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January 2, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 4-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30AM on Saturday January 7, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd, Wayne, where at 9:30 a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Staten Island.
Diane LoFrisco (nee Ingrassi) age 61 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Monday January 2, 2017 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Diane was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. As a child, her parents enrolled her in local Catholic Schools where she received a strong education in academics as well as religion. She graduated from St Edmunds Catholic High School with the class of 1973 and was then accepted to Brooklyn College where she studied Math as a major and education as a Minor. After graduating college, Diane earned a position with US Customs as an import specialist where she held this position for about five years.
While she was attending college, Diane’s mom, Fannie Ingrassi, got her a part time job at a stock brokerage and securities firm in New York City. It was during her temporary employment there in 1974 where she met a young man by the name of Frank LoFrisco. They started dating, and after a romantic and loving courtship, they were married in 1980 at St Catherine of Alexandria in Brooklyn.
After their marriage, Diane and Frank settled in Wayne where both of their sons Daniel and David were born. She then devoted the next sixteen years as a homemaker. Diane ran the household with love and care, as well as efficiency. Schooling was paramount and she always made time to mentor her children with homework, reports, and tests-across all subjects. All the while juggling soccer practices, wrestling matches, doctor’s appointments, and the like, with homemade dinner on the table at night. Always. This was her role as mother, and she wore the mantle well.
In the early 1990’s, the family relocated temporarily to Tampa, Florida before returning to Wayne five years later. They would call Wayne their home for the rest of their years together. During this time, Diane landed a job with Wayne Township in their Building Department. She worked there for approximately three years before becoming a full time Math Teacher at Wayne Valley High School. Diane was a dedicated teacher and took great pride working with her students. This would be the position she would hold for sixteen years until Diane’s illness forced her into an early retirement.
In 2008, Diane was initially diagnosed with breast cancer. She bravely battled the disease with an unwavering positive attitude in the years since. She was extremely smart and educated herself about her illness and treatment options. Through the years, Diane had the courage to face over 10 lines of cancer treatments, from conventional to experimental procedures, side effects and disappointments included. When others may have become disheartened, Diane’s spirit never broke. Her biggest concern rather, was worrying over the burden she was placing on the family.
Despite all that Diane was going through, she always made family the priority. A generous person, and also an animal lover, Diane adopted several rescue dogs over the years that she treated as one of her “boys”. She was a devoted wife, and a loving and dedicated mother. She and Frank cherished thirty-six years of loving and loyal marriage. Diane touched the lives of many people in her lifetime and she will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.
Diane is survived by her husband Frank LoFrisco of Wayne, two sons; Dan, and Dave, her mother Fannie Ingrassi, and sister Francine Lista of Staten Island.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Diane's name may be made to American Cancer Society,NJ Chapter, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or FOWA Animal Shelter http://www.fowarescue.com
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Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 4-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30AM on Saturday January 7, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd, Wayne, where at 9:30 a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Staten Island.
January 2, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 4-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30AM on Saturday January 7, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd, Wayne, where at 9:30 a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Staten Island.
Diane LoFrisco (nee Ingrassi) age 61 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Monday January 2, 2017 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Diane was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. As a child, her parents enrolled her in local Catholic Schools where she received a strong education in academics as well as religion. She graduated from St Edmunds Catholic High School with the class of 1973 and was then accepted to Brooklyn College where she studied Math as a major and education as a Minor. After graduating college, Diane earned a position with US Customs as an import specialist where she held this position for about five years.
While she was attending college, Diane’s mom, Fannie Ingrassi, got her a part time job at a stock brokerage and securities firm in New York City. It was during her temporary employment there in 1974 where she met a young man by the name of Frank LoFrisco. They started dating, and after a romantic and loving courtship, they were married in 1980 at St Catherine of Alexandria in Brooklyn.
After their marriage, Diane and Frank settled in Wayne where both of their sons Daniel and David were born. She then devoted the next sixteen years as a homemaker. Diane ran the household with love and care, as well as efficiency. Schooling was paramount and she always made time to mentor her children with homework, reports, and tests-across all subjects. All the while juggling soccer practices, wrestling matches, doctor’s appointments, and the like, with homemade dinner on the table at night. Always. This was her role as mother, and she wore the mantle well.
In the early 1990’s, the family relocated temporarily to Tampa, Florida before returning to Wayne five years later. They would call Wayne their home for the rest of their years together. During this time, Diane landed a job with Wayne Township in their Building Department. She worked there for approximately three years before becoming a full time Math Teacher at Wayne Valley High School. Diane was a dedicated teacher and took great pride working with her students. This would be the position she would hold for sixteen years until Diane’s illness forced her into an early retirement.
In 2008, Diane was initially diagnosed with breast cancer. She bravely battled the disease with an unwavering positive attitude in the years since. She was extremely smart and educated herself about her illness and treatment options. Through the years, Diane had the courage to face over 10 lines of cancer treatments, from conventional to experimental procedures, side effects and disappointments included. When others may have become disheartened, Diane’s spirit never broke. Her biggest concern rather, was worrying over the burden she was placing on the family.
Despite all that Diane was going through, she always made family the priority. A generous person, and also an animal lover, Diane adopted several rescue dogs over the years that she treated as one of her “boys”. She was a devoted wife, and a loving and dedicated mother. She and Frank cherished thirty-six years of loving and loyal marriage. Diane touched the lives of many people in her lifetime and she will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.
Diane is survived by her husband Frank LoFrisco of Wayne, two sons; Dan, and Dave, her mother Fannie Ingrassi, and sister Francine Lista of Staten Island.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Diane's name may be made to American Cancer Society,NJ Chapter, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or FOWA Animal Shelter http://www.fowarescue.com
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