Obituary of Marie Marra

When you walk through a storm hold your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark. Walk on with hope in your heart and you'll never walk alone. The Lord had promised that he would walk alongside us. At the end of the storm is a golden sky. In the early evening hours of Friday, April 6, 2012 the Lord walked alongside Marie Marra (nee: Sbarra) and swept her off her footprints in the sand and carried her home. Eternity begins and ends with the ocean's tides. Marie's eternity began in Philadelphia where she spent her entire life. She was a congregant of St. Monica Church on Shunk Street. Marie will be fondly remembered as a beautiful wife, an amazing and loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. These memories will linger on after the footprints she left in the sand are gone. One gift above all others that God gives us to treasure, one that knows no time and no place and one that gold cannot measure is the precious, tender gift of life. Marie had generously given a lasting legacy, the gift of life. Love me tender, love me sweet, you have made my life complete and I love you so. Marie leaves to cherish her memory, her husband of 53 years Joseph Marra of Philadelphia. She is the mother of Nancy (Dominick) Guerrera of Ventnor, NJ and Joseph (Bonnie) Marra of Ridley Park, PA, two brothers Peter and Louis. two sister in laws Rita Sbarra and Adele Knight. Marie is also the proud grandmother of Amanda, Dominick, Joseph, Michael, Christian, Caramia and many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to join the Marra family on Thursday morning between the hours of 8:30am and 10:00am at the Grasso Funeral Home on Broad and Shunk Street. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Monica Church on 17th & Ritner at 10:30am. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Berlin, NJ.