Grazia

Magnone

Grazia was born on June 13, 1938 in Paola, Calabria, Italy and came to the United States in 1954 along with her mother Rosa Osso.

As a trained seamstress, she began working as a young wife and mother in Manhattan making custom hats. Following a move to the Bronx and then New Jersey, she applied her meticulous hand crafting skills to soldering custom electronic parts at ESC Electronics in her new home town of Palisades Park. After several decades in that shop, she retired but quickly found an outlet for her enthusiasm of working with children as a lunch aide at a local grammar school.

Most of all she nurtured and grew anything she touched. Her cooking and baking were truly legendary and her way with plants defied explanation. It was a treat to have her focus her many skills on your needs.

Grazia was a longtime parishioner and eucharistic minister at St. Nicholas R.C. Church in Palisades Park. Following the passing of her husband, she moved to Norwalk, CT to be near her grandchildren and became a parishioner at St Jerome, RC Church.

Beloved wife to the late Alberto Magnone (2017).

Dear sister to Ron, Michael and Bobby Osso.

Devoted mother to the late Benjamin (2015) and Paul and his wife Suzanne.

Adored grandmother to Luke and Eve.

We will miss her strength, her lectures, and her love.

Donations in Grazia's name should be made to the Susan B Komen Breast Cancer Foundation ... https://www.komen.org