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February 10, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, February 12, 2018 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Margaret Palumbo, age 94, a twenty-six year resident of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Saturday, February 10, 2018.
She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to Angelo and Vita Giarratano. Margaret lived in Brooklyn for almost seventy years and was a true Brooklynite at heart…accent and all. This is evidenced by her love of Charles Bronson and Dirty Harry films. She loved those types of movies and could often be heard saying things like “let’s see how they like it” when street justice and revenge prevailed. That being said she had a huge heart and would give you the shirt off her back . Often visitors to her home would hear the “come on in and I’ll make you something to eat” as she was outgoing, kind, generous, and loyal. She was raised and raised her family in an environment where family meant everything and the traditional Sunday Dinner, where everyone was expected to be there, was part of everyday life. The love she cooked into her traditional Italian cooking will never be forgotten and her special touch on stuffed shells, macaroni and beans, hot dogs and cheese and stuffed shrimp will never be duplicated. She always enjoyed shopping but when it came to grocery shopping her Brooklyn came out as she knew exactly what she wanted, where it was, and if you were in her way you wouldn’t be for long.
Margaret Giarratano and Victor Palumbo met while they were just teenagers living in Brooklyn. Victor’s sister had married Margaret’s brother and this brought the two of them together. They married on November 13, 1954 and have enjoyed sixty one years together. Victor and Margaret were a good team, strongly focused on their family and they passed on good values to their children. The children recall fun family day trips to Coney Island when their mother would pack a cooler and they would each be carrying more than they could handle. They would get on the subway with all of their gear and head to Coney Island to enjoy the sun and sand. The day was never complete until they each had a few “Nathan’s Famous” hot dogs in their bellies before boarding the subway for the trip back home again. They never realized back then just how special those memories would be today. Victor was fortunate to enjoy a lengthy retirement and he and Margaret truly enjoyed themselves. They fondly remembered touring Italy with Victor’s sisters Mary, Anna and her husband Sam. They moved to New Jersey in 1992.
Margaret was the loving wife of the late Victor C. Palumbo (2016); devoted mother of Victor Palumbo and his wife Elizabeth of Wayne, Carol Rawa and her husband Donald of Lyndhurst, and Robert Palumbo of Lewisville, Texas, two grandsons; Brian Vacante and his wife Leonella, and Eric Vacante and his wife Tina; she was the loved sister of Leonard “Lenny” Giarratano and his wife Starlet of San Diego, CA, the late Gaetano Giarratano, the late Anna Pumilia, and the late Alma DeLia.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, February 12, 2018 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
February 10, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, February 12, 2018 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Margaret Palumbo, age 94, a twenty-six year resident of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Saturday, February 10, 2018.
She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to Angelo and Vita Giarratano. Margaret lived in Brooklyn for almost seventy years and was a true Brooklynite at heart…accent and all. This is evidenced by her love of Charles Bronson and Dirty Harry films. She loved those types of movies and could often be heard saying things like “let’s see how they like it” when street justice and revenge prevailed. That being said she had a huge heart and would give you the shirt off her back . Often visitors to her home would hear the “come on in and I’ll make you something to eat” as she was outgoing, kind, generous, and loyal. She was raised and raised her family in an environment where family meant everything and the traditional Sunday Dinner, where everyone was expected to be there, was part of everyday life. The love she cooked into her traditional Italian cooking will never be forgotten and her special touch on stuffed shells, macaroni and beans, hot dogs and cheese and stuffed shrimp will never be duplicated. She always enjoyed shopping but when it came to grocery shopping her Brooklyn came out as she knew exactly what she wanted, where it was, and if you were in her way you wouldn’t be for long.
Margaret Giarratano and Victor Palumbo met while they were just teenagers living in Brooklyn. Victor’s sister had married Margaret’s brother and this brought the two of them together. They married on November 13, 1954 and have enjoyed sixty one years together. Victor and Margaret were a good team, strongly focused on their family and they passed on good values to their children. The children recall fun family day trips to Coney Island when their mother would pack a cooler and they would each be carrying more than they could handle. They would get on the subway with all of their gear and head to Coney Island to enjoy the sun and sand. The day was never complete until they each had a few “Nathan’s Famous” hot dogs in their bellies before boarding the subway for the trip back home again. They never realized back then just how special those memories would be today. Victor was fortunate to enjoy a lengthy retirement and he and Margaret truly enjoyed themselves. They fondly remembered touring Italy with Victor’s sisters Mary, Anna and her husband Sam. They moved to New Jersey in 1992.
Margaret was the loving wife of the late Victor C. Palumbo (2016); devoted mother of Victor Palumbo and his wife Elizabeth of Wayne, Carol Rawa and her husband Donald of Lyndhurst, and Robert Palumbo of Lewisville, Texas, two grandsons; Brian Vacante and his wife Leonella, and Eric Vacante and his wife Tina; she was the loved sister of Leonard “Lenny” Giarratano and his wife Starlet of San Diego, CA, the late Gaetano Giarratano, the late Anna Pumilia, and the late Alma DeLia.
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