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June 4, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, June 8, 2014 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Monday, June 9, 2014 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Fair Lawn Cemetery, Fair Lawn.
Lydia R. Martignetti, age 98, passed peacefully on Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
The older of Cesidio and Liberata Di Cosmo’s two children, Lydia was born and raised in the Bronx.
She met her husband John through family and friends and they were married in her hometown Bronx. Following marriage, they were soon blessed with a beautiful baby girl and they named her Carol Ann. Three years later, in 1947, they moved across the river to their brand new
Cape-cod home in Fair Lawn, NJ. They enjoyed thirty years in that home filled with wonderful memories until John’s passing in 1977. Lydia moved on to Hawthorne and then, in 1999, to Wayne where she resided for the last fifteen years.
Lydia was a dressmaker by trade. Her career started out in her home where she made linings for coats. When her daughter Carol was old enough to be on her own, Lydia took a position with Rose’s Dress Shop in Garfield where she created beautiful dresses and gowns. She retired in 1982 after forty years practicing her craft.
Lydia was a very sociable person who, together with her husband John, loved to entertain. Many holiday gatherings and parties took place in their basement in Fair Lawn and Lydia’s family and guests always raved about her excellent cooking. Family favorites included delicious pasta, magnificent meatballs, egg-plant parmigiana, pizziola and pasta fazool. Lydia got a great kick out of playing cards – especially poker, with family and friends, and she enjoyed a good night out playing bingo at St. Ann’s Parish in Fair Lawn. Family always came first and the family had a tradition of vacationing for two weeks every summer down the shore in Wildwood. She idolized her grandchildren and great-grandchildren taking them on occasional day trips or shopping. It didn’t matter what it was they did, she simply loved being with them.
Those who loved her will cherish her for the virtues she stood for – a loving and generous and caring heart.
Lydia is survived by her dear daughter Carol and husband Todd Chaplin of Wayne; two adored grandchildren: Kelley and husband Rob Caiazzo and Keith and wife Andrea Chaplin; and five cherished great-grandchildren: Justin, Jeena, Jon, Abigail and Ryan. She was predeceased by her beloved husband John and her dear brother Pat Di Cosmo.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Lydia’s name are asked to consider the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834, www.alz.org/nj, or a charity of your choice.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, June 8, 2014 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Monday, June 9, 2014 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Fair Lawn Cemetery, Fair Lawn.
June 4, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, June 8, 2014 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Monday, June 9, 2014 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Fair Lawn Cemetery, Fair Lawn.
Lydia R. Martignetti, age 98, passed peacefully on Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
The older of Cesidio and Liberata Di Cosmo’s two children, Lydia was born and raised in the Bronx.
She met her husband John through family and friends and they were married in her hometown Bronx. Following marriage, they were soon blessed with a beautiful baby girl and they named her Carol Ann. Three years later, in 1947, they moved across the river to their brand new
Cape-cod home in Fair Lawn, NJ. They enjoyed thirty years in that home filled with wonderful memories until John’s passing in 1977. Lydia moved on to Hawthorne and then, in 1999, to Wayne where she resided for the last fifteen years.
Lydia was a dressmaker by trade. Her career started out in her home where she made linings for coats. When her daughter Carol was old enough to be on her own, Lydia took a position with Rose’s Dress Shop in Garfield where she created beautiful dresses and gowns. She retired in 1982 after forty years practicing her craft.
Lydia was a very sociable person who, together with her husband John, loved to entertain. Many holiday gatherings and parties took place in their basement in Fair Lawn and Lydia’s family and guests always raved about her excellent cooking. Family favorites included delicious pasta, magnificent meatballs, egg-plant parmigiana, pizziola and pasta fazool. Lydia got a great kick out of playing cards – especially poker, with family and friends, and she enjoyed a good night out playing bingo at St. Ann’s Parish in Fair Lawn. Family always came first and the family had a tradition of vacationing for two weeks every summer down the shore in Wildwood. She idolized her grandchildren and great-grandchildren taking them on occasional day trips or shopping. It didn’t matter what it was they did, she simply loved being with them.
Those who loved her will cherish her for the virtues she stood for – a loving and generous and caring heart.
Lydia is survived by her dear daughter Carol and husband Todd Chaplin of Wayne; two adored grandchildren: Kelley and husband Rob Caiazzo and Keith and wife Andrea Chaplin; and five cherished great-grandchildren: Justin, Jeena, Jon, Abigail and Ryan. She was predeceased by her beloved husband John and her dear brother Pat Di Cosmo.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Lydia’s name are asked to consider the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834, www.alz.org/nj, or a charity of your choice.
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