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Mario Germano
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Funeral information
Funeral Service: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:00 AM St. Simon Stock RC Church, Berlin, NJ Visitation: Monday, October 26, 2009 7:00 TO 9:00 PM at Costantino Funeral Home, Berlin Boro, NJ; Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:30AM TO 9:30 AM at Costantino Funeral Home, Berlin Boro, NJ Interment: Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, NJ  click to view photoalbumBiographyGermanoMario On October 23, 2009 of Berlin, NJ. Age 68 years. Beloved husband of Theresa (nee Casali). Devoted father of Adriana Germano & Andrea Devlin and her husband Tom. Predeceased by 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Proud grandfather of Lauren and Dominic. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing Monday evening 7:00PM to 9:00PM and Tuesday morning 8:30AM to 9:30AM at the COSTANTINO FUNERAL HOME 231 W. White Horse Pike Berlin, NJ 08009. Mass of Christian Burial 10:00AM St. Simon Stock RC Church 178 W. White Horse Pike Berlin, NJ. Entombment Berlin Cemetery Mausoleum. Information or to email condolences: CostantinoFH.com. In Loving Memory of Mario Germano November 5, 1940 October 23, 2009 God looked around His garden and found an empty place. He then looked down upon the earth and saw your tired face. He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest. God's garden must be beautiful, He always takes the best. He saw the road was getting rough and the hills were hard to climb, so He closed your weary eyelids and whispered "Peace be thine". It broke our hearts to lose you but you didn't go alone, for part of us went with you the day God called you home. Eulogy For a Special Dad Our relationship with our dad was exceptionally special. The attachment we had to him was an unspoken commitment of admiration, gratitude and love ever since we were both little girls. We always saw pop as a unique individual and looked upon him with great respect and pride. He wasn't at all like our friends' fathers. He stood alone, as he stood his ground, instilling in us his beliefs, his mind-set, and his way of life. He introduced to us a value system that characterized his own self. Respect, responsibility, perseverance, and courage were prominent traits of how pop lived his life, and it's how he wanted us to live ours. He taught us how to believe in ourselves, how to be winners, and how to achieve our goals. He taught us how to talk less and listen more. In his early twenties, pop was a barber with his own shop. He cut hair there, met mom there, and worked many hours to accommodate those who always wanted to wait for "Mario" to do their hair. As his family grew, he realized he needed to make more money, and there just weren't enough hours in the day at the barber shop. He began a career in the field of masonry and quickly became a skillful cement mason for the next thirty years. Those years were filled with hard work and time spent with family. There wasn't much more pop needed to be happy. Pop protected us in many ways and set aside our fears just by his presence, the way he spoke, and with what he said. There was a constant safeness around us always. He more than provided for mom and us and always took full responsibility of his role as a parent and father. He always did the right thing and followed the rules. His commitment and loyalty to raising a united, happy and healthy family was a constant throughout our entire childhood. The importance of family, tradition and the Italian culture meant so much to him. We remember him always wanting to teach us how to speak Italian. Memories of very loud Sunday dinners with Zia, Zio, Tony and Lina will forever remain great memories. Pop worked tirelessly to give to us a beautiful home to grow up in, two of them in fact, both built by his own hands. The love he had for mom and us could always be felt, even in silence, through his actions. Being a poppop to his princess Lauren, and the only boy, Dominic, was one thing pop took great joy in. He loved them both so much, and spent many hours with the both of them. We've learned so much from pop throughout the years, aside from such a valuable moral system. We cannot remember a time he didn't have an answer to our never-ending questions. He seemed to know so much about everything. With only an eighth grade education, he could tell you everything there was to know about current events, history, politics, finances, the stock market, weather patterns, real estate, food, and health and wellness. He could fix anything that broke, and he could put anything together without even reading the directions. He taught us real life skills that mattered the most, like good decision-making, time management, and problem solving. His life long way of living cannot be compared to anyone. Most of you know our pop as the hard working family man he was; a proud man with enormous inner and outer strength. You know him as a man of his word, and someone that you could always rely on. He was very particular about details, was immaculately clean, and strived for perfection in everything he did. He would do something two and three times over if he had too, without the blink of an eye, until it was completed the correct way. Many of you admired his endless talents, just as we have as his daughters. His ability to do absolutely anything and everything amazes us still. If pop needed tomatoes to make his own gravy, he planted a garden and grew them himself; when he got hungry, he would cook himself a three course meal; if his hair grew too long, he cut it; if he sought shade, he planted a tree, and if he needed a house, he built it. Self sufficient with infinite talent, one could only wish to have the drive and determination our pop had. To him though, it was just all in a days work. Love, Andrea and Adriana |
