Mary Femino (nee Garippa), a lifelong Kearny resident, passed away peacefully at home on July 31, 2024. She was 99. Visiting will be on Monday August 5, 2024 from 2 until 6:00 p.m. at the Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. Her service will be on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home and burial will follow at Arlington Cemetery.
Mary was a very faithful, loving and prayerful woman. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1948 with a degree in chemistry, at a time when few women were STEM majors. She retired as a Technical Librarian from Givaudan S.A. in Belleville. Prior to that she worked in Chemistry for Wallace and Tiernan. As a scholar, fluent in several languages, she donated a great amount of her skills translating Chemistry Journals and Christian Publications into English.
Many have enjoyed her passion for crocheting…blankets, scarves and hairbands…done with a prayer in every stitch.
Wife of the late Frank Femino, she is the beloved mother of Angela Femino, Christina Steele (her husband Robert) and Frank Femino (his wife Elizabeth). Sister of David Garippa (his wife Sadie) and the late John, Ralph, Joseph, Peter and Phillip Garippa. Also surviving are her cherished grandchildren, Mark, Frank, Luke, Giorgio and Roberto.
She faithfully attended her weekly church service via Zoom and loved making the final closing prayer. She will be missed by all.
