This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, JOSEPH C. FICHERA, 60, born on June 1, 1941 and passed away on January 13, 2002. We will remember him forever. GOD TOOK HIM HOME TO SOON, He was a loving Father and Grand Father . First to Alexandra, then Nicholas, and Maxwell Joseph.I Believe he played with and knew his other Grand Children. He is also with the two Babies we Miscarried. I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER, BETTY
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Leave a tributeCant believe you have been gone 11 years today,,, I miss u and your silly ways,,,wish i was able to talk to you now because being a dad in my 40's im starting to see things your way,,, and starting to be more and more like you everyday,,,see you at the cemetery...
love you Gerry
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HAPPY FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
WELL HERE IT IS FIFTY YEARS AND YOUR NOT HERE. sO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF YOU. THE BEST WERE HOW YOU LOVED YOUR CHILDREN. WHEN GOD SUPRISED US WITH ELIZABETH, YOU WERE ON THE MOON, YOU WERE GLUED TO THE NURSERY WINDOW AT ST. CHARLES. IT DIDN"T MATTER I COULDN"T MOVE ( OUR BABY WAS YOUR PRINCESS, YOU GOT THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE PAPERS AND YOU FILLED THEM OUT , YOU NAMED OUR BABY, I WANTED TO CALL HER JENNIFER AFTER "LOVE STORY" . YOU DID THE SAME AS MY OWN DADDY HE FILLED IN THE PAPERS ANS NAMED ME. BUT THE MOST SPECIAL TIME FOR ME WAS WHEN VISITORS LEFT, AND THEY BROUGHT ELIZABETH IN. THEY PUT A PAPER GOWN ON YOU SAT YOU IN THE ROCKER AND SAID OK DADDY TIME TO FEED YOUR BABY. THEY PUT HER IN YOUR ARMS AND YOU WERE IN HEAVEN. ABOUT A MONTH AFTER ELIZABETH WAS BORN ( YOU WANTED HER CALLED ELIZABETH NO NICKNAMES.) YOU TOLD ME YOU WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL. I LOOKED AT YOU LIKE YOU WERE NUTS, I SAID NO, I WASGOING ON 31 AND HAD A 9 YEAR AND SEVEN YEAR OLD SONS. SPORTS WAS THEIR THING. I HAD TO DRESS MY LITTLE GIRL AND SIT IN THE CAR WHILE THEY PLAYED HOCKY IN GOOD SHEPARD, I TOLD YOU IF YOU COULD GUARANTEE A GIRL MAYBE. IN MY HEART I KNEW YOU COULD NOT. SO YOU GAVE ALL YOUR LOVE TO YOUR LITTLE PRINCESS. I WAS VERY HAPPY GOD GAVE US A 7 LB. 11 OZ. GIRL. NOW OUR LIFE WAS COMPLETE, WE HAD THREE CHILDREN. A BEAUTIFUL HOME, AND 3 YEARS LATER MY WORLD CAVED IN YOU WERE TRANSFERED TO N.J. YOU TOLD ME I HELD YOUR CAREER BACK BECAUSE I WOULDN"T MOVE. SO I SIGNED THE PAPERS AND 7 DAYS LATER HAD A HEART ATTACK. BUT I MOVED ANYWAY, 1 YEAR LATER THEY LAID YOU OFF AFTER14 YEARS WITH OXY. SO NOW THE REAL LIFE SET IN. UP ONE STEP FALL DOWN 2. YOU GOT A JOB WITH CONGOLIUM LINOLIUM IN TRENTON 3 YEARS LATER THEY CLOSED THE PLANT. A YEAR I FINALLY GOT YOU TO GO HOME TO N.Y. NOW A NEW LIFE, WE HAD TO RENT, OUR WORLD WAS NOT THE SAME. BUT WITH GODS HELP WE MADE IT AND THANKS TO AUNT THEA AND UNCLE ERWIN THEY PUT YOU IN THEIR WILL. WE COULD NOW BUY A HOUSE. LIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL TO ME.AND OUR CHILDREN. YOU REALLY GAVE ME A KOOKIE LIFE BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS LOVE BETWEEN US. THEN YOU HID THE BIGGEST SECRET FROM ME AND LIZ..HOW COULD YOU KNOW YOU HAD CANCER AND ONLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO LIVE NOW YOU PROBELY KNOW YOU WERE STUPID. YOU BLEW OUR WORLD UP IN A MILLION PIECES. THE MEMORIES WE COULD HAVE NADE WITH THE TIME WE HAD LEFT. INSTEAD LIZ A ND I CRY EVERY DAY. I KNOW YOUR WITH US AS AN ANGEL BUT THAT DOESN"T HELP I KNOW OUR BEAUTIFUL GRAND DAUGHTER SAW YOU, JASMINE.IS A BABY AND THEY SAY THEY CAN SEE DEPARTED SOULS, PLEASE JOE WATCH OVER MY BABIES. TAKE CARE OF THEM. THEY ARE A PART OF US. I MISS YOU SO, PLEASE SEND ME A SIGN, I LOVE YOU MORE THAN EVER. SO DOES OUR CHILDREN, TILL I SEE YOU AGAIN, I REMAIN YOUR WIFE FOREVER, I LOVE YOU, BETTY
JOE'S BIRTHDAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
WELL MY LOVE YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN 72 TODAY. AS I WRITE TO YOU I CRY, YOU AND OUR BABIES WERE MY LIFE. I AM SO LONELY, ITS GREAT TO HAVE ROBIN, MICHAELS WIFE. SOMETIMES, SHE IS WARM AND LOVING.SHE GOT ME TO GO TO A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR, FROM THERE I NOW HAVE A HEMOTOLIGIST AND CARDIO DOCTOR. I AM ON SO MANY PILLS NOW. I HAVE TO CARRY NITRO ALWAYS. THEY ARE GREAT NICE DR'S.WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WENT ON I SHOULD BE IN HEAVEN, NOT YOU. NOT A DAY GOES BY I DON'T THINK OF YOU. JEFFERY SAYS I WON'T BE WITH YOU AS OUR FAMILY NEEDS ME. IF JOEY EVER COMES BACK MAYBE THATS WHEN I WILL GO. I AM NOT AFRAID TO DIE AS I WILL RUN TO YOUR ARMS.THE KIDS DON'T NEED ME, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES AND FAMILYS, .MAY 9 WAS OUR DAY 52 YEARS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. AND I NEVER STOPPED LOVING MY BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYED BOY. I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR DAD, AND YOUR MOM,AND .DO YOU HAVE OUR 2 BABIES I MISCARRIED With you and FLAME, PENNY, PEPE, MURPHY,CHARLIE, and YOUR Tommy. I LOVE YOU AND PRAY FOR YOU AND MY DADDY.. HOPING TO BE WITH YOU SOON, I LOVE YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY. ALWAYS YOUR BETTY
FORGIVING YOUR MOM
JOE, YOU SAID IT IN 1973, SHE IS NOT MY REAL MOTHER. SHE NEVER LOVED ME. BUT IT SEEMS SHE WAS YOUR REAL MOM. I COULD UNDERSTAND YOUR DAD HAVING AN AFFAIR, SHE WAS SUCH A BITCH ALL HIS LIFE, LOOK HOW SHE TREATED HIM. THE POOR MAN , HIS WHOLE LIFE. NO WONDER YOU WERE LOVED SO MUCH BY HIM. I AM GLAD YOU ARE WITH HIM . SOME DAY I WILL MEET THEM, I HOPE YOUR MOM TREATS ME BETTER,. KISS DAD FOR ME, TELL HIM THANK YOU FOR LOVING YOU THE WAY HE DID. I KNOW I CAN'T BE WITH ALL OF YOU YET, BUT JEFFERY SAID I HAD WORK TO DO, GET MY FAMILY BACK TOGETHER. I MISS JOEY SO MUCH, HE HAS YOUR STUBORN STREAK. I AM GLAD YOU TOLD ME HE WILL BE COMING BACK TO ALL OF US .IN HIS TIME WHEN HE DECIDES, I CAN'T WAIT, HE IS STILL MY BABY, EVEN THOUGH HE IS 48. I WISH HE WOULD REMEMBER I WILL BE 70 THIS YEAR, AND NOT SO WELL.WHEN WE ARE ALL MADE UP AND A FAMILY AGAIN, I WILL BE READY FOR GOD TO BRING ME TO YOU..I LOVE YOU, MY LIFE AND SOUL-MATE I HOPE IT IS SOON, I'M LONELY, I HAVE NO ONE, FOREVER YOUR BETTY