Mamie “Mae” Cocilovo (Maratta) age 94 of Wayne passed peacefully at home on Sunday, August 10, 2014.

She was born in her family home at 519 Union Ave. in Paterson. The family moved to Totowa Boro where Mae was raised. She attended Memorial School in Totowa and went to Central High School in Paterson. During her second year of high school, Mamie’s mother passed away and she had to leave school to help in the family home. She lived in Hawthorne and Paterson before moving to Wayne seventeen years ago.

Her first job was at the Barbizon Corporation in Paterson where she worked as a seamstress making lingerie. She literally married the boy next door; Albert V. Cocilovo. They married at Saint Mary’s RC Church on Union Avenue in Paterson on October 3, 1954 and drove to Florida for their honeymoon, having visited Cypress Springs and Silver Springs. It was during their honeymoon, and on the comparatively quiet streets of Florida, that Albert tried to teach Mamie to drive. All was going well until a truck began to approach from the other direction. Mamie went into an absolute panic, throwing both hands in the air, narrowly avoided a catastrophe! Despite such a start to their marriage, they enjoyed forty-six years of loving and devoted marriage before Albert passed in 2000.

During her boys formative years they attended Saint Paul’s School in Prospect Park and later Don Bosco Tech in Paterson. Mamie was active with both schools serving on committees and the PTA. She had a great laugh, was extremely dedicated to her family, a fastidious cleaner-getting on her hands and knees to wash the floors, was very protective of her family, and had a wonderful sense of humor. She found great satisfaction in cooking for family, extended family, and friends. Her special touch on traditional Italian holiday specialties, as well as her lasagna, stuffed artichoke, and eggplant recipes will be greatly missed. She enjoyed playing classical, Christmas, church, and Broadway Show tunes on the piano. Many in the family were recipients of her crocheted blankets, sweaters and scarves.

Mamie was dedicated to her Catholic faith. She could always be found in the fourth row, organ side, last seat, at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne.

She was the loving wife of the late Albert V. Cocilovo (2000); devoted mother of Vincent Cocilovo and his wife Judi of Paterson, Philip Cocilovo and his wife Elaine of Montague, and Michael Cocilovo of Lincoln Park; cherished grandmother of Alex, Carolynn, and Katie Cocilovo; dear sister of Angelo Maratta of Toms River, the late Salvatore Maratta (1971), James Maratta (1989), Jennie Pellitteri (1999), and Josephine Maratta (2007).

Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 9 AM from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.

Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470 or to the Passaic Valley Hospice, c/o The Valley Hospital Foundation, Inc., 223 North Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450, would be appreciated.