Obituaries

Adelia Matarazzo, Mother of Mayor Sylvia Petillo, Dies at 94

Matarazzo moved to Hopatcong in 1972 by way of Teora, Italy, and Newark.

Adelia Guarino Matarazzo of Hopatcong died Nov. 7 at the Compassionate Care Hospice in Dover. She was 94.

Born in Teora Italy, Matarazzo lived in Newark from 1928 to 1972, when she moved to Hopatcong. Her family says her adult life was spent as a devoted homemaker, wife to Silvio Matarazzo, who died in 2004, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

One of the two daughters she raised is Sylvia Petillo, the mayor of Hopatcong.

Matarazzo is survived by her children Theresa Alperti, Sylvia and Ron Petillo, and Corrine Phillips; sister Gloria Rosendale; grandchildren John Alperti, Christopher and Sunni Alperti, Jason and Jessica Alperti, Michael and Beth Petillo, Joseph and Meredith Petillo and Jaylen Smith; great-granddaughter Ella Jaye Alperti.

Arrangements are private under the direction of Leber-Lakeside Funeral Home in Landing. 


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