Joyce Marietta (Ferry) Fazio, age 87, passed away peacefully on May 6. She was born and raised in Staten Island, N.Y., where she lived until moving to Howell Township, N.J., in 1969 with her husband and three children.
She enjoyed a full life in Howell Township raising Samoyed show dogs, embarking on a broadcast journalism career, and becoming a stockbroker with Merril Lynch. In her retirement, she moved to Hilton Head Island, S.C., and returned to school, earning her master’s degree in psychology.
Mrs. Fazio will be remembered for her quick wit, her charm, her beautiful smile, her love of the arts, and her brilliance.
She is preceded in death by her husband and best friend of 20 years, Thomas Fazio; her father, Thomas Charles Ferry; her mother, Dorothy Victoria (Rogoff) Ferry; her brother, Thomas Donald Ferry; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Mrs. Fazio is survived by her three children, daughter Colby Reynaud and husband Steve Grossbard; son, Thomas Reynaud; daughter, Danielle Candido; her four grandchildren, Timothy Costagliola and wife Alyssa; Mollie Candido; Michel Candido; and Sean Candido; and her great-grandson, Theo Costagliola. She is also survived by loving cousins, nieces and nephews, and their families.
A funeral Mass for Mrs. Fazio was celebrated on June 14 at Immaculate Conception Church in Knoxville.