Obituary of Margaret Longo

Margaret Longo passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015. She was 95. Born in Manhattan, NY she was a long time resident of Waldwick before moving to Mahwah in 1996. She was a homemaker and a parishioner of St. Luke Church in Ho-Ho-Kus and Immaculate Conception Church in Mahwah. Margaret was head of record department at Woolworth's in Ridgewood, a sales woman at Oppenheim Collins in Paramus and worked in the classified department at the Ridgewood News. Margaret is predeceased by her husband Salvatore V. Longo and her granddaughter Tina Grippo. Survivors include her four children: Carl Longo, his wife Gloria of Oakland, NJ, Isabella Grippo her partner Kathy Knolle of Holbrook, L.I., Lou Longo, his wife Tonya of Mahwah, NJ and Elaine Dobkowski and her husband Wayne of Middletown, NY, 9 Grandchildren: Todd, Troy, Jeff, Meredith, Melissa, Anthony, Nicholas, Gino and Tony; 13 Great Grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM at Vander Plaat Funeral Home, (vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff. The funeral mass will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11:00 AM at St. Luke's Church, 340 N. Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus and the interment will follow in the church cemetery.