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May 19, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, May 22, 2011 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Monday, May 23, 2011 from the funeral home, then to St. Gerard’s RC Church, Paterson, where at 11:15 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
Maria Nobile, age 89 of Paterson, died on Thursday, May 19, 2011. Her children were at her bedside, never leaving her alone.
Maria was born and raised in Montescaglieso, Italy. Like so many villages in that region, her home was on the mountain and her family had farm lands down in the valley that they tended. She was no stranger to hard work and skilled at working the farm. She could do everything on the farm and was more capable than two men. Her family grew grain and beans, and also had olive and fig trees among their crops. Of course, wine making was a family tradition too. She was proud of her work ethic and her children will tell you that she had no tolerance for being lazy – everybody needed to work, and work hard.
Her life was difficult in Italy though, especially following World War II. In 1970, after much planning, she came to America with her husband and six children. She worked as a seamstress in Paterson for many years before retiring in 1987. All the while, she kept a wonderful garden with tomatoes, eggplant, beans, peppers, and so much more. She was a great cook and also loved to jar her own tomato sauce.
She was the proud matriarch of her family and a strict disciplinarian who worked very hard at keeping her family close together. She loved her family dearly and they all kept a constant vigil with her during her final days. Her children never left her alone and even slept in the hospital with her.
Maria met her husband Filippo when she was a young girl. As was the tradition, Filippo’s father asked her father if they could marry. Since Maria was so young and Filippo was in the Italian Army, her parents asked that they wait to get married until after the war. Sadly, Filippo was captured by the British in Egypt and held as a prisoner of war for nearly six years. During most of that time, Maria had no idea if he was dead or alive. Filippo eventually did return and they were wed on October 26, 1947. They enjoyed forty four years of marriage together before his passing in 1991.
Maria always had a strong faith in the Lord and was a devoted parishioner of St. Gerard’s RC Church in Paterson.
She is survived by her six beloved children; Rocco Nobile and his wife Maria of Mt. Olive, Rosa Miraglia and her late husband Giuseppe (2010) of West Milford, Nancy Lonati and her husband Joseph of West Milford, Francesca Onnembo and her husband Giovanni of Haskell, Francesco Nobile and his wife Cira of Wayne, and Joseph and his wife Lena of Flanders, fifteen grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, three sisters; Angiolina Mazzoccoli of Wayne, Carolina DiTaranto of Paterson, Rosina Laterza and her husband Francesco of Paterson, three brothers; Carlo Simmarano and his wife Luigia of Italy, Angelo Simmarano and his wife Maria of Fairfield, NJ, Giuseppe Simmarano of Italy, and many nieces and nephews.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Maria’s name are asked to consider The Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson, 777 Valley Road, Clifton, NJ 07013.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, May 22, 2011 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Monday, May 23, 2011 from the funeral home, then to St. Gerard’s RC Church, Paterson, where at 11:15 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
May 19, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, May 22, 2011 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Monday, May 23, 2011 from the funeral home, then to St. Gerard’s RC Church, Paterson, where at 11:15 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
Maria Nobile, age 89 of Paterson, died on Thursday, May 19, 2011. Her children were at her bedside, never leaving her alone.
Maria was born and raised in Montescaglieso, Italy. Like so many villages in that region, her home was on the mountain and her family had farm lands down in the valley that they tended. She was no stranger to hard work and skilled at working the farm. She could do everything on the farm and was more capable than two men. Her family grew grain and beans, and also had olive and fig trees among their crops. Of course, wine making was a family tradition too. She was proud of her work ethic and her children will tell you that she had no tolerance for being lazy – everybody needed to work, and work hard.
Her life was difficult in Italy though, especially following World War II. In 1970, after much planning, she came to America with her husband and six children. She worked as a seamstress in Paterson for many years before retiring in 1987. All the while, she kept a wonderful garden with tomatoes, eggplant, beans, peppers, and so much more. She was a great cook and also loved to jar her own tomato sauce.
She was the proud matriarch of her family and a strict disciplinarian who worked very hard at keeping her family close together. She loved her family dearly and they all kept a constant vigil with her during her final days. Her children never left her alone and even slept in the hospital with her.
Maria met her husband Filippo when she was a young girl. As was the tradition, Filippo’s father asked her father if they could marry. Since Maria was so young and Filippo was in the Italian Army, her parents asked that they wait to get married until after the war. Sadly, Filippo was captured by the British in Egypt and held as a prisoner of war for nearly six years. During most of that time, Maria had no idea if he was dead or alive. Filippo eventually did return and they were wed on October 26, 1947. They enjoyed forty four years of marriage together before his passing in 1991.
Maria always had a strong faith in the Lord and was a devoted parishioner of St. Gerard’s RC Church in Paterson.
She is survived by her six beloved children; Rocco Nobile and his wife Maria of Mt. Olive, Rosa Miraglia and her late husband Giuseppe (2010) of West Milford, Nancy Lonati and her husband Joseph of West Milford, Francesca Onnembo and her husband Giovanni of Haskell, Francesco Nobile and his wife Cira of Wayne, and Joseph and his wife Lena of Flanders, fifteen grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, three sisters; Angiolina Mazzoccoli of Wayne, Carolina DiTaranto of Paterson, Rosina Laterza and her husband Francesco of Paterson, three brothers; Carlo Simmarano and his wife Luigia of Italy, Angelo Simmarano and his wife Maria of Fairfield, NJ, Giuseppe Simmarano of Italy, and many nieces and nephews.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Maria’s name are asked to consider The Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson, 777 Valley Road, Clifton, NJ 07013.
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