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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday September 9th at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Saturday 8:30AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Maria Theresa Di Marco (nee Piccone), age 69 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Saturday September 3, 2016 surrounded by her family.
She was born and raised in Queens, New York to James and Theresa Piccone. While living in Queens, Maria met Crescenzo “Joe” DiMarco. They first met at a wedding where Joe asked Maria to dance with him. Nothing much came of their first encounter, however as fate would have it, Joe later moved in right next door to Maria and they started dating. Marriage followed in August of 1965 at St. Monica’s Church and they honeymooned throughout Europe for three weeks, visiting London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and many other destinations. Maria and Joe cherished over 50 years of a very loving and loyal marriage together.
Maria was dedicated to her family and gladly took on the role of full-time wife and mother. She dedicated herself to her husband and four children throughout the years. It wasn’t until the year 2000 that Maria decided to go to work. After having been out of the workforce nearly thirty five years, she landed a job as an Insurance Clerk for Valley National Bank and was still currently employed there.
In 2013 Maria was confronted with the frightening diagnosis of cancer. She endured surgery and fought courageously for the past three years. Throughout all of her treatments and therapy, her family never heard her complain once about anything. She set a wonderful example as a strong wife, mother and grandmother.
Over the years, Maria devoted herself to her children, grandchildren, and her husband. She pampered all of them, especially her husband Joe. Maria’s children remember their father not knowing which drawer or closet any of his clothes were kept – because every day, Maria put his clothes out for him. She also loved to cook and anyone who’s ever entered her home knows that she doesn’t lack for skill in the kitchen. Her food was always fantastic and plentiful, and she enjoyed entertaining her friends and family at her home with dinner, coffee and cake. If you were to come into Maria’s house, you wouldn’t leave without having something to eat or drink, or both! She also loved to shop, perhaps a little too much so. Her closets are overflowing with things she hadn’t had a chance to wear just yet! Maria was adored by her grandchildren and was affectionately called “Mimi” by all of them. She also had a special love for her son Jimmy’s dog, “Moe” and her daughter Rosanna’s dog, “Mason”. She was a very spiritual person as well, and was a parishioner of Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Wayne. She was simply a very special person who shared her kind spirit and lovingly touched the lives of many people. She will be sincerely missed by all who were blessed by her presence.
Maria was the devoted wife of fifty years to the late Joe Di Marco (November 2015); loving mother of Anthony and his significant-other Marylou of Clifton, Rosanna Perini and her husband David of Mahwah, Joseph and his wife Antonia of Wood-Ridge, NJ, and Jimmy and his wife Mitzi of Pennsylvania, one sister Louise Kaiser and her significant other Richard of Long Island, NY, and five grandchildren; Tiana Maria, Nikko, Serena, Vincent, and Erica.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Maria’s name to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 27106 New York, NY 10087-7106.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday September 9th at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Saturday 8:30AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday September 9th at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Saturday 8:30AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Maria Theresa Di Marco (nee Piccone), age 69 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Saturday September 3, 2016 surrounded by her family.
She was born and raised in Queens, New York to James and Theresa Piccone. While living in Queens, Maria met Crescenzo “Joe” DiMarco. They first met at a wedding where Joe asked Maria to dance with him. Nothing much came of their first encounter, however as fate would have it, Joe later moved in right next door to Maria and they started dating. Marriage followed in August of 1965 at St. Monica’s Church and they honeymooned throughout Europe for three weeks, visiting London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and many other destinations. Maria and Joe cherished over 50 years of a very loving and loyal marriage together.
Maria was dedicated to her family and gladly took on the role of full-time wife and mother. She dedicated herself to her husband and four children throughout the years. It wasn’t until the year 2000 that Maria decided to go to work. After having been out of the workforce nearly thirty five years, she landed a job as an Insurance Clerk for Valley National Bank and was still currently employed there.
In 2013 Maria was confronted with the frightening diagnosis of cancer. She endured surgery and fought courageously for the past three years. Throughout all of her treatments and therapy, her family never heard her complain once about anything. She set a wonderful example as a strong wife, mother and grandmother.
Over the years, Maria devoted herself to her children, grandchildren, and her husband. She pampered all of them, especially her husband Joe. Maria’s children remember their father not knowing which drawer or closet any of his clothes were kept – because every day, Maria put his clothes out for him. She also loved to cook and anyone who’s ever entered her home knows that she doesn’t lack for skill in the kitchen. Her food was always fantastic and plentiful, and she enjoyed entertaining her friends and family at her home with dinner, coffee and cake. If you were to come into Maria’s house, you wouldn’t leave without having something to eat or drink, or both! She also loved to shop, perhaps a little too much so. Her closets are overflowing with things she hadn’t had a chance to wear just yet! Maria was adored by her grandchildren and was affectionately called “Mimi” by all of them. She also had a special love for her son Jimmy’s dog, “Moe” and her daughter Rosanna’s dog, “Mason”. She was a very spiritual person as well, and was a parishioner of Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Wayne. She was simply a very special person who shared her kind spirit and lovingly touched the lives of many people. She will be sincerely missed by all who were blessed by her presence.
Maria was the devoted wife of fifty years to the late Joe Di Marco (November 2015); loving mother of Anthony and his significant-other Marylou of Clifton, Rosanna Perini and her husband David of Mahwah, Joseph and his wife Antonia of Wood-Ridge, NJ, and Jimmy and his wife Mitzi of Pennsylvania, one sister Louise Kaiser and her significant other Richard of Long Island, NY, and five grandchildren; Tiana Maria, Nikko, Serena, Vincent, and Erica.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Maria’s name to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 27106 New York, NY 10087-7106.
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