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April 24, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 from the funeral home, then to Holy Spirit RC Church, Pequannock, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Marion Spoto, age 76 of Pequannock, died Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pequannock.
Marion was born in Clifton and graduated from Clifton High School in 1952. These were indeed her formative years, as she lost both of her parents within three years of each other, before she was even sixteen. She remained eternally grateful to her aunt and uncle, Theresa and John Bilowith, who lovingly cared for her in the years following the loss of her parents. More recently, Marion and her family have been very appreciative of the help they’ve received from John Sawicki, a close family friend who has been there for Marion in the current years.
Back in the early 1950’s, at the local soda shop in Clifton’s Botany Village, Marion met Vincent Spoto. They fell in love and married in 1955. Shortly thereafter, Vincent was drafted into the Army and served two years before returning to his Marion. They started their family in Clifton and then in 1965 made the move to Pequannock. Together, they enjoyed a wonderful marriage lasting fifty one years before Vincent passed away in 2006.
Marion loved her home and enjoyed raising her family there. She tended to her garden of flowers and vegetables and was an excellent cook. She had a flair for both traditional Italian cooking and Slovakian meals, as both of her parents were of Czech descent. Marion also enjoyed spending vacation time on Long Beach Island at the Jersey Shore, or playing the slots in Atlantic City. Quality time with her family was a priority and she always hosted a big Fathers Day BBQ at her home. Sometimes there were upwards of forty people at the house for her Fathers Day gathering and she loved having them all there. She also enjoyed watching baseball on TV and was a big Yankees fan.
Over the years, Marion and Vincent had many dogs and most were rescued; Samson “Sammy”, Max, Butch, Scrappy, and Rocky to name a few. And Marion loved her “grand-dogs” too; Bruce and Zachary.
Marion is survived by her three children; Vincent Spoto of Honea Path, SC, Michael Spoto of Pequannock, NJ and Janine Spoto of Readington, NJ. She was predeceased by her husband Vincent in 2006 and her brother Frank Lukas many years ago.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Marion’s memory to the American Heart Association, One Union Street, Robbinsville, NJ 08691.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 from the funeral home, then to Holy Spirit RC Church, Pequannock, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
April 24, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 from the funeral home, then to Holy Spirit RC Church, Pequannock, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Marion Spoto, age 76 of Pequannock, died Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pequannock.
Marion was born in Clifton and graduated from Clifton High School in 1952. These were indeed her formative years, as she lost both of her parents within three years of each other, before she was even sixteen. She remained eternally grateful to her aunt and uncle, Theresa and John Bilowith, who lovingly cared for her in the years following the loss of her parents. More recently, Marion and her family have been very appreciative of the help they’ve received from John Sawicki, a close family friend who has been there for Marion in the current years.
Back in the early 1950’s, at the local soda shop in Clifton’s Botany Village, Marion met Vincent Spoto. They fell in love and married in 1955. Shortly thereafter, Vincent was drafted into the Army and served two years before returning to his Marion. They started their family in Clifton and then in 1965 made the move to Pequannock. Together, they enjoyed a wonderful marriage lasting fifty one years before Vincent passed away in 2006.
Marion loved her home and enjoyed raising her family there. She tended to her garden of flowers and vegetables and was an excellent cook. She had a flair for both traditional Italian cooking and Slovakian meals, as both of her parents were of Czech descent. Marion also enjoyed spending vacation time on Long Beach Island at the Jersey Shore, or playing the slots in Atlantic City. Quality time with her family was a priority and she always hosted a big Fathers Day BBQ at her home. Sometimes there were upwards of forty people at the house for her Fathers Day gathering and she loved having them all there. She also enjoyed watching baseball on TV and was a big Yankees fan.
Over the years, Marion and Vincent had many dogs and most were rescued; Samson “Sammy”, Max, Butch, Scrappy, and Rocky to name a few. And Marion loved her “grand-dogs” too; Bruce and Zachary.
Marion is survived by her three children; Vincent Spoto of Honea Path, SC, Michael Spoto of Pequannock, NJ and Janine Spoto of Readington, NJ. She was predeceased by her husband Vincent in 2006 and her brother Frank Lukas many years ago.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Marion’s memory to the American Heart Association, One Union Street, Robbinsville, NJ 08691.
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