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January 22, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Mary Kay Colucci (nee Starin) age 74 of Manasquan passed into life eternal on Sunday, January 22, 2012 at the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. Her passing was quiet and peaceful as her enduring Roman Catholic faith became a reality.
She was born in Chicago, Illinois and her family soon returned to New Jersey where she spent her formative years. Mary Kay experienced her early formal education at Saint Paul’s Grammar School in her hometown of Clifton. After graduating from Saint Paul’s, Mary Kay felt called to explore the possibility of religious life. She pursued her education at Saint Vincent Juniorate in Convent Station, in preparation for becoming a Sister of Charity of St. Elizabeth. Later, she decided to leave that endeavor and graduated from Saint Mary High School in Rutherford. She furthered her education at the Berkeley Secretarial School.
After graduation, Mary Kay obtained a secretarial position with the McGraw Hill Publishing Company in New York City, rising to the position of Assistant to the Publisher of Electronics and Nucleonics magazines. She later worked as a secretary at the Singer-Kearfott and GEC Marconi companies in Wayne and Totowa. In her retirement years she lived in Manasquan with her husband Angelo.
Married on November 14, 1964, Mary Kay and Angelo enjoyed a loving marriage for forty-seven years, in which they lovingly partnered to raise three sons. When their eldest, Thomas, was two years old they learned that he was mentally handicapped. The additional challenges of raising a special needs child solidified their bond and created unparalleled personal strength and character. She is a wonderful example of the mighty power of a Mother’s love.
Mary Kay was gifted with an outgoing personality which helped her make her friends easily and keep them for a lifetime. As a result she has a host of wonderful friends who survive her.
She has been a long time member of the Parents’ Association at the Felician School for Exceptional Children, and presently was a parishioner of Saint Denis RC Church in Manasquan.
Surviving to cherish the memory of this wonderful lady are her husband Angelo Colucci; three sons Thomas Colucci of South Plainfield, James Colucci and his husband Frank of New York City and Joseph Colucci and his wife Alison of Wayne. Triplet granddaughters, age five, Madelyn, Kate and Alyssa; two sisters Madeline Knops and her husband Kenneth of Poughkeepsie, New York; and Sally Starin and her partner June of Montclair.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Mary Kay’s memory are asked to consider The Felician School for Exceptional Children, 260 South Main Street, Lodi, NJ 07644.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
January 22, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Mary Kay Colucci (nee Starin) age 74 of Manasquan passed into life eternal on Sunday, January 22, 2012 at the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. Her passing was quiet and peaceful as her enduring Roman Catholic faith became a reality.
She was born in Chicago, Illinois and her family soon returned to New Jersey where she spent her formative years. Mary Kay experienced her early formal education at Saint Paul’s Grammar School in her hometown of Clifton. After graduating from Saint Paul’s, Mary Kay felt called to explore the possibility of religious life. She pursued her education at Saint Vincent Juniorate in Convent Station, in preparation for becoming a Sister of Charity of St. Elizabeth. Later, she decided to leave that endeavor and graduated from Saint Mary High School in Rutherford. She furthered her education at the Berkeley Secretarial School.
After graduation, Mary Kay obtained a secretarial position with the McGraw Hill Publishing Company in New York City, rising to the position of Assistant to the Publisher of Electronics and Nucleonics magazines. She later worked as a secretary at the Singer-Kearfott and GEC Marconi companies in Wayne and Totowa. In her retirement years she lived in Manasquan with her husband Angelo.
Married on November 14, 1964, Mary Kay and Angelo enjoyed a loving marriage for forty-seven years, in which they lovingly partnered to raise three sons. When their eldest, Thomas, was two years old they learned that he was mentally handicapped. The additional challenges of raising a special needs child solidified their bond and created unparalleled personal strength and character. She is a wonderful example of the mighty power of a Mother’s love.
Mary Kay was gifted with an outgoing personality which helped her make her friends easily and keep them for a lifetime. As a result she has a host of wonderful friends who survive her.
She has been a long time member of the Parents’ Association at the Felician School for Exceptional Children, and presently was a parishioner of Saint Denis RC Church in Manasquan.
Surviving to cherish the memory of this wonderful lady are her husband Angelo Colucci; three sons Thomas Colucci of South Plainfield, James Colucci and his husband Frank of New York City and Joseph Colucci and his wife Alison of Wayne. Triplet granddaughters, age five, Madelyn, Kate and Alyssa; two sisters Madeline Knops and her husband Kenneth of Poughkeepsie, New York; and Sally Starin and her partner June of Montclair.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Mary Kay’s memory are asked to consider The Felician School for Exceptional Children, 260 South Main Street, Lodi, NJ 07644.
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