Facts on File:
Her daughter Rose was married to John Scala. Her son's name was Tony; with his wife Mary and five children, they lived on the premises of Totty's Greenhouses, Florham Park, where he worked as a foreman.
Philomena had 19 grandchildren.The names of her other sons-in-law were Ralph Iosso and Sam Amato.
No mention was made of her deceased children: Peter, Maria, and Anna.
One of her greatest joys was having her sister Rose here to greet her when she arrived from Italy with her own daughter Rose.
Philomena worked as a midwife; she delivered the babies of Italian immigrants, washed their clothes, baked their bread for one week, all for five dollars.
That's why "She was widely known among Italian-American residents of Madison."
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