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September 9, 2020
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, September 17, 2020 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, September 18, 2020 from the funeral home, then to St. Gerard Majella RC Church, Paterson, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Santina Calafiore, 87 of Wayne, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.
Santina was born in Siracusa, Sicily and came to America in 1958. A talented seamstress, she found work among the mills of Paterson and was able to bring her husband and sons here soon after. At almost fifty years of age, she made a career shift and started working as a custodian for the Wayne Township Board of Education. She enjoyed cleaning and worked for nearly ten years at the George Washington Middle School before retiring.
Santina was an amazing cook and many of the memories made in her home happened in the kitchen, with her standing at the stove. She loved her family and was always there for them.
Heartache and sadness visited Santina much too often in her lifetime. She lost both her husband and grandson, Luca, to a house fire in 1988, and later she lost her sons; Salvatore in 2009, and Paul in 2014. Somehow, she found the strength to persevere and she remained grateful for all the blessings in her life, including her seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Santina is survived by her grandchildren; Sandra Piccininni and her husband Mario of Cedar Knolls, NJ, Jessica Snover and her husband Anthony of N. Haledon, Anna Calafiore of Wayne, Marco Calafiore of Little Falls, Tina Rose Calafiore of Dover, Doren Calafiore and his fiancé Jaclyn of Pomtpon Plains, , PJ Carradori and his wife Stephanie of N. Carolina, her six great-grandchildren; Harley and Hunter Vandunk, Anthony and Brooke Snover, and Max and Scarlett Carradori, her daughter-in-law; Salvatrice Calafiore of Wayne, and a brother; Salvatore Aliano and his wife Maria of Solarino, Sicily. She was predeceased by 2 brothers; Michael and Paolo, and by three sisters; Maria, Josephine, and Lina.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, September 17, 2020 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, September 18, 2020 from the funeral home, then to St. Gerard Majella RC Church, Paterson, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
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