Martha Sicilia

Martha Sicilia of Harrison, NJ entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, July 12, 2022.  She was 68 years old.

A funeral service will be conducted from the Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleveland Avenue Harrison, NJ 07029 on Sunday, July 17 at 6 pm. Friends and relatives may visit on Sunday July 17^th from  4 to 7 pm. The Inurnment of her ashes will take place at Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum at a later date.  

If you would like to send a condolence message to her family, please visit www.mulliganfh.com

Born and raised in Holguin, Cuba, Martha lived in Jersey City for 20 years before settling in Harrison. She worked as a Clerk for Solgar, LLC, in Lyndhurst for many years, and while in Cuba, Martha was a Psychologist Psychometrist Pedagogue Specializing in Autism, Blindness, Down Syndrome, and Sign Language (ASL). She graduated from Instituto Superior Pedagógico "José de la Luz y Caballero" and received a Bachelor's in psychology. She was a parishioner of St. Cecilia Church in Kearny.  

Martha is survived by her daughter Caridad B. Pelayo, her sister Angelica Sicilia Febles, nieces and nephews, Angelica M. Abeledo Sicilia, Armando Raul Abeledo Sicilia, Carlos Alberto Perez Sicilia and Maria Teresa Hidalgo Sicilia . She was predeceased by her mother Blanca Febles Gonzalez, father Armando Sicilia Hidalgo and her sister Teresa Sicilia Febles.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to St. Cecilia Church, in care of the funeral home, in loving memory of Martha Sicilia.

Martha Sicilia Febles

 Nació a través de una cesárea el 18 de diciembre de 1953  faltándole un día para que su madre cumpliera los 8 meses de embarazo por lo que tuvo desde ese mismo momento que luchar por su vida. Fue un principio lleno de cuidados extremos y de alimentación dirigida (con gotero) para poder permitir su desarrollo. Desde niña fue muy inteligente y aplicada. Su juguete más preciado era un libro. Amante de la lectura inteligente, de la literatura universal.

 No le gustaba la chabacanería, ni la vulgaridad, disfrutaba mucho la música clásica, el ballet clásico, las películas históricas, de amor, no la ciencia ficción. le gustaba cocinar y degustar platos de la comida criolla y de otras culturas.

 La playa le gustaba siempre que pudiera sentarse a leer un buen libro. Cuando nos reuníamos disfrutaba mucho jugar a adivinar personajes históricos y hechos relevantes universales como lo hacían en un programa de la época (Escriba y Lea). Cristiana desde que nació con una fe inquebrantable en Dios. Luchadora por el bienestar de su familia. Enemiga de la mentira y mucho más de la traición la cual nunca perdonaba. Dotada de una inteligencia y una constancia a prueba. Su forma de ver e interpretar la vida le hizo crear un carácter muy rígido y radical lo cual no le permitió ver y disfrutar las tonalidades de la vida.  Siempre dispuesta a dar un sabio consejo que en ocasiones no era interpretado de forma adecuada por lo intenso de la forma en que lo decía. No era muy dada a las amistades fáciles. Era muy selectiva, pero ser su amiga era un privilegio.

 Su seriedad con sus estudios, su forma preciosa de cantar que la distinguía en su juventud participando en actividades culturales de su escuela. Le gustaban las tertulias escuchando la música clásica, no era muy dada a la música bailable. Dejo atrás su país, su idiosincrasia por necesidades económicas y siempre con la esperanza de poder ayudar a la familia que quedaba atrás, para ello puso en juego su vida cruzando el océano.

Martha Sicilia Febles

 She was born through a cesarean section missing a day for her mother to reach 8 months of pregnancy so she had from that very moment to fight for her life. It was a principle full of extreme care and directed feeding (with dropper) to allow her development. Since she was a child, she was very intelligent and applied. Her most precious toy was a book. Lover of intelligent reading, of universal literature.

 She did not like chabacanería, nor vulgarity, she enjoyed classical music, classical ballet, historical films, romantics, not science fiction.  she liked to cook and taste dishes from latin countries and other cultures.

 she liked the beach as long as she could sit down to read a good book. When she got together with family, she really enjoyed playing to guessing historical characters and universal relevant facts as they did in a program of the time (Escriba y Lea ). Christian since she was born with an unwavering faith in God. Fighter for the well-being of her family. Enemy of lies and much more of betrayal which she never forgave. Endowed with an intelligence and a constancy to the test. her way of seeing and interpreting life made her create a very rigid and radical character which did not allow her to see and enjoy the tonalities of life.  Always willing to give wise advice that sometimes was not interpreted properly because of the intensity of the way she said it. She was not very given to easy friendships. She was very selective, but being her friend was a privilege.

 Her seriousness with her studies, her beautiful way of singing distinguished her in her youth, participating in cultural activities of her school. She liked gatherings listening to classical music, she was not very given to dance music. she left behind her country, and its idiosyncrasy for economic needs and always with the hope of being able to help the family that was left behind, for this she put her life at stake when crossing the ocean.