Marie was the oldest child of Elizabeth and Jeremiah Dooley born in the city of New York on Monday October 31,1932.
Marie grew up in Astoria, Queens, raised her family in Lindenhurst, New York and moved to Ft. Myers, Florida in 1998 Marie ended her 30-year career in Human Resources at Lexington Country Club of Ft Myers in 2005.
Marie was a devout member of the community at St Columbkille Parish and for many years volunteered at the Thrift Store. Marie had always been an active volunteer organizing blood drives with The American Red cross and as a poll worker in federal and local elections. Marie treasured her pink hardhat she wore while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.
Marie had a great love of the Opera, when living in New York she would get dressed up and take the LIRR to Lincoln Center, in recent years she enjoyed the Opera by going to the Bell Tower Theater in Fort Myers with her daughter Peggy to watch live simulcast performances.
Some of her other passions were days at the beach, world travel and the company of good friends, new and old.
Above all else Marie was most proud of her role as Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother.
Marie is survived by her children Denise Rossi and Rocco Sica, Elizabeth and Jack Hartley, Peggy and Kevin Mannix, William and Lisa Rossi jr., Maria and Andrew Willson, Sue Rossi
Her grandchildren Eileen and John Scandariato, Rachel Sica, Brendan and Vicki Hartley, Rocco Sica and Chrissy Vandegrift, Louis and Kara Sica, Christopher Rossi-Nguyen, William Rossi III, Kyle Rossi and Adrian Douglass; great grandchildren Lucas Jackson Scandariato, Julian Rossi Sica and Anna Elizabeth Scandariato; her brother Daniel Dooley, her cousins and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Brendan Jerome Dooley, husband William Joseph Rossi Sr. and her son Robert Louis Rossi.
A Celebration of life will be held at Saint Columbkille Catholic Church in Ft Myers, Florida on Friday April 16, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. Masks are required and social distancing will be in place.
Marie will be interred with her husband Bill at Breslau Cemetery in Lindenhurst, New York.
Her family encourages you to share any memories or photos of Marie on this website.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Red Cross
https://www.redcrossblood.org/
or the Heights foundation
https://the-heights-center.networkforgood.com/projects/53270-general-donation-nfg
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—JOHN STEINBECK
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