Martine Magher

Martine Magher, age 61, passed suddenly and unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 23, 2021.

She was born in Paterson to Roger and Marie Guillemot.  The family lived at 133 East 25th Street in Paterson before moving to Wayne where they lived at 48 Clifford Drive.  Martine graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the Class of 1978. She worked as a beautician and continued her education at the Berdan Institute in Totowa where she received her certification as a Dental Assistant.  For a short while she worked as a Dental Assistant and soon found work at Delta Dental of New Jersey in Parsippany where she worked as a customer service representative for eighteen years.

Martine will be lovingly remembered for her huge heart and impassioned toasts at family gatherings. She was also known to be the first one to leave every party.  Her bedtime was 7 PM and she was up by 4 AM in the morning.  She would get up early, iron her clothes, appoint her outfit with the perfect jewelry-loved her turquois- and head off to work. She was always decorating the house for each holiday, enjoyed being creative with ceramics, and was an awesome cook.  Her special touch on meatloaf, Swedish meatballs, and crab cakes will be greatly missed. No story about Martine would be complete without mentioning the television.  She had it on day and night as she especially loved watching her soap opera The Young and Restless, Judge Judy, and the program “Cops.” Martine enjoyed gardening and grew great tomatoes, basil, and planted 150 tulip bulbs that are just starting to grow. Another one of her most favorite pastimes was Shopping... both in person and on “QVC”...and of course her absolute favorite store was the Christmas Tree Shop in Paramus.  She loved her Shih Tzu Nino and had all kinds of outfits for him.  Most of all, Martine loved her twin grandsons, Liam and Colin.  She was holding her daughter Brittany’s hand while they were being born and truly loved them with all her heart.

Martine and Michael Magher knew each other from Wayne and their first date was to a restaurant in Hoboken. They fell in love and Michael proposed marriage while sitting in the car.  Actually he pulled up in front of a house in Wayne with a For Sale sign on the lawn and said “let’s get your kids and move into this house together.”  Martine replied “I can’t live with you until we’re married” while Michael was opening the box with their engagement ring. All recall Martine saying that this was the best day of her life. They married on January 18, 2003 at the Westmount Country Club in West Paterson and honeymooned in Anguilla and Aruba.

Martine was the loving wife of eighteen years to Michael Magher; devoted mother of Adam Mignone and his fiancé Stephanie of Sussex, and Brittany Mignone of Wayne; she was the cherished daughter of Marie Guillemot of Rockaway and the late Roger Guillemot (4/2011); she was the dearly loved grandmother of Liam and Collin LaForge; much loved sister of Huguette McGill of Haskell and Michele Bonadies and her husband Perry of Boonton Twp. and dear sister-in-law of Robin Magher.

Martine enjoyed flowers and they would be sincerely appreciated.  Those interested in making a memorial donation in her memory are asked to consider the Lupus Foundation of America, 65 E. Northfield Rd D, 1L, Livingston, NJ 07039