Sharon J. Abbondanzo

My dear mother loved her three daughters very much, me Susan, Terri and Gail. We were her life as Mom was from Southern California and had no family here. Mom enjoyed going to Granpa Luigi's house to listen to him speak Italian, cousin Frank play the accordion, and watch all of us little Italian cousins running around after each other in Bernardsville, little Italy. Mom especially took much pleasure in taking her three daughters to California every other Summer to visit her family;...

I will always treasure my memories of and time with Grandma Sharon. Her home was one of the very few stable places in my life and I will always remember it as warm, loving, inviting, bright and happy; a place where I could just be myself. And that was all because of who Grandma was--a very loving, genuine and content person. She was such a good listener; she really cared about what others had to say and therefore, made you feel welcome and that your thoughts and concerns really mattered. I...