Monday, August 25, 2025
MY NAME IS BRENDA ABBATE AND WORKED IN NETCONG YEARS AGO AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MY COFFEE EVERY MORNING AT ROSE'S PLACE! THERE I MET A WONDERFUL FAMILY CALLED THE PELLEGRINO'S, WHO BECAME A SECOND FAMILY TO ME! MY HUSBAND AND I WERE INVITED TO A WONDERFUL LUNCHEON BY ROSA, HER DAD POLO AND HIS WIFE, STEFANINA! I MET ROSE, THEIR DAUGHTER AND I BECAME A CLOSE FRIEND TO DAD POLO, MOM, STEFANINA AND DAUGHTER ROSE! THEY WERE A WONDERFUL FAMILY AND MY HUSBAND JOE I WERE INVITED UP TO THEIR HOME TO HAVE A BARBECUE. I REMEMBER MEETING ROSA POLO! SHE WAS A LITTLE LADY WHO DID NOT TALK MUCH, BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO. SHE STAYED VERY QUIET BUT HER PRESENCE WAS KNOWN! SHE WAS TINY IN SIZE, BUT YOU KNEW SHE WAS ALWAYS AROUND PREPARING ITALIAN DISHES WITH A STRIDE WALK OF A YOUNG GIRL! SHE WAS QUIET FOR I THINK HER FIRST LANGUAUGE WAS ITALIAN. MY POINT IS FOR A VERY TINY WOMAN WHO WAS VERY QUIET AROUND PEOPLE SHE DID NOT KNOW, HER STRENGTH WAS VERY OBVIOUS. SHE WAS STRONG, LOVED HER FAMILY AND WORKED HARD THROUGHOUT HER LIFE TO SHOW AND TAKE CARE OF HER FAMILY WITH LOVE, STRENGTH & AN ABUNDANCE OF STRENGTH, RESPECT AND A LOVE FOR HER FAMILY THAT WAS OBVIOUS TO ALL! I'LL NEVER FORGET HER AS SHE NOW FLIES WITH THE ANGELS! SENDING THE ENTIRE POLO FAMILY MANY BLESSINGS, LOVE & STRENGTH TO ALL OF YOU AS I PRAY FOR HER! LOVE, BRENDA ABBATE, YOUR FOREVER FRIEND!