Obituary of Pauline Tomasello

TOMASELLO, PAULINE MARY, (NEE TESTA) 88- of Folsom, New Jersey passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 5, 2024 in the Hammonton Center after an extended illness. Born in Vineland, New Jersey, Pauline was the daughter of the late Louis and Eisa "Eggie" Atillia Testa (Manaresi). Pauline was a graduate of Vineland High School, class of 1955. After graduation, she became a bookkeeper for Vineland-based Cheli Oil Company. At Cheli's, Pauline met her cherished, life-long friend Dolores Beemer of Vineland. In 1959, Pauline married John Robert Tomasello of Hammonton. The two were wed at Sacred Heart Church on Landis Avenue in Vineland. For the next twenty-two years, the couple resided on 6th Street in Vineland next door to Pauline's parents. In 1982 John and Pauline moved to Folsom, New Jersey with their family and beloved Labrador Rommell. Pauline loved Italian cooking, baking, reading, puzzles and "her soaps". She also loved being a devoted grandmother to Kayla and Alexis Tomasello and dog mom to Rommell and later, Logan. Pauline is predeceased by her parents Louis and Eisa, and brother Joseph. She is survived and lovingly remembered by her husband John, sons Mark (Folsom, New Jersey) and Keith (San Francisco, CA), granddaughters Kayla and Alexis (both Folsom), cousins including Sadie Baghurst (St. Augustine, Florida), Carol Bradford (Millville, New Jersey), Judith Burke (Mays Landing, New Jersey), Patti DeLeo (New Jersey), Eugene Manaresi (Avon, CT), Brenda Toffenetti (Vineland), nieces including Dawn Caromano (Lawrence, New Jersey), Antoinette Fath and Joanne Breckenridge (both Dorothy, New Jersey), and nephews including Richard Tomasello (Florida). Pauline was laid to rest in a private ceremony at Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery in Estell Manor, New Jersey on Friday, March 8, 2024.