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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk. Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Arlene Jane Franchino (Peffal) age 76 of Wayne passed peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 28, 2015.
She was born in Paterson and raised on East 22nd Street of Paterson having graduated from Eastside High School in Paterson with the Class of 1956. Once Arlene married Philip Franchino, she lived at 460 Madison Avenue in Paterson downstairs from her parents. When her father passed away her husband realized that keeping the coal fired furnace running was going to be too much work so they decided to move to Wayne - that was forty-seven years ago.
Arlene’s first job, during her high school years, was to dress up as Mr. Peanut and stand outside the Planters Peanut Factory in Paterson. She later worked as a clerk for the Bell Telephone Company in Paterson and later in their Teaneck offices.
When she had her children she left the workforce and dedicated herself to raising her children. She attended William Paterson University in Wayne taking several courses when the children were young, and then worked for Suburban Bank, Anchor Savings Bank, and finally Valley National Bank all in Wayne before retiring in 2002.
Arlene will be remembered as being friendly, an optimist, compassionate, friendly, fun in a crazy way, person who always saw the good in others. She loved to read and would have four or five books going at the same time. A longtime member of the Red Hat Society she also enjoyed playing Mahjong at the YMHA/YMCA in Wayne. When she married Philip she didn’t know how to boil water but was taught by her mother-in-law to be a pretty good cook. Her special Thanksgiving dinners and her chicken cacciatore will be greatly missed.
There are conflicting stories about how Arlene met her husband. Philip’s version has them meeting at a party that neither wanted to go to. Arlene’s version is they met at a roller rink at the Paterson Rec facility where Philip broke her arm-she would show you the scar on her arm to prove her story. They married on May 18, 1963 at Saint Joseph’s Church in Paterson and drove to Florida for her honeymoon. Once in Florida they took a boat to the Bahamas. They have had over fifty years of a caring marriage.
Arlene was the loving wife of Philip Franchino; devoted mother of Phil and Debbie Franchino.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 27106, NY, NY 10087-7106 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk. Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk. Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Arlene Jane Franchino (Peffal) age 76 of Wayne passed peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 28, 2015.
She was born in Paterson and raised on East 22nd Street of Paterson having graduated from Eastside High School in Paterson with the Class of 1956. Once Arlene married Philip Franchino, she lived at 460 Madison Avenue in Paterson downstairs from her parents. When her father passed away her husband realized that keeping the coal fired furnace running was going to be too much work so they decided to move to Wayne - that was forty-seven years ago.
Arlene’s first job, during her high school years, was to dress up as Mr. Peanut and stand outside the Planters Peanut Factory in Paterson. She later worked as a clerk for the Bell Telephone Company in Paterson and later in their Teaneck offices.
When she had her children she left the workforce and dedicated herself to raising her children. She attended William Paterson University in Wayne taking several courses when the children were young, and then worked for Suburban Bank, Anchor Savings Bank, and finally Valley National Bank all in Wayne before retiring in 2002.
Arlene will be remembered as being friendly, an optimist, compassionate, friendly, fun in a crazy way, person who always saw the good in others. She loved to read and would have four or five books going at the same time. A longtime member of the Red Hat Society she also enjoyed playing Mahjong at the YMHA/YMCA in Wayne. When she married Philip she didn’t know how to boil water but was taught by her mother-in-law to be a pretty good cook. Her special Thanksgiving dinners and her chicken cacciatore will be greatly missed.
There are conflicting stories about how Arlene met her husband. Philip’s version has them meeting at a party that neither wanted to go to. Arlene’s version is they met at a roller rink at the Paterson Rec facility where Philip broke her arm-she would show you the scar on her arm to prove her story. They married on May 18, 1963 at Saint Joseph’s Church in Paterson and drove to Florida for her honeymoon. Once in Florida they took a boat to the Bahamas. They have had over fifty years of a caring marriage.
Arlene was the loving wife of Philip Franchino; devoted mother of Phil and Debbie Franchino.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 27106, NY, NY 10087-7106 would be appreciated.
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