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July 13, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, July 16, 2010 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Saint Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Mary Susie DePalma (nee Fiume) age 85 of Pequannock passed into life eternal on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital. Her passing was quiet and tranquil after a long struggle with her declining health.
She was born in Jersey City where she spent most of her life until moving to Pequannock seven years ago. After her son Louis passed away she wanted to be close to her daughter and care giver Josephine Panzino who lived nearby.
Mary received her formal education at Jersey City Public School No. five and also at Dickenson High School in Jersey City. In that depression era, like many other people, she had to leave school to help support her family.
As part of Mary’s life journey she had two children namely Josephine and Louis. Louis contracted a disease called multiple sclerosis and Mom insisted, with all of her motherly instincts and abilities, that she would take care of Louis no matter how difficult life became. As things turned out she took care of her loving son until his passing at fifty years of age. A mother’s love is a powerful gift that God gives mothers to make them very special. Mary exemplified that gift in a very spectacular manner.
Mary’s heritage was Italian. Her parents came here settling in Jersey City just after World War I. They originated in the Italian Province of Monopoli, Bari Things were very difficult in regard to economics as well as politics and they wanted a better life for their children. They had heard of other folks that had traveled to the United States to settle and took a big chance by immigrating to America. Because of their personal sacrifice and courage Mary and her children and grandchildren are able to live the American Dream.
She will always be remembered as a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mary made the best cookies and the best homemade pizza in the whole world. She loved family gatherings, especially on holidays, and when she made cookies there was a mountain of cookies, not just a few, all made with the an ingredient called love, to everyone’s delight.
During World War II her brother Larry Fiume made hard and fast friends with Dominick DePalma. When the two got back from the War Larry introduced Mary to Dominick and from that point on they became a couple. They married on August 16, 1947 and they had thirty-eight years of “good and loving” marriage together until Dominick’s passing in 1985.
Surviving this wonderful lady is her daughter Josephine Panzino of Wayne; two grandsons Peter Panzino and his wife Jennifer of Wayne and David Panzino and his wife Tamara of Pequannock; four Great Grandchildren; Anthony, Dominick, Angelo and Damian Panzino.
Sadness visited her life journey on many occasions including the loss of her loving husband Dominick in 1985, her son Louis in 2003 and her three sisters Susie Panzino, Nancy Intini, Rose Caleprico, her brother
Larry Fiume; and her son-in-law Pasquale P. Panzino Jr. in January 1997.
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Funeral services will be held Friday, July 16, 2010 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Saint Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
July 13, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, July 16, 2010 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Saint Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Mary Susie DePalma (nee Fiume) age 85 of Pequannock passed into life eternal on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital. Her passing was quiet and tranquil after a long struggle with her declining health.
She was born in Jersey City where she spent most of her life until moving to Pequannock seven years ago. After her son Louis passed away she wanted to be close to her daughter and care giver Josephine Panzino who lived nearby.
Mary received her formal education at Jersey City Public School No. five and also at Dickenson High School in Jersey City. In that depression era, like many other people, she had to leave school to help support her family.
As part of Mary’s life journey she had two children namely Josephine and Louis. Louis contracted a disease called multiple sclerosis and Mom insisted, with all of her motherly instincts and abilities, that she would take care of Louis no matter how difficult life became. As things turned out she took care of her loving son until his passing at fifty years of age. A mother’s love is a powerful gift that God gives mothers to make them very special. Mary exemplified that gift in a very spectacular manner.
Mary’s heritage was Italian. Her parents came here settling in Jersey City just after World War I. They originated in the Italian Province of Monopoli, Bari Things were very difficult in regard to economics as well as politics and they wanted a better life for their children. They had heard of other folks that had traveled to the United States to settle and took a big chance by immigrating to America. Because of their personal sacrifice and courage Mary and her children and grandchildren are able to live the American Dream.
She will always be remembered as a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mary made the best cookies and the best homemade pizza in the whole world. She loved family gatherings, especially on holidays, and when she made cookies there was a mountain of cookies, not just a few, all made with the an ingredient called love, to everyone’s delight.
During World War II her brother Larry Fiume made hard and fast friends with Dominick DePalma. When the two got back from the War Larry introduced Mary to Dominick and from that point on they became a couple. They married on August 16, 1947 and they had thirty-eight years of “good and loving” marriage together until Dominick’s passing in 1985.
Surviving this wonderful lady is her daughter Josephine Panzino of Wayne; two grandsons Peter Panzino and his wife Jennifer of Wayne and David Panzino and his wife Tamara of Pequannock; four Great Grandchildren; Anthony, Dominick, Angelo and Damian Panzino.
Sadness visited her life journey on many occasions including the loss of her loving husband Dominick in 1985, her son Louis in 2003 and her three sisters Susie Panzino, Nancy Intini, Rose Caleprico, her brother
Larry Fiume; and her son-in-law Pasquale P. Panzino Jr. in January 1997.
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