Obituary of Marie Starn

Maria(Cirelli) Starn, 50, of Vineland passed away on May 7, 2009, two weeks before her 51st birthday, following a long and courageouse battle with cancer. She was a 1976 graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Vineland, and in 1978 earned an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Cumberland County College. Maria began working for Thrift Drug immediately following high school and remained with the company for 23 years. In 1991 she became the first non-pharmacist female store manager in the chain. Maria was honored as manager of the company's most profitable store in 1994, and was named Manager of the Year in 1995. She was also instrumental in starting an in-company donation program for the poor and needy. Maria worked for Special Care, home health care, from 1999 until 2002, where she became manager of the Vineland office. In 2002 she joined her husband Brian as co-owner of A-1 Towing, where they enjoyed a wonderful partnership. Maria was a loving, caring woman with a fierce devotion to her family. Maria is survived by her loving husband, Brian Starn, son Christopher Starn, daugher Jennifer Starn and grandson Bobby Kleinow. Surviving family members include her mother Gloria Cirelli Ronis and stepfather Marvin Ronis, devoted sister and brother-in-law Johanna and Ronnie Biagi, niece and goddaugher Laura DeCinque, and nieces Jennifer Batchellor, Stephanie Biagi, Amanda Biagi, Olivia Biagi and Trish Birmingham, as well as grand-nephew Nicolas DeCinque. Maria was predeceased by her father, John A. Cirelli.