New York, New York
Still Young at Heart
Marianne Simone had the comic sense of a Lucille Ball. "If you were in a room with her, you would be laughing," said Teresa Hargrave, her daughter.
Once, Mrs. Simone, 62, a communications specialist at Cantor Fitzgerald, dyed her hair and scrunched it up, and went to work with hair as orange as a carrot. Another time she ordered a tree from a gardening catalog, decided she didn't like it, and insisted on dragging it back to the post office so she could return it.
Then there was the time she was in a Duane Reade store in her $5,000 mink coat and a lipstick got caught in the cuff without her realizing it. She set off the theft alarm, and the guard took a mug shot of her with the lipstick she had supposedly stolen underneath. Mrs. Simone loved to tell people she could not go back to Duane Reade for months after.
She was in many ways still a teenager. Recently, she stayed up till 2 a.m. at her daughter's, playing poker with Mrs. Hargrave's husband, Bradley. "They were laughing and yelling," said Mrs. Hargrave. "She said he was cheating. He said she was cheating." Mrs. Hargrave had to tell the two of them to keep it down, as if they were a couple of kids.
I have read your tributes both here and on the Cantor site - I do hope your daughter Lisa has found some peace at this time. Her pain is so very clear and I am sure you knew how much she loved you...doesn't every Mother know that deep down? I hope you find some way to show her you are still close by - as I'm sure you are - at the times she needs you most. XXX
Tracey P,
September 12, 2011 | Birmingham, England
To my loving cousins Teresa, Lisa & Stephen,
I think of you all often. On this day I cry for all of you for the loss of your Mom. I have many happy memories of times spent at your house when we were growning up. Although we don't speak often I love you all very much.
Love,
Kim Simone-Schneider
Kim Schneider
September 11, 2010 | Brooklyn, NY
Teresa, Lisa and Steven: Your mother was my best friend. We shared 18 years as co-workers day in and day out. We shared laughter, classis moments in each other lives. I know all the stories of when you guys were growing up and how much she loved her children and grandchildren. I spoke to her the day before, this conversation I will cherish for life. She was my dear friend, who made me laugh until I cried...I will always love her, and miss her for ever!
Marilyn Francisco
September 07, 2010 | Hillsdale, NJ
I heard about this site and today so many years later i visit it with a hole in my heart. all this time has not begun to mend my broken soul.I read all the beautiful words people speak of you and hope you understood how much you were loved. There is not a day that passes that I do not yearn to speak with you,or to touch you or look into your eyes and tell you how much i love you. You are missed each and every day. It saddens me that my children never had the opportunity to know you .I tell...
lisa
April 22, 2009
As I cross-stitched your name on the memorial that I am doing for all of the victims, I prayed for you and your family. Please know that your death was not in vain. We will always remember. God Bless.
kristine
June 09, 2007 | Tecumseh, MI
In memory....
P Tabbernor
March 11, 2007 | Victoria, BC
I am Jerry and Cookie Papa's oldest daughter and remember you when I was a little girl....and then you were sitting with me and my mother Cookie at my Grandma Anna's funeral and you managed to make us laugh. I remember you being kind and nice and comical. Every time anyone mentions 9/11 I think of you first and then all the others and then I think of how your children must feel without their mother. My mother has always enjoyed you from when you guys were all young and just married and I can...
Ann Marie (Papa) Olson
September 09, 2006 | Benicia, CA
I too came across this wonderful
tribute to Marianne Simone. She
sounded like such a wonderful and loving person. God Bless Her
PJ (CT)
peri lieb
April 26, 2006 | Fairfield, CT
It's hard to even grasp the thought that every one of the victims of september elleventh were each individuals just like us.Even harder to grasp is the thought that at any moment any one of our loved ones could be taken away from us.I never knew Marianne Simone but her life reflected through others words is an inspiration to me in itself.I'm a typical 14 yr. old teen and along with being typical includes the regular fights with mom.Reading her childrens words brought me to tears,and it made...
Chelsea Overland
October 01, 2005 | Irving, TX
