Margaret Masiello fully enjoyed her 98 years here on earth. She was born in Brooklyn, NY and spent her earlier years in Queens, NY. As a teenager she enjoyed dancing, biking, roller skating and being a “bobby soxer”.
During World War II, Margaret was a pen pal of Joseph Snock a sailor on the USS Pennsylvania. They met in Brooklyn and got married on April 28,1946. They took up residence in Woodside, NY. They had three daughters, Carol, Irene and Kathy. Joseph Snock passed in 1974.
In 1977, Margaret married Anthony Masiello from Woodside, NY. She lived in Kingston, NY and frequented Williams Lake. They retired and moved to Kissimmee, Florida in 1982. Anthony Masiello passed in 1995. Margaret resided there for over thirty-seven years. In Kissimmee she was actively involved in the Republican club, the Sons of Italy and Senior Friends. She enjoyed being a retail clerk at Goulds ,a local western retail store, until her mid-eighties. She continued to drive in Florida until she was 96 yrs. old.
Margaret was an avid traveler starting from the age of 70 going to Europe and many cruises. She celebrated her ninetieth birthday with her whole family on a Royal Caribbean cruise.
In June 2019, she moved to West Brighton, Staten Island to live with her daughter and son-law, Kathy and Michael Gaffney where she enjoyed her last two years of life. Margaret was able to be a snow bird in Naples, Florida for the past two years. Margaret enjoyed having tea at three and playing Rummikub everyday with her daughter during the pandemic.
Margaret was progressive in her thinking. She embraced the internet, making cards on the computer and posting on Facebook. Her great joy was Facetiming her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her favorite past time was to shop in Macys, Chicos, and Dillard’s. For the past ten years she ordered Godiva Teddy Bears for holiday times for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Margaret is survived by her three daughters and spouses: Carol and Jeffrey Putter, Irene and Edward Schweiger and Kathleen and Michael Gaffney. She had six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
In Lieu of flowers donations to the Multiple Sclerosis Society in her memory would be greatly appreciated by Margaret's family.
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