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February 18, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Friday, February 26, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Theresas, 80 13th Ave., Paterson where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, February 24 from 7-9 PM and Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Zena Restivo (nee DiMauro) of Franklin Lakes died peacefully at home on Thursday, February 18, 2010.
She was born in Passaic, raised and lived in Paterson for most of her life before retiring to Franklin Lakes.
Zena was a devoted Catholic in heart, mind and spirit, over the years was a parishioner at St. Anthony’s, Paterson, St. Theresa’s, Paterson and most recently St. Elizabeth’s RC Church in Wyckoff.
Her love of family was infused into her from the age of nine, when she was given the job of caring and cooking for her five brothers, while still going to school. Her school work ended in elementary school, but her home skills and concern for others was just beginning. Her dedication to her faith and family was evidenced in her unfailing love and care for both her physically handicapped brother William, and her handicapped daughter Judith.
She devoted a great deal of her time to the Fair Lawn Opportunity Center, Fair Lawn, which she considered to be a haven for the developmentally disabled. For a period of time she even took in a displaced developmentally disable person until they could find permanent housing. Zena did all of this while being the Grand Matriarch of her family, always nurturing, caring and loving her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandson, treating them each as if they where her only concern.
She had ambition, learning how to drive at age 55, uncommon for most women of her age. She hosted so many family Holidays, including numerous family Thanksgivings in her basement, Christmases, Easter Brunches and for a select few, traditional Day after Christmas meal. She was tireless and unyielding in her devotion to her family and anyone else lucky enough to be considered family.
At one time, Zena was the co-owner and head chef of Angelina’s restaurant in Atlantic City, Mississippi Ave, just across from the Atlantic City Convention Center. Her Italian culinary skills were honed to perfection. She was even offered a chef position at the historic Traymor Hotel in Atlantic City.
She was active member in Lady Elks, The Harmonettes Club, and St Anthony’s Senior Organization and made several pilgrimages to Fatima & Lourdes -France, Medjugorie- Yugoslavia, and Montreal Canada
She was the loving wife of sixty-nine years to the late Nicholas M. Restivo(2000); loving mother of Rosemarie DeValue of Jupiter, FL, Barbara Passalacqua of Wayne and the late Judith Restivo(1998); cherished grandmother of Rodger, Curtis A.and Stephen N. DeValue, Tim, Gene, Ted and Jamie Passalacqua, Cheryl Nylen and Lori Stuart; devoted great grandmother of Ryan and Joshua DeValue, Christen Heinz, Christopher, Michael and Maria Nylen, Nicholas, Michael and Jake Passalacqua, Nicole & John Anthony Stuart, Lindsay , Christina , Nicolette and Olivia DeValue, and one great-great-grandson Charles Edward Heinz IV of Fort Hood, Texas.
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Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Friday, February 26, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Theresas, 80 13th Ave., Paterson where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, February 24 from 7-9 PM and Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
February 18, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held 8:45 AM on Friday, February 26, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Theresas, 80 13th Ave., Paterson where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, February 24 from 7-9 PM and Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Zena Restivo (nee DiMauro) of Franklin Lakes died peacefully at home on Thursday, February 18, 2010.
She was born in Passaic, raised and lived in Paterson for most of her life before retiring to Franklin Lakes.
Zena was a devoted Catholic in heart, mind and spirit, over the years was a parishioner at St. Anthony’s, Paterson, St. Theresa’s, Paterson and most recently St. Elizabeth’s RC Church in Wyckoff.
Her love of family was infused into her from the age of nine, when she was given the job of caring and cooking for her five brothers, while still going to school. Her school work ended in elementary school, but her home skills and concern for others was just beginning. Her dedication to her faith and family was evidenced in her unfailing love and care for both her physically handicapped brother William, and her handicapped daughter Judith.
She devoted a great deal of her time to the Fair Lawn Opportunity Center, Fair Lawn, which she considered to be a haven for the developmentally disabled. For a period of time she even took in a displaced developmentally disable person until they could find permanent housing. Zena did all of this while being the Grand Matriarch of her family, always nurturing, caring and loving her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandson, treating them each as if they where her only concern.
She had ambition, learning how to drive at age 55, uncommon for most women of her age. She hosted so many family Holidays, including numerous family Thanksgivings in her basement, Christmases, Easter Brunches and for a select few, traditional Day after Christmas meal. She was tireless and unyielding in her devotion to her family and anyone else lucky enough to be considered family.
At one time, Zena was the co-owner and head chef of Angelina’s restaurant in Atlantic City, Mississippi Ave, just across from the Atlantic City Convention Center. Her Italian culinary skills were honed to perfection. She was even offered a chef position at the historic Traymor Hotel in Atlantic City.
She was active member in Lady Elks, The Harmonettes Club, and St Anthony’s Senior Organization and made several pilgrimages to Fatima & Lourdes -France, Medjugorie- Yugoslavia, and Montreal Canada
She was the loving wife of sixty-nine years to the late Nicholas M. Restivo(2000); loving mother of Rosemarie DeValue of Jupiter, FL, Barbara Passalacqua of Wayne and the late Judith Restivo(1998); cherished grandmother of Rodger, Curtis A.and Stephen N. DeValue, Tim, Gene, Ted and Jamie Passalacqua, Cheryl Nylen and Lori Stuart; devoted great grandmother of Ryan and Joshua DeValue, Christen Heinz, Christopher, Michael and Maria Nylen, Nicholas, Michael and Jake Passalacqua, Nicole & John Anthony Stuart, Lindsay , Christina , Nicolette and Olivia DeValue, and one great-great-grandson Charles Edward Heinz IV of Fort Hood, Texas.
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