Dolores Vergano

Dolores Vergano, age 92, of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Friday, November 11, 2022.

She was born to Rudy and Gladys Ferris in New York City and was raised in West New York, New Jersey.  Through her youth Dolores moved several times as her father was an entertainer. Dolores graduated from Memorial High School in West New York with the Class of 1948, where following in her father’s footsteps, she was the lead in her senior play.

When she was a young girl she had only one date with Dino Vergano before he was sent off in the US Army’s Air Corps. They corresponded by mail and when he came home from the war they fell in love. Dolores and Dino were married on June 4, 1950 at St Joseph of the Palisades Church in West New York and honeymooned at Niagara Falls, New York.  They have had seventy-two years of a loving and devoted marriage. They were inseparable and were often seen wearing coordinating clothing.

As a young girl Dolores worked as a cashier at the Mayfair Movie Theatre in West New York.  Through the years she worked at an insurance company, law firm, the Basic Foods in Englewood Cliffs – who held her job for a year after her first child was born.  After giving birth to her children Christopher and Cynthia she worked as an office manager at a company in Fairfield, volunteered at the Thenuis Dey School’s library in Wayne, and found work at the Wayne Haven Nursing Home in Wayne where she was an Assistant Administrator for twenty-two years.  After retiring, Dolores proudly volunteered at the Chilton Memorial Hospital’s Business Office for twenty-five years.

Dolores was dedicated to her Catholic Faith and was a founding parishioner of Our Lady of Consolation Church in Wayne.  For many years she served as an Usher and Eucharistic Minister for the church.

Dolores will be remembered as strong-willed person who was not afraid to articulate her thoughts on any subject matter.  Up until her passing she was up to date on all current events and read the newspaper every day.

She was the loving wife of Dino Vergano of Wayne; devoted mother of Christopher Vergano and his wife Deneen of Wayne and Cynthia Brozuski and her husband Chris of Oak Ridge; she was the cherished grandmother of Kyle Vergano and his fiancé Jenna DeMarco, Allison Vergano, and Gregory Brozuski; she was also the dearly loved sister of Gloria Deradorian and her late husband Edward of Washington Township, Kathleen Catalo and her husband Rich of Hasbrouck Heights, and Egidia Vergano and her late husband Ernie of Attleboro, MA. Dolores is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne First Aid Squad would be greatly appreciated. Please indicate on donation memorial for Dolores Vergano.