Matthew’s Story

Site created on November 10, 2018


Matthew Griffin Donald Mancuso (March 5, 1993 - November 16, 2018)

On October 31st-November 1st, our Matthew was complaining of acute stomach/GI pains/heart burn-type symptoms. Around 9:00 pm on November 1st, he traveled via Uber to the hospital to check out the situation. By the time he arrived, he had a “thready pulse” (meaning not stable) and was suffering from hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Once the security team started bringing him into the hospital via wheelchair, he aspirated into his lungs which caused a cardiac arrest. Emergency responders provided him CPR for 75 minutes; once he was stable enough, they put him directly onto a life support machine to bypass his lungs and heart. Matthew's medical team was able to complete an MRI on November 10th. The results found that the amount of time spent providing CPR resulted in a diffused and extensive anoxic ischemic brain injury. 

Matthew has always been the strongest member of our family. He passed away peacefully on the evening of November 16, 2018. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers at this time. Please live every day in the same spirit that Matthew did: Live This Day. 

(UPDATE) 
Arrangements: In honor of Matthew, and on behalf of the Mancuso/Ramalho family, we invite all relatives and friends to attend the following events as able: 

Par-Troy Funeral Home (95 Parsippany Road, Parsippany, NJ)
-Visitation between 5 pm and 8 pm on Monday, November 19th
-Visitation between 4 pm and 8 pm on Tuesday, November 20th

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (15 Myers Avenue, Denville, NJ)
-Funeral Mass between 10 am and 11 am on Wednesday, November 21st

Zeris Inn (372 Route 46 East, Mountain Lakes, NJ)
-Brunch immediately following Funeral Mass on Wednesday, November 21st 


In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Matthew’s memory to the Camp Nejeda Foundation (P.O. Box 156, Stillwater, NJ 07875) at www.campnejeda.org. Camp Nejeda is a home-away-from-home for children with type 1 diabetes. It is a fun and supportive environment in which campers can be “just kids” as they learn complex diabetes management skills while surrounded by peers, who often become lifelong friends. Matthew spent over a decade of his life dedicated to embracing and supporting this community as both a camper and counselor. Even after this chapter closed for him, Matthew has always strove to exemplify the spirit of Nejeda as a fun, supportive, responsible, thoughtful, and kind member of every community he entered. Our family very much views Camp Nejeda as a formative and integral piece of Matthew's upbringing, helping him to build a strong sense of self, independence, and community from an early age.

Please note that we are beginning preparations to develop a scholarship in Matthew's name alongside PwC and Wake Forest University. Details on how to donate to this fund will be provided at a later date. 

Newest Update

Journal entry by Sergio Ramalho

Matthew Griffin Mancuso, 25, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 16, 2018 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA.

Matthew was born on March 5, 1993. He was raised in Rainbow Lakes, Parsippany, New Jersey, and attended Intervale Elementary School, Brooklawn Middle School, and Parsippany Hills High School (Class of 2011). Following graduation, Matthew traveled to North Carolina where he earned both his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Accountancy from Wake Forest University. During this time, Matthew earned top business school awards, his CPA certification, and internships with Dixon Hughes Goodman (Winston-Salem, NC) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Boston, MA).

In July 2016, Matthew began his professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a full time Associate in the International Tax practice at their Boston headquarters. He excelled in this role and was promoted to Senior Associate in January 2018. Although he spent the majority of his time at PwC as a Tax Specialist, Matthew had recently found his true passion in advancing the company’s technological insights. In July 2018, Matthew was selected to join the inaugural class of Digital Accelerators (DA) at PwC, a program designed to train employees on cutting-edge technology developments. In the short time that Matt was a part of the program, he excelled and became a “go-to” person for his DA colleagues nationwide. According to them, Matthew’s constant encouragement, positive energy, and excitement for the DA program made everyone want to work and learn alongside him.

Outside of academic and professional settings, Matthew was best known for engaging in three types of activities: exploring, volunteering, and laughing with friends. From skydiving, to kite-flying, to becoming a pseudo-expert on Boston’s public transportation system, to traveling and volunteering internationally, to developing the Supplies-Across-Skies donation concept alongside his best friends, Matthew was constantly on a mission to improve both himself and the world around him.

Matthew will be remembered by others as a kind, intelligent, fun-loving, thoughtful, independent, honest, loyal, and confident man of integrity. He is survived and will be cherished dearly by immediate family members, including his mother and father, Dorothy and Anthony Mancuso, and sister and brother-in-law, Andrea and Sergio Ramalho, as well as scores of aunts, uncles, cousins, and close friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Matthew’s funeral mass at St. Mary’s Church (15 Myers Avenue, Denville, NJ) on Wednesday, November 21st at 10:00 am. In addition, there will be visitation hours at Par-Troy Funeral Home (95 Parsippany Road, Parsippany, NJ) on Monday, November 19th between 5:00 and 8:00 pm, as well as Tuesday, November 20th between 4:00 and 8:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Matthew’s memory to the Camp Nejeda Foundation (P.O. Box 156, Stillwater, NJ 07875) at www.campnejeda.org. For more information on Matthew’s passing, requested donations, or funeral arrangements, please visit www.caringbridge.org/visit/matthewmancuso.
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