Mimma Delvecchio

Mimma Del Vecchio, age 95 of Wayne and formerly of Paterson, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020.

Mimma grew up on Madison Ave. in Paterson.  She fondly recalled what a great town it had been to grow up in, and all the great stores and shopping that downtown had to offer.  Her father had been a tailor, making fine custom suits.  The doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital were among his best clients and he claims to have paid for the delivery of all of his children, including Mimma, by making the doctors each a brand new custom suit after each of his babies were born.  Those were the days…

Among Mimma’s earliest jobs was as the switchboard operator at the Paterson Evening News, and later in the same role for ADP.  She also worked for many years at Meyer Brothers department store where she was most recognized as the voice shoppers would hear over the loudspeaker; “Miss B, Miss B…”

Mimma is survived by her children; Marian Reda of Byram Township, Joseph Mendillo and his wife Patricia of Utah, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  She was predeceased by her son Joseph who died of cancer at just five years old, and by her son Donald Mendillo in 1996.