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April 4, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, April 9, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Tuesday, April 10 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, NJ.
Marion P. Dell’Orto, age 83 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, April 4, 2012.
Marion was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Lafayette High School, in the Bath Beach section, with the class of 1945.
She met her husband Sal in the Catskills while they were vacationing. Sal’s family owned a grocery on 9th Avenue in Manhattan and he recognized her when she walked by the store one day. He struck up a conversation and asked if she had followed him from the Catskills. It turns out she worked nearby and they began dating. She always said that Sal made her laugh and that’s why she fell in love with him. They were married in 1949 in Brooklyn and had 800 guests at their wedding. They first settled into an apartment over Sal’s store in Manhattan before moving to Brooklyn and then finally to Wayne in 1961.
Living in Wayne was a big change for their whole family and Marion had to learn to drive. It took her a few years to finally get her license, but she was like a new woman. She learned her way to all the great shopping that Bergen County had to offer and every store owner loved her because she bought whatever she needed in quantities of five. She rarely shopped for herself, it was always for her five daughters. She was a caring and compassionate person, and soon became the ‘neighborhood mom’ to many kids. There was always good food at her house, especially her spaghetti and meatballs or risotto, and she welcomed everyone. She had a big heart, was always understanding, and offered unconditional love. She made their neighborhood a special place to live, where everybody knows the “pink house on the corner”.
Christmas and Easter, the Holy holidays, were her favorite time of year. She found strength in her Catholic faith and prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary daily. At Christmas, her daughters recall how their mom could transform the house into a winter wonderland with amazing decorations. All the regular decorations would be put away and the Christmas decorations would suddenly appear as if elves had done it, and the house would look great. She did the same at Easter time and the house looked spectacular. She was an excellent crafts person and perhaps missed her calling as an interior decorator.
Marion was also a good bowler and became a very good golfer. She and Sal joined the North Jersey Country Club where she not only golfed, but became involved with the ladies group and various fundraising efforts. She always poured her heart into helping others who were in need.
Marion is survived by her loving husband of sixty two years, Salvatore of Wayne, five daughters; Seline Dell’Orto of Pompton Lakes, Linda Dell’Orto, Nina Dell’Orto of Wayne, Marissa Dell’Orto-Alex and her husband Steve of Wayne, and Lisa Dell’Orto-Tiase of Pompton Lakes, three grandchildren; Marina Alex and Anthony Alex of Wayne and Vivian Tiase of Pompton Lakes, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Anthony D’Angelo and one sister; Rose D’Angelo.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Marion’s memory to Hospice of New Jersey, 400 Broad Acres Drive, 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, April 9, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Tuesday, April 10 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, NJ.
April 4, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, April 9, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Tuesday, April 10 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, NJ.
Marion P. Dell’Orto, age 83 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, April 4, 2012.
Marion was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Lafayette High School, in the Bath Beach section, with the class of 1945.
She met her husband Sal in the Catskills while they were vacationing. Sal’s family owned a grocery on 9th Avenue in Manhattan and he recognized her when she walked by the store one day. He struck up a conversation and asked if she had followed him from the Catskills. It turns out she worked nearby and they began dating. She always said that Sal made her laugh and that’s why she fell in love with him. They were married in 1949 in Brooklyn and had 800 guests at their wedding. They first settled into an apartment over Sal’s store in Manhattan before moving to Brooklyn and then finally to Wayne in 1961.
Living in Wayne was a big change for their whole family and Marion had to learn to drive. It took her a few years to finally get her license, but she was like a new woman. She learned her way to all the great shopping that Bergen County had to offer and every store owner loved her because she bought whatever she needed in quantities of five. She rarely shopped for herself, it was always for her five daughters. She was a caring and compassionate person, and soon became the ‘neighborhood mom’ to many kids. There was always good food at her house, especially her spaghetti and meatballs or risotto, and she welcomed everyone. She had a big heart, was always understanding, and offered unconditional love. She made their neighborhood a special place to live, where everybody knows the “pink house on the corner”.
Christmas and Easter, the Holy holidays, were her favorite time of year. She found strength in her Catholic faith and prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary daily. At Christmas, her daughters recall how their mom could transform the house into a winter wonderland with amazing decorations. All the regular decorations would be put away and the Christmas decorations would suddenly appear as if elves had done it, and the house would look great. She did the same at Easter time and the house looked spectacular. She was an excellent crafts person and perhaps missed her calling as an interior decorator.
Marion was also a good bowler and became a very good golfer. She and Sal joined the North Jersey Country Club where she not only golfed, but became involved with the ladies group and various fundraising efforts. She always poured her heart into helping others who were in need.
Marion is survived by her loving husband of sixty two years, Salvatore of Wayne, five daughters; Seline Dell’Orto of Pompton Lakes, Linda Dell’Orto, Nina Dell’Orto of Wayne, Marissa Dell’Orto-Alex and her husband Steve of Wayne, and Lisa Dell’Orto-Tiase of Pompton Lakes, three grandchildren; Marina Alex and Anthony Alex of Wayne and Vivian Tiase of Pompton Lakes, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Anthony D’Angelo and one sister; Rose D’Angelo.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Marion’s memory to Hospice of New Jersey, 400 Broad Acres Drive, 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, would be greatly appreciated.
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