October 26, 1942 – April 8, 2016
Carole Martello passed away peacefully at home on April 8, 2016 at the age of 73. She was the beloved wife of Joseph, beloved mother of Laura and Diane and mother-in-law of Mark and Joel, and beloved nana of Brooke and Tommy.
Carole was born in Sunnyside, Queens and then moved with her parents to Bethpage, Long Island in 1952 after her father was hired as a fire guard at Grumman’s Aircraft. She graduated from Plainedge High School in 1959 and then went to Nassau Community College before starting her first job at New York Telephone Company. She married Joseph in 1969 and then stayed home to raise her daughters. In 1992, she started as an administrative coordinator at IPRO in Lake Success before retiring in 2007 to help with her grandchildren. She also traveled with Joseph throughout Europe and most recently, they enjoyed yearly cruises to the Caribbean.
If you prefer to make a donation, the family would appreciate your donation to any of the following charities:
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, https://www.stjude.org/
Make a Wish America, http://wish.org/
American Cancer Society, http://www.cancer.org/
Visiting: Sunday 2-4 and 7-9pm at R. Stutzmann F.H. 2000 Hillside Ave, New Hyde Park, NY 516 352 3434
Funeral Mass: Monday 9:15am at Notre Dame R/C Church
Interment to follow Mass at Holy Rood Cemetery
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