Marion Asciutto

August 14, 1921 - October 2, 2016

Marion Asciutto, 95, lifetime resident of Garfield, passed away at home on Sunday, October 2, 2016. Prior to her retirement, Marion was a school teacher and guidance counselor for the Township of Wayne Board of Education. She received her B.S and M.A Degrees at Rutgers University, Montclair State Teachers College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, William Paterson College, University of Kyoto in Japan, and Estudio Luliano in Majorca, Spain. Her interests were in Cradles of Civilization, and she visited historic sites of the Nile in Egypt, Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq, Indus of West Pakistan, and the Yangtse of China. She was a veteran of the United States Navy serving in WW II, and was a parishioner of Our Lady of Sorrows R.C. Church in Garfield. Marion was the beloved daughter of the late Sebastian and Rosaria (nee Chinnici) Asciutto, dear sister of the late Salvatore, Samuel, and Sebastian Asciutto, Josephine Pavlick, Anna Monopoly, Jean Adragna, Fran Bognar, Mae Spinella, Sally O'Brien, Jill Casano, and Florence Pra, loving aunt of Thomas and Henry Pra, Patricia Dahnke, and great nephews Michael and Steven Denistran. Marion is also survived by many other loving nieces and nephews.