Barbara Martone

June 3, 1936 - January 9, 2017

Martone, Barbara passed away on Sunday January 8, 2017. She was born in Garfield, NJ. Born to William and Anna Petronchak. Devoted wife to Daniel L. Martone. Loving mother to Daniel and Donald Martone. Loving sister to Helen Bishop, Mary Lysovsky, Joseph and Steve Petronchak. Special mother in-law to Andrea Matone. A resident of Wayne, NJ for 44 years. In her early years, she attended Garfield High School. During those years, she met her husband Dan at Grinkers in Passaic, where he worked as a soda jerk. She joked that she got to eat all of Dan’s ice cream mistakes. Barbara got engaged to Dan before he left for the Army in 1957. They married two years later in 1959. She worked for many years at Easter Seal fund raising for the disadvantaged. But the job Barbara loved the most was being a stay at home mother to her two sons. She looked after their education and made sure they graduated college. She loved spending summers in Cape May Beach at her family’s shore house. Every trip she had to stop at the Lobster House for a lobster dinner. Barbara loved to gamble and always had to stop in Atlantic City. Above all else she loved her grandchildren Daniel and Gabrielle who she lovingly refers to as her “Pidgies”. She also loved her granddog Stimmy. She never missed an opportunity to pull out her brag book from her purse to show the photos to everyone she met. Barbara loved crossword puzzles, cards, dancing, and Elks Club dinners. We will so miss you Grandma B. You were one of a kind. Visiting Friday 3-5 & 7-9 PM at Marrocco Memorial Chapel 470 Colfax Avenue, Clifton, .Interment Committal Saturday 10 AM at George Washington Memorial Park Paramus. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Good Days Foundation 6900 n Dallas Parkway Suite 200, Plano, Texas 75024 in her memory would be appreciated.