Margaret “Maggie” Colletti Ferrante, 92, of Groves, passed away, Thursday December 12, 2013 at the Windsor Nursing Home in Houston.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Wednesday December 18, 2013 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Groves with Rev. Msgr. Kenneth Greig officiating with interment to follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves under the direction of Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland. A gathering of Maggie’s family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM Tuesday with a Rosary to be recited at 6:00 PM at the funeral home.
Maggie was born in Port Arthur, to the late Calo and Mary Colletti. She married James Ferrante April 21, 1946 after the war in Port Arthur at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and moved to Ohio in 1946. They returned to Texas in 1958 to go into the Colletti family grocery business. They retired in 1985 after 30 years in the grocery business ending with the Ferrante Thrifty Nifty store in Groves.
Maggie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James Ferrante; sisters, Pauline Colletti Moore and husband Dalton, and Mary Ann Colletti Redkey; brother, Paul “Buddy” J. Colletti. She is survived by her son, Joey Ferrante and his wife Colleen “Coco”; her god child, Paula Moore Perry; her great niece Stephanie Meyer, and sister-in-law Louise Colletti; her aunt Hazel Griffin; also sister-in-laws Marie Vinciguerra, Mary Ann Ferrante, and Grace Vitale. Maggie is also survived by several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Wisconsin.