Obituary of Romana Rossi

Rossi, Romana A. (nee Gaioni) age 81 of Emerson died Thursday, April 25, 2013. Born in Verona, Italy she lived in Torrington, Ct and Emerson. Before her retirement she was a registered nurse for Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck. Romana was a member of the Emerson Volunteer Ambulance Corp and a member of the Bergen County Players Theater Group. She was a former parishioner of Assumption R.C. Church, Emerson and Our Lady of Mercy, Park Ridge, NJ. Surviving are her children, Mary Ellen LoVerde and her husband Richard of Waldwick, NJ, Roberta Rossi of Dumont, NJ and Mark W. Rossi and his wife Diane of Glenwood, NJ. Also surviving are her 9 grandchildren, Jeremy and his wife Kari, Jennifer, Robert and Melissa LoVerde; Robert Rossi; Eric, Kurt, Michael and Renea Rossi and 1 great granddaughter, Madison LoVerde. Her Sister, Eleanor Hallock of Torrington, CT, her brother, Joseph A. Gaioni of Monroe Township, NJ, her sister, Vilma Hinchcliffe of Florida. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Rossi in 1984. Visiting Monday 2-4 and 7-9 pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. Funeral Mass Tuesday 10 am at St. Luke's R.C. Church, 340 Franklin Tpk. Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ. Interment Madonna Cemetery, Ft. Lee. Memorial contributions to Community Hospice of Bergen County, 105 Fairview Ave. Westwood, NJ 07675.