Laura A. Marchese Way
Laura Marchese Friendship Tree
Laura Marchese Memorial Tree
Laura Marchese Pear Trees
Long Island 9/11 Memorial
Oceanside 9/11 Memorial
Queen Elizabeth II September 11 Memorial Garden
Conseleya 9/11 Memorial
Dewitt 9/11 Memorial
New York Times Portraits of Grief
Laura Marchese-Giglio was "the boy my father never had," said her older sister, Cathy Marchese-Collins.
As a baby she looked like a little boy. And she was a sports fanatic, who loved skiing and watching football.
But she also loved boys, from an early age. She always had a boyfriend, but she wasn't a player, her sister said -- she was "true blue."
She was equally loyal to her friends. Born and raised in Freeport, on Long Island, she kept the same group of friends her whole life, although she couldn't help but add many more along the way.
"She exuded friendliness," her mother, Lorraine Marchese, said.
Ms. Marchese-Giglio, 35, made friends at the gym and on the train, where she met her fiancé, Joseph Mendez.
They had just bought a house in Oceanside. As of Sept. 11, she had lived in it for 10 days.
She was the baby of the family, her mother's best friend and a godmother to her nephews. She loved her job, as executive assistant to the chief executive and president at Alliance Consulting.
And she lived to eat -- she would come to her parents' front door sniffing the air for dinner. She wasn't a cook, her sister Cathy said, but she almost never visited without baking a batch of brownies.
Freeport High School Class of
Freeport High School Class of 1983 ... R.I.P. our beautiful classmate. We shall never forget.
Posted by Belinda Johnson (Gaskins)
I am from A small town near
I am from A small town near St Louis MO & visited a remarkable memorial of 911 victims. The memorial was on Art Hill at Forest Park. It consisted of a flag for each victim of 911. The amount of flags covering the hill was quite moving. Each flag had a picture age hometown & where the victim died. One of the first that I saw was Laura. Her flag was especially moving for me.... She was my age at the time of her death. I took a picture of her flag. I will always think of her when I remember.
Posted by Kathy Eller
Dear Marie: you may not
Dear Marie: you may not remember me from our Reliance days but I remember you and of course Laura. I didn't realize until today that it was Laura until I saw her picture during the Memorial Service. I remember her as a beautiful and sweet girl but mostly I remember how much you loved her and how protective you were of her. These past years must have been horribly difficult for you and your family and I wish you the best in the future. I will make time every year to remember your sister and what a sweet girl she was.
Published by Jackie Notar Craven
It's been 8 years i still
It's been 8 years i still think about cous
Posted by Joseph Marchese
I only found out that laura
I only found out that laura was killed on 9 11 yesterday i new her when we were about 12 or 13 . i am so saddened to hear.
Posted by John Dimasi
I remember beautiful full of
I remember beautiful full of life Laura each and everyday. I say her name and I cry. I knew beautiful Laura from bowling it was Kim Rob Laura and the X me and Rob. How much fun we use to have. I have a video of Laura at my wedding which is very hard for me to watch. Laura was the type of person who would give you the shirt of her back if she had to she was a wonderful person in and out. She will be forever missed but never forgotten That day heaven got the best angle ever lucky for him but very sad for us.
Published by Shanna Cetin
10 years it feels like
10 years it feels like yesterday.we all love and miss you. Your cuz Joey
Posted by Joseph Marchese
Graduated from the same high school
Hi I’m 20 years old and I graduated from Freeport high school not so long ago. And obviously I wasn’t alive when 9/11 happened. But I didn’t know there were people from my town who died from this tragedy. Rest in peace.
Posted by Mandy
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