Marie J. Hall

Marie J. Hall, 68, of Ocean City, Maryland, passed away peacefully at her winter home in Kissimmee, Florida on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, after a courageous fight with cancer for the past 5 years. Marie was born on February 2, 1943, in Buffalo, New York to Peter and Sarah Joslyn. She graduated from Tonawanda Senior High School in 1960. She married Joseph T. Hall on June 27, 1964. For the past 40 years, they owned and operated Hall’s Family Restaurant in Ocean City, MD.

She is preceded in death by her parents, and her brother, Jimmy Celotto. She is survived by her husband, Joseph, of Ocean City, MD; her brother, Skip Celotto of Ocean City; her children, Joseph T. Hall (wife, Bethany) of Ocean City; Catherine Hall-Devereaux (husband, Tony) of Ocean City; Mark Hall (wife Klaudia) of Ocean City; and Rochelle Hall of Kissimmee, FL; her eight grandchildren, Ashley, Tylor, Sydney, Lilly, Joseph III, Vanessa, Marie and Ava; and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her foster-sister, Betty Miller, of Tonawanda, New York; cousin, Fran Grafton, of Ocean City; and her friends, Joe and Cathleen Rossetti, of Kissimmee, Fl and Betty Ruzylo, of North Tonawanda, NY.

A service will be held on Monday, January 23, 2012, at 12:00 PM at Forest Lawn Cemetery and Garden Mausoleums in Buffalo, NY. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date in Ocean City, MD

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Play It Safe Program, a charity dear to the family that sponsors high school graduates who choose to celebrate their graduation in Ocean City, MD (www.playitsafeoceancity.org), Diakonia, who has been helping individuals and families in Worcester County by providing shelter, food, and clothing (www. diakoniaoc.org), or Solivita Cancer Support, in Poinciana, FL.

Arrangements under the direction of Grissom Funeral Home and Crematory, Kissimmee, FL. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.grissonfh.com.