Andrea Orifici

Andrea Laurie Orifici, age 83, of Hobe Sound, FL, and formerly of Wayne, NJ passed away peacefully on March 11, 2026.

Andrea was born on January 21, 1943 to Edward and Madeline Stephenson of West Springfield, Massachusetts. She attended West Springfield High School and was a member of the high school marching band.

After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City to become an airline stewardess for Eastern Airlines. While living on the Upper East Side, she met her first husband, Donald Gettings, whom she married in 1969 and had three sons.

In 1972, she moved with her family to Wayne, NJ and settled in Packanack Lake. She was very involved with her children and community with a non-stop schedule of school, practices, and games for sports including baseball and soccer. When her sons attended Wayne Valley High School, this hectic pace continued, but it now included football. She was always in the stands as the biggest cheerleader for her sons.

She later met her second husband, Salvatore Orifici, while she was working as an Administrative Assistant at American Cyanamid in Wayne, NJ. Upon her retirement in 1993, she moved to Hobe Sound, FL, where she remained a resident for almost 30 years. She was an avid golfer who enjoyed the warm weather, spending time with her husband, and making lifelong friends. She was a member of the Women’s Club of Lost Lake, where she was a longtime editor for the club’s monthly newsletter. She also met with her friends weekly to play cards.

Following the passing of her husband, Sal, in 2010, she remained in Florida, enjoying the company of friends until 2022. She then returned to Roseland, NJ, to be closer to her sons and granddaughter.

Andrea was a kind, warm, and loving person who was always in on the joke with her quick wit and warm smile. She was an easy friend, who was always willing to help and be there for you. Importantly, she was very devoted to her husband and family. She used her quiet strength and grace to overcome breast cancer, and to later battle dementia in the final years of her life.

Andrea is survived by her two sons; James Edward Gettings, and wife, Arpi Gettings; David Andrew Gettings; and her granddaughter, Gwenyth Laura Gettings. She was predeceased by her son, Jeffrey Donald Gettings.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Dementia Society of America would be greatly appreciated.