Marie Roseanne Logios née Chiocco, 99, of Eatontown, passed away Nov. 1, 2023, in Riverview Medical Center after a brief illness. Most recently she lived at Jersey Shore Nursing Home, where both residents and visitors would stop her family in the halls and tell them what a wonderful person their mom was – always happy, cheerful and ready to help anyone – and how much she made an impact on everyone and touched their lives.
Marie was born Sept. 6, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York, to Catherine and Anthony Chiocco. After graduating high school, she went to work in New York City as a seamstress for Hattie Carnegie and Christian Dior.
She also owned a luncheonette (where she did all of the cooking) and a gas station. She has one daughter, Valerie.
She had many passions and talents. She loved to cook and bake and make her own pasta. She loved to read and installed this love in her daughter. She also enjoyed music, especially opera. She sewed and designed her own clothes, which she made in miniature for her daughter’s Barbie dolls. She was very handy and painted walls, hung wallpaper and laid down a cement driveway.
Marie was very religious, loved God and always gave generously to the church. But above all, she was a loving and dedicated mother to her daughter and her grandsons, Nicholas and Daniel.
Marie is survived by her loving daughter Valerie Dassaro and her beloved grandsons, Nicholas and Daniel Dassaro; her nieces, Michelle Levine, Patricia Stokes and Carol Gaffne;y and her nephew Anthony (Tony) Chiocco.
She was predeceased by her mother and father, Catherine and Anthony Chiocco; her brother Dominic (Danny) Chiocco; and her sisters, Carmela Losinno and Catherine DelGaudio.
Family and friends visited Nov. 7 at John Day Funeral Home, Red Bank. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Nov. 8 at St. James Church, Red Bank. Entombment followed at Marlboro Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum, Morganville.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at stjude.org or Smile Train at smiletrain.org.
This article originally appeared in the November 23 – 29, 2023 print edition of The Two River Times.
