Dear Neighbors,
It is with great sorrow that I must inform you of the passing of one of our members, Tina Schuster Parsio.
Tina lived with her husband Tony on Osborne Avenue. Many of you knew Tina as they walked their dachshund, Daphne, around the neighborhood, stopping to chat with neighbors along the way. Tina also stayed involved in our local activities, even chairing a recent successful Fall Fest event.
In addition to being a part of the Netherwood Heights Neighbors family, both Michael and I considered her a part of our family, thanks to an NJIT connection. We will miss her sense of humor and smiling face for sure. She was very brave in her fight, and we send our condolences to Tony, our friend, and to the rest of Tina’s family as well.
Jenn Popper
Netherwood Heights Neighbors
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Tina Maria Parsio (Schuster) Plainfield, NJ, 49, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, from complications after a courageous battle against breast cancer. Tina was born on August 18, 1964 in Newark. She was raised in Clark, NJ and graduated from A.L. Johnson Reg. H.S. She began her professional career at Century 21 Corporate Offices in Hoboken as an event planner. She continued her career at Clinical Connections, McKenzie & Co. and Rahway Performing Arts Center traveling for events as far as South Africa. Her favorite vacation spots were Paradise Island, Bahamas and Disney World’s Magic Kingdom where she became engaged to her husband in Cinderella’s Castle. Tina enjoyed traveling and was always up for an adventure.
Tina was predeceased by her mother Lucy Schuster (2004) and sister Leda White (2002). She is survived by her loving husband, Anthony Parsio, their three furry children: Daphne, Mia and Simon, Plainfield and her father, Alfred Schuster, Lakewood; brothers, Brian (Laura) Schuster, Hasbrouck Heights, Kenneth (Maryrose) Schuster, Edison; sister, Adrienne (Duane) Villa, Toms River and in-laws Robert and Delores Parsio, Bracey, VA, Mike Parsio, Hopewell, VA, Lorraine (Bryan) Campbell, Logan Township, Gregory White, other relatives and friends. Tina was a cherished aunt to Duane Jr., Kristen (Robert Paolello), Richard (Tania), Michael (Rita), Kenneth (Jane), Julia (Scott Stevenson), Heather (Anthony Viskovic), Brittany (Ben Pettinger), Emily, Michael, Kate, Jason, Megan and devoted great-aunt to Brittany, Madylaina, Erin, Joseph, Zachary, Bodhi and Elena.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 7th.
- Visitation at 12:00 PM
- Service at 1:00 PM
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Foundation at 95 Old Short Hills Road, West Orange, NJ 07052, designated for Tina Parsio, The Cancer Program.
Walter J. Johnson
Funeral Home
803 Raritan Road
Clark, NJ 07066
732-382-6262
