Marcella “Marcy” E. Radice, age 93, of the Packanack Lake section of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Friday, February 23, 2018.

She was born in Eynon, PA and her family moved to Kearny, New Jersey when she was a child.  She graduated from Kearny High School with the Class of 1942.

Just out of high school Marcy found work at the Ronson Corporation in Newark as a secretary.  She later worked as a secretary for the Whitehead Metals Company in Newark, and the RCA Corporation in Harrison where she was the first woman to be trained as a computer programmer using punch cards.  She would write the programs and get called in the middle of the night to troubleshoot them when issues arose. She met her husband to be Robert Radice while working at RCA. They left the company together to start the Colorama Company in Garwood where they repaired and painted automobiles. They also established the first Subaru dealership on the East Coast.

Marcy will be remembered for her love of children and the enjoyment she got from teaching the little ones to read.  While riding in the car she would say “look at the stop sign…what letters are those, what do they sound like?”  She enjoyed her flower garden and all types of sewing – especially making custom clothes for American Girl dolls. She was also a great cook whose manicotti from scratch will never be forgotten.

Marcella was the loving wife of the late Robert Radice (1991); she was the dear sister of the late George Matelitis and his surviving wife Joan of Sicklerville, the late Dorothy Ferguson and her late husband Joseph, and Martha Blazejewski and her husband John of Wayne; much loved aunt of Lynda Yanchusk, Lisa Yanchusk, Daniel Blazejewski and his wife Leslie, David Blazejewski and his wife Pamela, and Andrew Blazejewski and his wife Sarah; she was the dearly loved great-aunt of Lindsey Pyterzak and her husband Ed, Jonathan Blazejewski, Tyler Blazejewski, Trisha Blazejewski, Steven Lebo, Ryan Gormely, Erin McAleer; great-great aunt of Nora Pierzyk.