In Memoriam : Maria DiMeo

Maria DiMeo Maria Livia DiMeo - age: 24
(February 09, 1985 to September 12, 2009 )
Resident of Brick, New Jersey

Obituary:
Maria Livia DiMeo, age 24 of Brick passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. Maria was born in Livingston, NJ on February 9, 1985 in St. Barnabas Hospital and lived in Garwood before moving to Brick last year. She was a 2003 graduate of The Capri Institute in Kenilworth, and was employed as an Esthetician at Douglas Cosmetics in Westfield for the past 3 years. She showed her love and compassion for animals by volunteering her time at the Linden Animal Shelter. Maria loved her family and friends. Maria was a special person with many interests. She enjoyed art, drawing, flowers, butterflies, and gardening. Maria especially loved cooking and listening to a variety of music. She was a member of St Ann R.C. Church in Garwood.
Maria is survived by her loving mother Saveria “Vera” DiTommaso of Brick, two sisters Prima Webster and Joan DiMeo and one brother-in-law, Dane Webster all of Brick; maternal grandmother Maria DiTommaso of New Cumberland, PA; Beloved niece of Salvatore and Livia Nicastro of New Cumberland, PA, Randall and Domenica (Mimi) Chapnick of New Haven, CT and Joseph DiTommaso and Tracey Povel of East Brunswick, NJ. Great-niece of Giuseppina and Giocamo Artese and Domenica and Carmelo Madafare of Calabria, Italy. Cousin of Laura DiTommaso, Danielle DiTommaso of Spotswood, NJ. Salvatore and Sarah Nicastro of Frederick, MD, Dante and Kara Nicastro of Boulder, CO, Eric and Cristina Nicastro of Arlington, VA. Vincenza and Marco Loiacono, Vera and Domenico Ferraro, Frank Artese and Maria Louisa and Alberto all of San Ferdinando, Calabria, Italy; Aunt of Marc, Ian and Livia Webster; Niece of Anita Belfiore, Rosemary Roda, Patricia Roda; her fiancé Jesse Ippolito, his mother Patricia Ippolito, his grandmother Angelina Incognito, his sister Jamie Trott and his nephew Justin. Maria is also survived by her father John DiMeo of Clark, NJ. Maria was predeceased by her great grandparents Philip and Domenica DiMeo and Willie Jackson; grandparents Giuseppe DiTommaso and John DiMeo Sr, and Aunt Rosemary Roda and Uncle Joseph DiMeo.
Viewing will be Friday, September 18 from 2-8 pm at Orender Family Home for Funerals, 2643 Old Bridge Road, Manasquan. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 am Saturday, September 19 at Church of the Epiphany, 615 Thiele Road, Brick, NJ. The celebrant of the mass will be Rev. David Baratelli. Interment will follow at St. Mary of the Lake cemetery, Lakewood. Memorial donations may be made to Friends of Linden Animal Shelter Inc. Range Road, Linden, NJ 07036 or the American Kidney Foundation 6110 Executive Blvd, Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852. Condolences and memories may be e-mailed to www.orenderfamilyhome.com.