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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Maria Ann
Garroni
Jul 25, 1925 — Aug 2, 2017
Obituary
Maria Ann De Luca-Garroni, 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday August 2nd, 2017.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Maria attended Snyder High School where she was a soloist in The Tramard Society and a singer in the Choral Society. Maria went on to study voice at La Scala, in Milan Italy, one of the principal opera houses in the world. After meeting her husband William Garroni while living in Italy, she returned to the U.S. to raise their three children Mark, Andrew, and Anne in Fairlawn and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
She was a homemaker until her children were grown and after moving to Edgewater she became a real estate agent where she helped develop property in the burgeoning Edgewater area. In her final career Maria was a Concierge at the Radisson Hotel in Englewood.
A devoted Catholic, she always remembered to light a candle in every city she visited and prayed to St. Jude every day. Maria lived for her family and resided with her daughter and grandchildren in Hawthorne for many years as dementia slowly stole her mind. Although her mind faded, her faith and spirit shined bright and touched everyone who met her. She will be remembered for her strength, smile, lively stories, and hiding the chocolate she loved so much in secret corners of her home.
Maria was predeceased by her ex-husband William Garroni and son Mark Garroni. She leaves behind her son and daughter-in-law, Andrew and Catherine Garroni; her daughter and son-in-law, Anne and Dante Cosini. Her beloved grandchildren, Giancarlo Cosini, his wife Lauren and their daughter Emma,
Stefano Cosini, Andre Cosini and Lauren Garroni.
The visitation will be held on Friday, August 4
th
from 9-10 a.m. at the
A.K.
Macagna Funeral Home in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. A Mass will follow, to be held at St. Anne Church in Fair Lawn on Friday at 10:30 a.m. and
I
nterment at Holy Cross
C
emetery in North Arlington. In lieu of flowers please send a donation to
Alzheimer's Association (
alz.org/
)
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Funeral Services
Visitation
August
4
Friday
A.K. Macagna Funeral Home
9:00 - 10:00 am
Funeral Mass
August
4
Friday
St Anne R.C. Church
Starts at 10:30 am
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