Muriel Lee Livatino

Muriel Lee Livatino obituary, Hawthorne, NJ

Muriel Lee Livatino

Muriel Livatino Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Browning-Forshay Funeral Home - Hawthorne on Jul. 7, 2025.

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Livatino, Muriel Lee (nee: Thorpe), age 84, of North Haledon, on Monday, July 7, 2025. Born and raised in East Rutherford, Muriel had lived in North Haledon for most of her life. Muriel worked as a Teacher's Aide at the Kennedy School in Wayne until retirement. She was an avid decorator and developed a love for cats in her later years.
Muriel was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Livatino (2001). Loving mother of Loretta Livatino and her husband Mark Turrin of North Haledon, Jacquelyn Benevenga and her husband Dominick of North Haldeon, and Augie Livatino and his wife JoAnn of Queens. Dear grandmother of Alex Benevenga and his wife Samantha, Jennifer Maalouf and her husband John, and Joseph Livatino. Dearest great-grandmother of Mila, Dominick, Elio and Lucia.
Friends may visit with the family from 6:00-8:00pm on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at the Browning-Forshay Funeral Home, 557 Lafayette Ave., Hawthorne. A funeral service will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at the Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum in Paterson.

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