Margaret Asunta Bisso Schicitano Camassa, age 86 of Shrewsbury N.J., died peacefully on Monday, July 22nd in the home of her daughter, Loretta, and son-in-law, Mike, where she had gone to rehab after a lengthy battle of recovery from a broken femur. In the days and weeks before her death she had been surrounded by her devoted family and friends, and on the day, she left this world, she did so in the loving arms of her daughter.

Margaret was predeceased by her parents, John and Mae Bisso, and her husband, Anthony J. Camassa. She is survived by her daughters, Gina Schicitano Schembre, her husband Frank, and Loretta Schicitano Houlis-Ward, her husband Mike, as well as her stepson, John Camassa, and his wife Cathy.  She was the proud grandmother of Elaine, Danielle, and her husband Mitchell, Amanda, Michael and his wife Lesley, AnnaMarie, Victoria, Teddy, and his fiancée Sharon, Christina, Michael, and his wife Ashley and Victoria.  And a blessed great-grandmother of Laine, Skye, Dylan and Michael. Her two sisters, Judith and Linda, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends that, to her, were more like family.

Margaret was born in and lived in Hoboken before she moved to Long Branch, where she spent most of her life and graduated from LBHS in 1956. She did quite a bit of modeling and won many beauty pageants including Miss Monmouth County and Miss Highlands. We remember seeing her in the pages of the old Sears Robuck catalogs–always the picture of perfection! Margaret worked at Fort Monmouth as Head of Civilian Personal and, after retiring, she of course was not ready to sit still so she turned those connections into a successful real estate career.  When described by anyone who knew her, they would say she never had a hair out of place; she had a type of timeless beauty that lasted through the years, perhaps because it came from within. Generous to a fault, “Maggs” would give you the shirt off her back, and she often did. She was a devout catholic who gave whatever was asked of her to her church and community.

As for her family, that was her life. Grandma’s house was never hands off anything. She was the grandma that was down on the floor in her Chanel suit playing with the kids. If they broke something she could care less. “Possessions” never mattered; the kids did, and they always knew it. Up until her accident she was the life of the party, dancing at her grandsons’ weddings, staying up past the rest of us having the time of her life!

We cannot imagine our lives without our beautiful mother in it. We simply pray that she is in Heaven with the rest of our loved ones and that, one day, we will see her again. Until then, Mommy, we will miss you and love you forever.

Visitation will be held on Monday July 29, 2024, 4-8pm at the Woolley-Boglioli Funeral Home 10 Morrell Street Long Branch N.J. 07740. Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday July 30, 2024, 10am Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, 101 Chelsea Avenue Long Branch N.J. 07740. Burial to follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, West Long Branch, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Margaret’s memorial to Tunnel to Towers Foundation.