Mark Marlow

Mark Marlow, age 75 of Paterson passed peacefully at home on Monday, October 28, 2019.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York and lived in Paterson for the past forty-seven years.

Mark’s work history includes working at the movie theatre, liquor store, and corner sweet shop during his youth in Brooklyn.  He went on to work as a jewelry mechanic setting stones in jewelry and later worked at the John T. Stanley Soap Company’s print shop in Brooklyn where he was also in charge of driving the boss after extended lunches in the local tavern.  He also worked selling liquor at the Two Guys store in North Bergen and Trip Distributors in Paterson before finding work with the City of Paterson.  He worked for the City of Paterson for over twenty years having been a 911 Dispatcher for the Police Department, a dispatcher for the Department of Public Works, and eventually as a Payroll Supervisor before retiring in 2009.

It was during Mark’s years at the John T. Stanley Soap Company that he met his future wife Diana Reinhardt. Diana worked in the front office and was told to go out back and get a stamp.  Once outside of the office she went into a huge manufacturing plant and wandered around until she found the print shop where Mark happened to be working.  Mark soon asked Diana out on a date and took her to see the romantic movie Goldfinger. They soon fell in love and after asking Diana’s parents for her hand in marriage and receiving their blessing they married in March 11, 1967.  The exchanged vows at Greenspans Restaurant in Jersey City and honeymooned in Bermuda. After seven years of marriage they married again at St. Brendan’s Church in Clifton. They have enjoyed fifty-two years of a “phenomenal” marriage.

Mark will be remembered as a loving and caring husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was quiet, fun loving, a jokester, who very rarely got mad and never had a bad word to say about anyone. He loved his Kindle and playing all kinds of games on it.  He also enjoyed his many years helping at the Bader Farm Market on weekends. Anyone who was close to Mark knows he had a collection of over one thousand penguins. This collection started from someone at Paterson City Hall giving him a penguin and the rest is history.

Mark is the loving husband of fifty-two years to Diana Marlow; devoted father of Jeff Marlow and his wife Sandra of Wanaque and Dave Marlow and his wife Christina of Port St. Lucie, Florida; cherished grandfather of Jeffrey Marlow (Anna Shanks), Louise Marlow (Fiancé Antoine Delannoy), Ryan Marlow, David Castagnetti (Kelli), Andrew Castagnetti (Nicole Topic), Anthony Marlow, Jeremy Heinz, and Jacob Heinz; much loved great-grandfather of Olivia Castagnetti, Ava Castagnetti, Aria Castagnetti, Lucas Castagnetti, Sophia Topic, and Adrianna Topic; he was also the dear brother of the late Ronald Marlow.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital would be greatly appreciated.