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March 17, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa.
Mae Giardino, age 84 of Pompton Lakes, died peacefully on Friday, March 17, 2017.
Born and raised in Paterson, Mae was introduced to her husband Alfred in 1955. They went on their first date to the Meadowbrook in Cedar Grove for a night of dancing. They were soon engaged and then married on June 23, 1957 at St. John’s Cathedral in Paterson. They enjoyed a honeymoon to Niagara Falls and then settled in South Paterson, where they raised their three children. In the early 1970’s, they made the move from Paterson to Pompton Lakes, where they have resided ever since. On June 23, 2016 they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Mae worked for many years at the Pompton Lakes and Klugetown Bakeries. She always loved to cook and taught her grandchildren how to navigate the kitchen. Her eggplant parmigiana, veal scaloppini, and rock cornish game hens were some of her tastiest creations, and her family simply loved her cooking. Mae also enjoyed being taken on Sunday drives, usually to the Jersey Shore or up into the country, which usually included a stop at the famous Old Barn Milk Bar in Wayne.
During her eighty-four years, she never learned to drive and never got behind the wheel of a car, but that didn’t stop her from traveling! She had been to Hawaii, Bermuda, California, Canada, Las Vegas, and multiple trips to Disney World in Florida.
Mae also loved to watch detective shows and game shows, solve crossword puzzles, and play card games.
Mae was a selfless person in many regards, and she always put her family first. She proudly attended every school play, soccer game and dance recital without fail. She spoiled her husband, children, and grandchildren at every opportunity, and they will each miss her dearly.
Mae is survived by her beloved husband Alfred of Pompton Lakes, her three children; Norma Giardino-Gray and her husband Ronald of Wayne, Susan Colaneri and her husband Robert of Bloomingdale, Steven Giardino and his wife Lori of Wayne, four grandchildren; David Colaneri and his wife Jessica of Bloomingdale, Daniel Colaneri of Bloomingdale, Nicole and Alyssa Giardino of Wayne, and one great-granddaughter, Charlotte Colaneri. Loving Aunt to many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her five siblings, Christopher Dean, George Dean, Lillian Dean, Marie Dean and Veronica Mizzone.
Donations in Mae’s memory would be greatly appreciated to the St. Mary’s Food Pantry, St. Mary’s Church, 17 Pompton Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa.
March 17, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa.
Mae Giardino, age 84 of Pompton Lakes, died peacefully on Friday, March 17, 2017.
Born and raised in Paterson, Mae was introduced to her husband Alfred in 1955. They went on their first date to the Meadowbrook in Cedar Grove for a night of dancing. They were soon engaged and then married on June 23, 1957 at St. John’s Cathedral in Paterson. They enjoyed a honeymoon to Niagara Falls and then settled in South Paterson, where they raised their three children. In the early 1970’s, they made the move from Paterson to Pompton Lakes, where they have resided ever since. On June 23, 2016 they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Mae worked for many years at the Pompton Lakes and Klugetown Bakeries. She always loved to cook and taught her grandchildren how to navigate the kitchen. Her eggplant parmigiana, veal scaloppini, and rock cornish game hens were some of her tastiest creations, and her family simply loved her cooking. Mae also enjoyed being taken on Sunday drives, usually to the Jersey Shore or up into the country, which usually included a stop at the famous Old Barn Milk Bar in Wayne.
During her eighty-four years, she never learned to drive and never got behind the wheel of a car, but that didn’t stop her from traveling! She had been to Hawaii, Bermuda, California, Canada, Las Vegas, and multiple trips to Disney World in Florida.
Mae also loved to watch detective shows and game shows, solve crossword puzzles, and play card games.
Mae was a selfless person in many regards, and she always put her family first. She proudly attended every school play, soccer game and dance recital without fail. She spoiled her husband, children, and grandchildren at every opportunity, and they will each miss her dearly.
Mae is survived by her beloved husband Alfred of Pompton Lakes, her three children; Norma Giardino-Gray and her husband Ronald of Wayne, Susan Colaneri and her husband Robert of Bloomingdale, Steven Giardino and his wife Lori of Wayne, four grandchildren; David Colaneri and his wife Jessica of Bloomingdale, Daniel Colaneri of Bloomingdale, Nicole and Alyssa Giardino of Wayne, and one great-granddaughter, Charlotte Colaneri. Loving Aunt to many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her five siblings, Christopher Dean, George Dean, Lillian Dean, Marie Dean and Veronica Mizzone.
Donations in Mae’s memory would be greatly appreciated to the St. Mary’s Food Pantry, St. Mary’s Church, 17 Pompton Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442.
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