Florence “Aunt Flo” Kattak

Florence “Aunt Flo” A. Kattak, age 82 of Wayne passed peacefully on Thursday, December 31, 2020.

She was born in Paterson to the late Najeeb and Souad Kattak and when she was twelve the family moved to Clifton.  She was the youngest of thirteen children and lost her father at a very young age. As a little girl, Florence would accompany her mother to English Language classes and would help her mother with English translations.   Florence graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1956. Florence has lived in Wayne for the past twenty-five years.

After high school Florence went to Cosmetology and Hair Dressing School.  She worked as a hair dresser in Paterson alongside her sister Violet at Violets Beauty Salon before relocating the salon to 648 Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne.  Violet passed away in 1993 and Florence continued to run the salon for over twenty-five more years.

Florence was a parishioner of St Ann’s Melkite Catholic Church, Woodland Park  and a member of the John Raad American Legion Post 438 Ladies Auxilary in Paterson.  Florence was an accomplished piano player and focused mostly on playing classical music. She loved her family and the many client-friends she made at the salon over the years.  She will be remembered as Aunt Flo to just about everyone, being honest and truthful - saying it like it was.  She will also be remembered for loving her trips to the casinos in Atlantic City; playing the slot machines and blackjack were her favorites.

Florence was predeceased by her nine siblings:  Joseph Kattak, Agnes Barbary, John Kattak, Violet Kattak, George Kattak, Lillian Khoury, Edmund Kattak, William Kattak, and Victor Kattak; and dearly loved aunt to numerous nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews; she is also survived by her loving sister-in-law Adrianne Kattak of Wayne and brother-in-law Joseph Khoury of Somerset.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St Ann’s Melkite Catholic Church or St Judes Children’s Research Hospital would be greatly appreciated