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October 25, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8 AM on Friday, October 29, 2010 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 9 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Rosanna Fossati (nee Garavetti) age 86 of Wayne, formerly of Palisades Park, died on Monday, October 25, 2010.
She was born in Northern Italy and raised in Cossila, Italy where she met George Fossati and married him in April of 1948. They moved to the United States almost immediately having settled in West New York before moving to Palisades Park in 1960 where they lived for over forty years.
Rosanna tried to get pregnant for fifteen years to no avail. She gave up trying to have children and instead bought white rugs for the whole house. That year she became pregnant with her son Jeffrey.
She was a devoted parishioner of St. Nicholas RC Church, Palisades Park.
Whether shopping, running errands or just exercising she could always be found walking the hilly streets of Palisades Park. Friends and neighbors would offer her rides home but she would simply say thank you but I prefer to walk. She would even offer to walk neighbors dogs to keep her company. Rosanna also enjoyed dancing and the music of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
She was a devoted and loving wife and mother who was also a great cook specializing in Northern Italian cuisine. Among the many dishes she made her Polenta was one of the family favorites. Rosanna also maintained a little vegetable garden on the side of the house. She was also a fanatical housekeeper. Her husband’s machinist business was located in the basement of their home. He would be milling parts while she was sweeping under his feet. On one occasion George got up in the wee hours of the morning to go to the bathroom, when he returned to the bed it was already made.
Although feisty in nature Rosanna had a special place in her heart for the elderly in her Palisades Park neighborhood. She would go to visit them, do their ironing, style their hair, and help with any other chores around the house. In September of 2010 her best friend and backyard neighbor, Vickie Piombino, passed away.
She was the beloved wife of sixty years to the late George Fossati(2008); loving mother of Jeffrey Fossati and his wife Kelly of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Cassandra Fossati and Jeffrey Fossati, Jr. both of Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Make A Wish Foundation, 1034 Salem Rd, Union, NJ 07083-7058 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8 AM on Friday, October 29, 2010 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 9 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
October 25, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8 AM on Friday, October 29, 2010 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 9 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Rosanna Fossati (nee Garavetti) age 86 of Wayne, formerly of Palisades Park, died on Monday, October 25, 2010.
She was born in Northern Italy and raised in Cossila, Italy where she met George Fossati and married him in April of 1948. They moved to the United States almost immediately having settled in West New York before moving to Palisades Park in 1960 where they lived for over forty years.
Rosanna tried to get pregnant for fifteen years to no avail. She gave up trying to have children and instead bought white rugs for the whole house. That year she became pregnant with her son Jeffrey.
She was a devoted parishioner of St. Nicholas RC Church, Palisades Park.
Whether shopping, running errands or just exercising she could always be found walking the hilly streets of Palisades Park. Friends and neighbors would offer her rides home but she would simply say thank you but I prefer to walk. She would even offer to walk neighbors dogs to keep her company. Rosanna also enjoyed dancing and the music of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
She was a devoted and loving wife and mother who was also a great cook specializing in Northern Italian cuisine. Among the many dishes she made her Polenta was one of the family favorites. Rosanna also maintained a little vegetable garden on the side of the house. She was also a fanatical housekeeper. Her husband’s machinist business was located in the basement of their home. He would be milling parts while she was sweeping under his feet. On one occasion George got up in the wee hours of the morning to go to the bathroom, when he returned to the bed it was already made.
Although feisty in nature Rosanna had a special place in her heart for the elderly in her Palisades Park neighborhood. She would go to visit them, do their ironing, style their hair, and help with any other chores around the house. In September of 2010 her best friend and backyard neighbor, Vickie Piombino, passed away.
She was the beloved wife of sixty years to the late George Fossati(2008); loving mother of Jeffrey Fossati and his wife Kelly of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Cassandra Fossati and Jeffrey Fossati, Jr. both of Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Make A Wish Foundation, 1034 Salem Rd, Union, NJ 07083-7058 would be appreciated.
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