Obituary of Marina Parisi

In the evening of December 22nd , 2024, Marina Parisi, the only child of Raffaela Tucci and Guglielmo Visintini, passed away at the age of 99. Her parents migrated to the US from Italy in the early 1900’s. She was a proud Italian, born on June 7th , 1925. She was predeceased by her beloved daughter Iris and grandsons Richard and Eric. Marina is survived by her daughter Marina and son Joseph, her grandchildren Carl, Joseph Jr., Anthony, Nicholas and Jeanette. She is also survived by her 10 great grandchildren, Kevin, Joseph III, Danielle, Luca, Anthony Jr., Kayla, Nicholas Jr., Gianna, Shaianne and Arieanna. She worked as an Administrator with the Electricians Union. One of her favorite things to do was travel, especially to her homeland of Italy. She visited, Tangier, Morocco, Greece, Egypt, France, Spain, Portugal and Isreal just to name a few. Marina loved to dance, and she danced well. She was fluent in Italian and Spanish. Fond memories of her include: Her son around the age of 6 years old would be outside playing and running around like a typical boy and be a mess. His pants hanging, 1 shoelace untied, his shirt untucked and sticking out all over the place. Joey’s hair pointing in every direction possible. His mother would come home from work, and he would go running to her, she would hug him, tie his shoes, pick up his pants, tuck his shirt in and push his hair back into place. All of this followed by a kiss and then going in to prepare dinner. It made him feel brand new and refreshed and ready to make a mess all over again. Her daughter remembers meeting with her every Saturday to eat pizza, her mother would give her change to put in the jukebox she can play music while they ate and spend the day together doing whatever shopping that needed to be done. Carl remembers a time when he stayed with her, they would have big discussions about various topics. He would tend to question things and ask her “why?” She would jokingly get mad at him and say that she is “washing her hands of him” and was “done”. It was just that way and her way and there was no questioning it. Joey remembers the time she took him and Carl to Italy. He said it was a great experience to learn about our culture through her and making memories with her. Nicky remembers his dad taking him to Florida and from there they took a cruise to the Bahamas. He was 8 years old; she would love to tell him stories of when she was a little girl. He will miss those days. Jeantte’s fond memory was when her grandmother took her to Italy as a graduation gift. They spent 2 weeks there. Jeanette remembers being so proud and impressed with her grandmother being able to communicate with the locals there. If you remember anything about her, remember that she loved even when it was foolish, and she cared even when it was unwanted. Remember her heart.