A funeral mass was said on Jan. 24 at St Francis RC Church for Margaret Seriale, 85. She passed away Jan. 21 at Hoboken University Medical Center. One of 12 children, she lived in Hoboken her whole life, and was a graduate of Demarest High School. Margaret, known to those who loved her as Margie, Ma, and Nana, was an incredibly special woman who touched every person she knew with her endless generosity, her youthful beauty, her passion for life, and her unbelievable love and dedication to her family.
Her husband of 64 years, Philip A., predeceased her in 2007. Together, they ran T&M Contracting, a development company in Hoboken, where she continued to work until six months before her passing. She is survived by her two sons, Philip and Matthew, and their wives, Janice and Maryann; six grandchildren, Daryl, Christopher, Joia, Matthew, Justin and Noel, and four great-grandchildren.