RoseMarie Margiotta

RoseMarie “Candy” Margiotta, age 74, of Wayne, passed peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, May 6, 2019.

She was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 21, 1944 to Augustine and Marie Centra.  She graduated from New Utrecht High School in 1963.  Although Candy moved to New Jersey with her children and her then-husband Tom, she still considered herself a true New Yorker.  She only let the Brooklyn in her fade slightly.

Candy was a kid at heart.  She loved to fool around and didn’t take things too seriously.  She was easy going unless it came to her meticulous housekeeping.  She did not allow anyone to wear shoes in the house and always made sure the formal living room carpet had perfectly symmetrical vacuum lines.  She even had it blocked off like a museum.  Her children would purposely sit in the formal living room to send her into a frenzy.  Immediately, she would whip out the vacuum and start putting all the lines back into the carpet.

She also enjoyed the sun, getting tan, being dressed to the nines, and giving back.  Candy enjoyed dressing up in costume for special needs children events.  Whether it was dressing up as “Mrs. Claus” or a clown, she was always willing to volunteer her time for the special needs children.  She would put a smile on everyone’s faces.

Candy had a love for all animals.  She especially loved her dogs.  No one could ever understand it, but her dogs were so well trained that they would walk around the neighborhood greeting the neighbors and would come back by dinner time.  She also had a love of birds.  Birds had always reminded her of her father.

She was extremely proud of all her children and grandchildren.  She cherished every newspaper article, drawing, ribbon, etc.  She loved family card games and was an especially good poker and mahjong player.

Candy was what you would call a “shop-oholic”.  A few times a year, she would host “Shopping Sprees” where she would invite all her family and friends over to take any clothes she no longer wanted.  Everyone always loved her shopping sprees and could not wait for the next one to come!

Many fond memories were made at her home swimming at backyard barbeques, as well as weekly Sunday family dinners with her “Sunday Sauce” accompanied by NY Giants football.  Her grandkids called her “Wammy” because she would yell “wammy” at the television to give the Giants good luck.

Candy was the devoted mother of Frank and his wife Lucy of Brooklyn, Augustine and his wife Lisa of Wayne, Paul and his wife Mari of Wayne, Natalie and her husband Don of Haskell, and daughter-in-law Danielle and her husband Dave of Wayne.

She was the cherished grandmother of Candace and her husband JohnAnthony, Nicole, Zachary, Brandon, Devin, Shane, Kaden, Dylan, Samantha, Anthony, Tommy, Justina and her husband Herbert, Sally Ann and her husband Cosimo, Frankie, Sophia, Hannah, and Madison.

She was dearly loved by her great-grandchildren Rocco, Olivianna, Alysia, Juliana, and Leila.

She was the dear sister of the late Richard "Richie" Centra, Ralph Centra of New York, Ronnie Centra and his wife Shirley of California, Patricia Centra of New York, and Christine Caccamo of New York.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105-9959. .