Former Staten Islander Marie DeLong, 94, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a retired business owner who will be remembered for her kindness and generosity, died Friday at Palm Beach Gardens Hospice.
Born Marie Toto in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, she moved with family to New Dorp as a child. She later settled in Palm Beach Gardens.
Mrs. DeLong began her career as a dental assistant for Dr. Benjamin Gross in Stapleton. She later opened The Village Shop, a dress shop on New Dorp Lane, and reopened the business in Lake Worth, Florida.
Her favorite pastime involved her business. She enjoyed selling and dealing with customers, family said. And she was a loving aunt to her niece, nephew, and greatniece, they added.
While living on the Island, she was a parishioner of St. Margaret Mary's R.C. Church, Midland Beach.
Surviving Mrs. DeLong are her husband of fifty-three years, Arthur, and her brother, Joseph Toto.
The funeral will be held on Thursday from the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Dongan Hills, with a mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Margaret Mary's Church.
Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Grasmere.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on October 22, 2014.
Born Marie Toto in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, she moved with family to New Dorp as a child. She later settled in Palm Beach Gardens.
Mrs. DeLong began her career as a dental assistant for Dr. Benjamin Gross in Stapleton. She later opened The Village Shop, a dress shop on New Dorp Lane, and reopened the business in Lake Worth, Florida.
Her favorite pastime involved her business. She enjoyed selling and dealing with customers, family said. And she was a loving aunt to her niece, nephew, and greatniece, they added.
While living on the Island, she was a parishioner of St. Margaret Mary's R.C. Church, Midland Beach.
Surviving Mrs. DeLong are her husband of fifty-three years, Arthur, and her brother, Joseph Toto.
The funeral will be held on Thursday from the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Dongan Hills, with a mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Margaret Mary's Church.
Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Grasmere.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on October 22, 2014.
Former Staten Islander Marie DeLong, 94, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a retired business owner who will be remembered for her kindness and generosity, died Friday at Palm Beach Gardens Hospice.
Born Marie Toto in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, she moved with family to New Dorp as a child. She later settled in Palm Beach Gardens.
Mrs. DeLong began her career as a dental assistant for Dr. Benjamin Gross in Stapleton. She later opened The Village Shop, a dress shop on New Dorp Lane, and reopened the business in Lake Worth, Florida.
Her favorite pastime involved her business. She enjoyed selling and dealing with customers, family said. And she was a loving aunt to her niece, nephew, and greatniece, they added.
While living on the Island, she was a parishioner of St. Margaret Mary's R.C. Church, Midland Beach.
Surviving Mrs. DeLong are her husband of fifty-three years, Arthur, and her brother, Joseph Toto.
The funeral will be held on Thursday from the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Dongan Hills, with a mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Margaret Mary's Church.
Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Grasmere.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on October 22, 2014.
Born Marie Toto in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, she moved with family to New Dorp as a child. She later settled in Palm Beach Gardens.
Mrs. DeLong began her career as a dental assistant for Dr. Benjamin Gross in Stapleton. She later opened The Village Shop, a dress shop on New Dorp Lane, and reopened the business in Lake Worth, Florida.
Her favorite pastime involved her business. She enjoyed selling and dealing with customers, family said. And she was a loving aunt to her niece, nephew, and greatniece, they added.
While living on the Island, she was a parishioner of St. Margaret Mary's R.C. Church, Midland Beach.
Surviving Mrs. DeLong are her husband of fifty-three years, Arthur, and her brother, Joseph Toto.
The funeral will be held on Thursday from the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Dongan Hills, with a mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Margaret Mary's Church.
Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Grasmere.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on October 22, 2014.
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