fresh pasta across the bed to dry before it was all cooked at dinner time. Katherine always had food in the house and if you stopped by to visit, she would soon have a full meal on the table, ready for your enjoyment. She hosted most of the holiday dinners and the tradition for many years was Sunday dinner at her place with no less than eighteen people at the table. No one went home hungry!
She loved “AC” and while living in Holiday City, Toms River, she went to AC at least twice a week and organized one bus trip a month with her community friends. She just loved going to AC and enjoyed herself there countless times. She enjoyed traveling with her husband George and friends. Each labor day they visited Villa Roma in the Catskills for a week of dancing, cards games, and food. She felt blessed to have been able to visit Italy her parents birth place. Hawaii and San Francisco were also places she visited and enjoyed. She loved music and convinced George to take dancing lessons so they could dance the night away. She truly enjoyed her life.
Katherine was predeceased by her husband George in 1983, and by her grandson; George Garbarino in 1982. She is survived by her three children; Margaret Garbarino of Galloway, Peter Tomasi and his wife Carol of Hawthorne, NJ, and George Tomasi and his wife Linda of San Marco, CA, seven grandchildren; Cathy Rusyniak and her husband Michael of Rockaway Township, NJ, Frank Garbarino and his wife Kelly of Denville, NJ, Susan Jacalone and her husband Victor of Galloway, NJ, Peter Tomasi of Hawthorne, NJ, John Tomasi and his wife Jessica of N. Haledon, NJ, George Tomasi of San Marco, CA, and Daniel Tomasi and his wife Julie of Poway, CA, as well as eleven great-grandchildren: Sarah Murphy and her husband Francis of Galloway, Vincent Jacalone also of Galloway. Forrest Rusyniak and Tanner Rusyniak of Rockaway Township. Margaret Garbarino and Jack Garbarino of Denville. Evan Tomasi Lorelai Tomasi, and Cassidy Tomasi of North Haledon. Mia Tomasi and Kelsey Tomasi of Poway.
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