Obituary of Charles Franchavilla

FRANCHAVILLA, Charles T., age 71 of Wyckoff died Sunday, December 16, 2012. Born in Brooklyn, Charles grew up in Hackensack and moved to Wyckoff in 1976. He graduated from Hackensack High School in 1959. Charles received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Fairleigh Dickenson University in Teaneck in 1982. Charles spent his career with Baxter International starting in sales and retired as a Teaching Center Specialist in 2006. He was parishioner of St. Elizabeth's R.C. Church in Wyckoff. His activities included coaching for Wyckoff Recreation in girls' softball and basketball. He also was an assistant football coach at Ramapo High School for five years, as well as the announcer for football and basketball. In March of 2011 he was inducted into the Ramapo Athletic Hall of Fame for his contributions. Charles was an avid oil painter and won several awards for his work. Surviving are his loving wife of 42 years, Marianne (nee DeVincentis), his devoted daughter, Dana and her husband Christopher Bell. Charles also leaves his Uncle Joseph Rodgers. He is pre-deceased by his mother and father, Lillian and Thomas Franchavilla, and his sister, Marilyn Landau. The Franchavilla family will receive family and friends on Wednesday, 4:00 to 8:00 PM at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. Funeral services will be held Thursday 9:15 AM from the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, followed by the funeral mass at 10:00 AM at St. Elizabeth's R. C. Church, 700 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. Interment will be in the Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Bergen Unit, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Grand Central Station, PO Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777.