Maureen Elizabeth Bertodatti, 74, of Colts Neck. Our Mother, Nana, Sister, Wife, Aunt, Niece, and Friend – Maureen Elizabeth Bertodatti - slipped into eternity just after sunrise on Saturday morning, September 1st 2018. She wanted to let you all know that she had an absolutely Wonderful Life!
Maureen Shaw was born and grew up in Kearny, NJ as the 2nd of 5 beloved siblings (Dianne, Maureen, Bob, Ken, and Peggy) to Sumner and Margaret Shaw. Maureen graduated from St. Aloysius High School before studying and becoming a nurse at St. Francis School of Nursing. She started working at Flower 5th Ave Hospital in New York City as an operating room nurse and later began working at Creedmoor Hospital where she met, dated, and eventually married her co-worker, Richard Charles Bertodatti, Sr.
Maureen and Richard had 4 children (Jennifer, Jill, Jodi, and Richard, Jr.) whom they adored and after a series of moving adventures eventually settled on a gentleman’s horse farm in Colts Neck, NJ in 1976. Once settled in Colts Neck, Maureen started working as a Realtor at Gloria Nilson of Holmdel, NJ where she has worked for the last 42 years. She loved her co-workers as well as finding the perfect homes for her clients who often became lifelong friends.
Maureen loved gardening and could make any property look like Versailles. She loved the time spent with family and friends anywhere, but especially at Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion. She loved the feel of the sand between her toes, and swimming in the big waves in the sunshine. Maureen absolutely ‘sparkled’, she had an amazing smile, a twinkle in her eye, and the BEST laugh; she was effortlessly beautiful, amazingly cool, whip-smart, super fun, and so very kind. She took the phrase that PT Barnum once said and lived it every day: “The noblest art is that of making others happy”. She made everyone happy and would drop anything she was doing to help you.
Maureen is pre-deceased by her parents Margaret and Sumner Shaw, her husband of 41 years Richard Bertodatti, Sr., and her grandson Alexander Bertodatti.
Maureen is survived by her husband Donald Nowacki of Colts Neck, NJ; her daughter Jennifer and Matthew Jensen of Long Branch, NJ and their 3 daughters – Ava, Sophia, and Ella; her daughter Jill Condon of Colts Neck, NJ and her 3 sons – Kevin Jr, Brooks, and Christian – and their father Kevin Condon of Fair Haven, NJ; her daughter Jodi Foster of Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ and her 3 daughters Emily, Katie, and Molly; and her son Richard and Risa Bertodatti of Fair Haven, NJ and their 3 children – Charlie, Mia, and Henry. Maureen cherished her family and friends, and above all, her 13 grandchildren—and they knew it!
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at the Thompson Memorial Home, 310 Broad St., Red Bank, NJ 07701. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at St. Mary's Church, 1 Phalanx Rd., Colts Neck, NJ 07722. Interment will follow at St. Gabriel’s Cemetery, 549 County Rd 520, Marlboro, NJ 07746. On behalf of Maureen, please consider/sign up for organ donation in lieu of flowers…but don’t ever forget to stop and smell them!
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