Obituary: ​Marilyn E. Finnerty, Longtime Massapequa Park Resident, Dies at 91

Died: April 8, 2017

Visitation: Monday, April 10 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Tuesday, April 11 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Massapequa Funeral Home, South Chapel on 4980 Merrick Road in Massapequa Park.

Service: Wednesday, April 12 starting at 11 a.m. at the St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church on 2 Bayview Avenue in Massapequa.

Obituary: Marilyn E. Finnerty (nee Fuss), a longtime resident of Massapequa Park, passed away on Saturday, April 8 at the Broadlawn Manor in Amityville. She was 91.

Born in 1925 to Arthur and Elsie Fuss in Brooklyn, Marilyn grew up in Floral Park.

She graduated as class president from Sewanhaka High School. Following high school, Marilyn was employed by the International Nickel Company in New York City where she met her future husband, Bill Finnerty.

The two were married in 1947. Along with Bill, Marilyn was a charter member of St. Rose of Lima parish in Massapequa, where she remained active in the church community for over 60 years.

They raised six children in the village they loved, and took great pride in the home and family they built together. Marilyn loved to sew and knit for her family, shop for bargains, play bridge, swim in the waves at her beloved Tobay Beach, read, and watch Masterpiece Theater and anything on BBC.

She enjoyed sharing good food and a nice glass of Chardonnay with friends and family. At her summer home in the Adirondack Mountains, Marilyn spent many happy hours socializing on the beach and visiting the annual craft fairs with her friends.

Marilyn is predeceased by her parents, her husband Bill, her brother Arthur Fuss Jr. and his wife Gloria, her brother-in-law Edward Hayes and niece Donna Dohertry, and her dear daughter-in-law Donna Finnerty.

She is survived by her six children: Nancy, Bill (Chris), Tricia Zebrowski (Ray), Jane Murphy (Dennis), Jim (Jane), and Dan (Keri); her sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Don McCauley; her sister-in-law Dorothy Hayes, her 15 cherished grandchildren: Kate Curcio (Dom), Ann Zebrowski, David Finnerty, Meagan Finnerty, Kyle Murphy, Kaylyn Finnerty, Claire Murphy, Joe Zebrowski, Catherine Finnerty, Joanna Finnerty, Jim Finnerty, Jillian Finnerty, Lizzie Machado, Will Finnerty and Caden Finnerty; and her great granddaughter, Rose Curcio, as well as her wonderful nieces and nephews: Maureen, Arthur (Lee), Marilyn (Jack), Michael (Diane), Dennis (Chris), Stephen (Mary Lynn), Andrew (Maggie) and their children. She will also be missed by her two dearest and oldest friends, Jean Anguilo and Pat Raitano.

Internment will take place at the St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale.

In memory of Marilyn, donations would be appreciated to any of these charities: the March of Dimes, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Smile Train.