Mamma I miss you so much. I feel you are still here watching over all of us. I hope Luna is sitting next to you. I love you & know we will be all together again someday.

Mamma, 

I miss you and I know I’ll see you again.  You are the strongest person I’ve ever known.  I miss your laugh and all the old stories we talked about.   I remember all the good times at your house with our family and the home cooked dinners.  You were an incredible cook.  

Love you, Lucia

Miss you mama I can’t believe it’s one year today. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about you. You are the light of our family. It’s been so hard without you. I know we will all be together again someday in heaven with you. I love you mamma. 

Mama I miss you so very much I will always remember you in the kitchen cooking those big meals for the family which was your happiness to have your children and grandchildren together you thought me how to cook and the value of family I will always keep you close to my heart please give my father Giuseppe and nephew Joe a kiss and rest in peace love always and forever your loving son Giovanni ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

I'm so sorry to hear of Aunt Fiorella's passing. 

Please know that your entire family are in my prayers. 

Mamma,
I can’t imagine life without you now.  I will never forget all our conversations and the times we spent together, especially all the times I took care of you when you were sick and somehow you always beat the odds.  Your mind was always strong even when your body wasn’t.  You had mind over body.  

You overcame so many obstacles in your life and taught me to do the same.  I get my strength from you.

Love you Mamma 



Grandma made amazing margherita pizza whenever I came down from New Jersey to Florida or when she was up north. She was a model citizen and bold entrepreneur who worked relentlessly in the several businesses she developed  all while raising 6 successful children and many more grandchildren. She was definitely a dominant woman far ahead of her time since there probably were not many women decades ago who built their own restaurant businesses from the ground up. As far as I know she was the one who brought the Conte family from Ponza Italy to the United States in search of greater opportunities. If it were not for her this family would still be languishing on that island as farmhands and serfs. She had great vision and courage to do what was difficult as well as necessary in breaking away from past norms and tradition. It really takes someone special to go against the rest in questioning convention and going your own way. I never knew such a strong willed self starter while simultaneously being able to balance that with being a good human being first and foremost. She simply performed no ill towards any other individual, but only provided care and respect. Luckily her exceptional genetic information will live on for generations and beyond through many children and grandchildren who will make this world better in her image.

I remember being a young boy visiting you in Florida and me and my mom went over to your place. You wanted to make us lunch and I asked if I could help and of course you let me. I'm barely counter height helping you make lunch while I'm mostly making a mess and you would always come over to make sure what I was doing turned out alright. One part of this that always make me laugh is the original James Bond movies were playing in the background because you had a crush on the actor. Thank you for taking such good care of your family a piece of you will live on in us forever.

I was taking care of you for many years, you were a very special person for me.
your memory will always live in my heart, God will have a special place for you in heaven because you were a very good person in this world.
Rest in peace my beloved Fiorella.

Fiorella was my patient , and as her Primary Care Physician , I don’t mind saying that she certainly was a wonderful and giving person . She was a diabetic and a transplant survivor who took excellent care of herself until she could not anymore . Then she was able to rely on her wonderful children to help her. She was smart and insightful about her own medical care . I enjoyed taking care of her very much.
   So sorry , and I offer my most heartfelt condolences.
          Dr Ross Schwarz 

Nona I can’t believe you are gone,  I was talking with you the day before making you smile and laugh. You have raised both me and Giovanni with pasta, pane olio, and tomato’s. You always took us to the local park or to the beach and pool every Sunday. You taught me so much about Italy and life itself. I will cherish every memory and life lesson. I remember you bathed us in your sink every night with a prayer in Italian at the end. I’m going to miss your laugh, and smile. Our Christmas’ as a family every year, coming over and watching television. I love you nonna. I know you are watching over me everyday. 

Mamma I can’t believe your gone. I miss you so much already. It hurts so much to know I won’t get to hear your voice or go on weekly lunches and see your smiling face anymore. I will always remember all the good times. I am so grateful you had the courage and strength to bring us to America so we could have a better life. You filled our lives with so much love. Being together as a family was always the most important. Even though we didn’t have much money you still did whatever you could to bring all 6 of us on camping trips ever summer. We would spend so much time at the beach.  All the dinners & fun weekends with all our relatives in Brooklyn with our aunts, uncles & cousins. Then as we got older, and we all moved to Florida the countless dinners at your house & mine. Such beautiful memories growing up. You were always there to help in anyway you could. Richie & Robert will miss their Nona. I pray that you are healthy and happy in heaven looking over us smiling. I love you mamma! 

Rest in peace my Dear Mother (in Law), I put (in Law) in parenthesis because Fiorella was my 2nd Mom and I was her Son and the "in Law" status was thrown away many years ago!

My 2nd Mom was an amazing woman!  I will never forget the first time meeting her 41 years ago at her restaurant in Wallington, NJ.  Instantly, we had a huge language barrier!  Funny to say by the end of her life, we communicated so well that I would know what she wanted by just looking at her facial expression!  When I would look around a holiday dinner table after telling one of my long winded jokes or stories ... my 2nd Mom would be always "cackling laughing" ... I don't know if she truly understood the jokes or funny stories ... but she was my "Best Audience!" 

My 2nd Mom was a HOOT!  A lot of fun to be around and a really great woman too!  We enjoyed many special times and events throughout our lives ,,, countless times in reality!

One of my favorite times, was when my 2nd Mom pulled in my driveway with largest station wagon I had ever seen!  She needed 2 pillows on the seat to see over the steering wheel!  You needed a GPS just to park the car! LOL  It smoked more than "Cheech and Chong!"  I said ... this can't happen!  So the next day I went and got her a really nice used car, had it painted with her colors, CD player with Italian Music only!  When I gave the car to my 2nd Mom, you should have seen the expression on her face!  That was worth 10 cars!

We had a long and great life together.  We enjoyed every holiday and special event!  We laughed a whole lot!  I had my 2nd Mom in my life for 25 years longer than my own Dad who passed when I was only 16 years of age.

My 2nd Mom was special, she was one of a kind, she was the very best and I would have been happy to give up my own life for her at any point in time ... that is how much I loved her (unconditionally!)  May she rest in peace and for sure ... she will never be forgotten!  Love you to the Moon and back!  Rich (Kevin)

I remember many things about my sister Fiorella.  This is the only memory that is not about “bites, pinches, and slaps”.   Fiorella had a beautiful voice and sang many of the old Italian songs that I still love to hear today.   She will always be in my heart. 

My mother Fiorella was very ambitious and full of energy. She turned our ground floor apartment in Ponza, Italy into the  first bed and breakfast on the island. She would walk down to the Port and let tourists know the price to rent a room plus breakfast or dinner. Always gutsy, even in those times when women on Ponza were only considered a husband's property, she persevered.  I remember her singing beautifully as she cooked our meals and took care of our home and the tourists. With the money she earned, when I was 8 1/2, she paid for our passage and took us all to America on the boat, The Michaelangelo, for a better life and future.  We are all here in America and have a good life because of her.  She created a dynasty which bears her DNA that will go on for centuries to come in the United States of America.  God bless you mamma. I love you forever.

So sorry for your family's  loss. I wish I would have met her. I'm sure she was a great lady.

OBITUARY

Fiorella Morrone

August 25, 1934 – November 22, 2021

Kraeer Funeral Home & Cremation Center

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