Nicholas Ferrante - Obituary

icola J. “Nick” Ferrante, 93, of California, MD, died February 16, 2014 at his home. He was born in Castel Frentano, Italy in 1920 and immigrated to the United States at age 13. He became a U.S. citizen and served his country in World War II. After the war, Nick worked hard and eventually started his own business, Nick’s Supermarket, in Clinton, MD in the 1970s. The supermarket remains Nick’s legacy to his family and the southern Maryland community it continues to serve. In his own words, Nick attributed his ambition to being self-conscious about his status as an immigrant and his lack of formal education. He was an amazing chef and ruthless card player. Until his final days, Nick was clear-minded, active, had many friends and a story for all. Nick was preceded in death by his wife, Marie De- Cesaris Ferrante; son, Joseph Ferrante and sister, Ida Marinucci. He is survived by four children, Marco Ferrante of Arnold, MD, Nicholas Ferrante of Bryantown, MD, Donna Wrenn of California, MD and Rick Ferrante of Huntingtown, MD; three daughters in law, Jean, Brenda and Mickey Ferrante; a son in law, Wayne Wrenn, 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Friends are invited to Nick’s Life Celebration from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, February 20 at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 21, 2014 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 595 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC. Entombment will be at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, MD. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Joseph C. Ferrante Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 1060, Mechanicsville, MD 20659 (www.josephferrantefoundation.org). An online guestbook is available by clicking the link on this page.