Ruth Anne Mariano

Mrs. Mariano, 68, of Metuchen, died June 19, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a receptionist at CDI Headstart, North Brunswick, for more than five years. She was predeceased by her father Rocco A. Mariano; and two brothers, Richard and Robert. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Annamae and Joseph Franciscus of Coatesville, Pa.; a son, Stanley Leszczynski Jr., with whom she resided; her mother, Anna Stark Mariano of New Brunswick; three sisters, Susan Donnelly of Mullica Hill, Mary Alice Mariano of Long Beach, Calif., and Dorothy DeFilippo of New Brunswick; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Joseph Mariano of South River, Rocco Mariano Jr. and Donna Faschan of Dover, and Larry and Kim Mariano of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick; and two grandchildren. A funeral service was at Metuchen Assembly of God. Arrangements were by Selover Funeral Home, North Brunswick. Memorial donations may be made to the Scleroderma Foundation, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105, Danvers, MA 01923.