Vince's eulogy

 DiMARCO & COMPANY, INC. 

ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES Vincent DiMarco, EA 

Vincent DiMarco II, CPA 

1207 Military Road Niagara Falls, NY 14304 

EULOGY FOR NICOLE MARINO 

AS I AM HONORED TODAY TO EULOGIZE NICOLE BEFORE SHE IS LAID TO REST, SO WAS I HONORED MANY YEARS AGO TO HAVE BEEN HER BAPTISMAL GODFATHER. TODAY IT IS NICOLE WHO IS HONORED IN THE PRESENCE OF SO MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY (SOME OF WHOM HAVE TRAVELED VAST DISTANCES TO SAY THEIR GOODBYES). THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LOVE WE ALL HAVE FOR NICOLE AND, IN TURN, WE KNOW THAT SHE LOVED US AS WELL. 

THE MARRIAGE OF JOE MARINO AND DARLENE WALDRIFF WAS NOT DESTINED TO LAST LONG. NICOLE WAS NOT QUITE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER MUCH OF JOE WHO BATTLED IMAGINARY DEMONS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. YET, SHE INSISTED ON SPENDING 

TIME WITH JOE, BEFORE HE PASSED, LATER IN HIS AND HER LIFE. SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH HER BIRTH FATHER WITH LOVE IN HER HEART. WELL ALONG CAME NATALIE AND GARY AND STEPFATHER GARY VINETTE COMPLETING THE FAMILY. GARY WAS A GOOD MAN AND TREATED NICOLE AS HIS OWN. HE TOO PASSED AWAY AT A YOUNG AGE AND DARLENE AND HER MOTHER (NUNU) PROCEEDED TO RAISE NICOLE AND HER SIBLINGS TO BECOME THE FINE AND DECENT PEOPLE THEY BECAME. 

SHE WAS RAISED IN NIAGARA FALLS AND LAS VEGAS, NEVADA WHERE SHE CULTIVATED THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WOULD FOLLOW HER THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. SHE MADE FRIENDSHIPS IN NEW YORK CITY (LIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER ANNMARIE FOR THREE YEARS) AND IN MIAMI WHERE SHE LIVED WITH HER HUSBAND ELLIOT AND DAUGHTER DYLAN. THEN IT WAS BACK TO NEW YORK CITY WITH THE FAMILY AND DOG. 

A LIFE IS NOT MEASURED IN YEARS BUT IN ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 

NICOLE DANCED TO HER OWN DRUMMER. SHE DID NOT LIVE A LIFE OF QUIET DESPARATION FOLLOWING PRESCRIBED NORMS AND CUSTOMS BUT ACTED ON INSTINCT. THIS IS PERHAPS WHAT MADE HER SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHED PHOTOGRAPER AND INTERIOR DESIGNER. IT IS HER PHOTGRAPHIC WORKS, HOWEVER, THAT REVEAL THE REMARKABLE QUALITY OF HER KEEN INSIGHTS. TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT HER WORK AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN. 

AFTER LIVING AND WORKING THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY, AND BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE THAT BRINGS US HERE TODAY, NICOLE CAME HOME , AS SICK AS SHE WAS, SHE WANTED DYLAN TO BE NEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND IF LIFE HAD TO END SHE WANTED IT TO END HERE. SHE WAITS FOR ELLIOT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND RESTS EASY IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE RAISING DYLAN PROPERLY. 

WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY IS THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF A BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET GIRL WHO WILL NOW ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE. 

JESUS SAID: “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die." 

SO...WE ARE NOT SAYING GOODBYE TO NICOLE BUT RATHER "SEE YOU LATER.”