Florence “Flo” Felano

Florence G. Felano (nee Conforti), age 87 of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, December 19, 2019. She was born in Newark, NJ, started her family in Pompton Lakes before she moved to Wayne to start a long, loving life surrounded by family and friends.

When her husband Victor passed away in 2011, Florence thought of an old saying amongst educators: “You will never know how many lives you have touched.” However, through her humility, she may never have considered the innumerable lives she touched over her own life.

Above all else, Flo was a mother, a teacher, mentor and a coach. Flo raised five wonderful children who grew up to have their own beautiful families. She is preceded in death by her husband Victor, whom she met at Panzer College and married in 1954. They described their fifty-seven year marriage as adventurous and loving. She taught students with disabilities in physical education for close to fifty years, coached track and field in the Wayne Special Olympics for over forty years.

Flo is survived by her five children, ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Her children are Denise Felano of Toms River, Skip Felano of Bloomingdale, Steven Felano and his wife Carol of Jefferson, Karen Viglione and her husband Michael of Brick, and Thomas Felano and his wife Sandy of Angier, North Carolina. Her grandchildren are Nicole and Stephanie Quinn, Andrea and Derek Felano, Joseph, Andrew and James Felano, Anthony and Michael Viglione, and Gabrielle Morgano and her husband Vincent. Her great-grandchildren are Georgiana, Dominic, and Joseph. She also leaves behind two nieces and two nephews and their families.  

Those planning an expression of sympathy in Florence’s Honor and Memory are asked to consider New Jersey Special Olympics (NJSO), 1 Eunice Kennedy Shriver Way, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. (Please note Passaic County in memo); or to Alzheimer’s disease & research at WWW.ALZ.ORG