A memorial service was held Jan. 6 for Rosanne L. Marsi. She passed away Dec. 20 at home in Hoboken. The eldest of three daughters to Anne and Peter DePalma, she was born into a show business family. She quickly took her beautiful voice to New York City and received a full scholarship to The Julliard School. She continued with her singing career until she met her future husband and bore five children, a feat she considered to be her greatest accomplishment.
Rosanne’s professional life encompassed working as an account manager at several advertising agencies in New York, including Playboy Enterprises. She traveled extensively and owned her own marketing firm, R. Marsi and Associates in Manhattan. Rosanne also worked in the real estate industry in New York and New Jersey and her entrepreneurial spirit never faltered, with the opening of the West End Café in Hoboken in her later years. She was a master chef and decorator, her homes and gardens reflected her love of art and her creativity was unleashed in her paintings and ceramic studio.
Rosanne’s Hoboken roots run deep, born and raised on Bloomfield Street and returned once again to raise her children on Hudson Street.
Rosanne is a part of the Joseph Peter DePalma, Sr. and Rose Cardinale (paternal grandparents) and Joseph Montesano and Caterina Mauro (maternal grandparents) long line of consummate Hobokenites. She is survived by her children, Rozann and her husband, Jim Roach, Teri and her husband Kevin FitzGerald, Carmen C Marsi, Jr., Cristina M. Marsi, Marc Marsi and his wife, Robyn; as well as her grandchildren, Samantha, Vanessa and Jacqueline FitzGerald, Christopher (CJ) and Kate Marsi and Alexandria Marsi. She was predeceased by her parents, Peter and Anne DePalma and her sister, Dolores Lynch. She is also survived by her youngest sister, Linda DePalma and her husband, Paul Daniel. Rosanne will be sorely missed by her family and many treasured friends, who can never forget all the good food, laughter and song they shared as a family in Nanuet, New York, Morris Plains and Hoboken, and most of all, theirr time together while soaking up the sun on Long Beach Island. Services arranged by the Lawton-Turso Funeral Home, Hoboken.