Margaret Ciaffoni Soviero
Margaret Ciaffoni Soviero passed peacefully Monday, April 15, 2019, in Delray Beach, Fla.
She was born September 16, 1921, a daughter of the late Paul and Concetta Ciaffoni of Canonsburg.
Born and raised in Western Pennsylvania to a farming family, she was the daughter of Italian immigrants. After graduating from Penn State University, she joined the U.S. Marine Corps as part of the first wave of female marines. She was stationed in New York and Washington, D.C. It was during this time she met her husband, Joe, a fellow Marine and Italian-American. Together they had three children.
An avid reader and lifelong student, she began a teaching career with a position teaching English at Middletown and Rumson high schools in New Jersey. She later became an adjunct professor in the English department at Monmouth University.
Margaret aged vibrantly. After the death of her husband, she pursued a law degree at New College of California in San Francisco, where she lived for many years near her daughters, granddaughter and their families. She traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia, dressed impeccably, collected antiques and read the Sunday New York Times religiously. She later relocated to Delray Beach, Fla., close to her son and two grandsons, where she lived for many years, enjoying the beach in the company of close friends and family.
She is survived by two of her three children, Anthony Soviero (Maria Lass) and Suzette Soviero (Rusk Bolsinger), and three grandchildren, Robin Kelly Roche (Hallie Hinkhouse), C.J. Soviero and Daniel Soviero.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph A. Soviero (August 2, 1916 to June 1, 1976) and her daughter, Donna Jo Soviero (April 10, 1947 to August 19, 2018).
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Emily’s List.