Romana “Ro” Galeazzi

Romana “Ro” Galeazzi, age 87, of Wayne, NJ (formerly of Clifton, NJ) passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2022.

Born in Chicago, Illinois on December 25, 1934 to Virgilio and Vittoria DaCorte.  She graduated from Mercy High School of Chicago, Class of 1952.  Romana met Richard Galeazzi, whose parents were from Valle di Cadore, Italy, which was the same town her parents were from.  They fell in love and Richie went to Chicago to marry the love of his life.  They were married August 4, 1956 at St Anthony’s of Padua in Chicago, Illinois.  After their honeymoon at Pike’s Peak Colorado they moved in with his parents in Clifton, NJ until he finished building their forever home right next door to his parents.  There they raised their five children and resided together until his passing in 1990.  Romana remained in Clifton until moving to Wayne in 2001.  Prior to retiring in 2009, she worked at the Herald News then the Record Newspaper in the Classified Department.  Romana will be affectionately remembered as a social butterfly, strong willed and always wanting to help others.  She loved to dance, play the piano, enjoyed bowling and mostly loved babysitting her beautiful grandchildren when they were little.  Family was everything to her and she loved spending whatever time she could with them.  She loved taking pictures of everyone at family functions, holidays, vacations.  She always had her camera with her and made extra copies to hand out to family.  She was passionate about cooking and baking (especially her homemade apple and lemon meringue pies) whether it was for holidays, parties or Sunday dinner.  She always made sure you never went hungry, like a typical Italian Mom.  She would never miss sending birthday, anniversary or a special occasion cards.  Unfortunately, she was not perfect and one of her somewhat frustrating traits was her rather distinctive knack for rarely being ready or on-time for events.  Some folks can even imagine her late husband, Richie, meeting her at the Pearly Gates, irately asking "well, what took you so long?".  But all kidding aside, once you knew Ro, you could not help but love her!

Romana was dedicated to her Catholic Faith and was a longtime parishioner of St Paul’s RC Church in Clifton and for the past 15 years belonged to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne, NJ.

She was the loving wife, of 34 years, to the late Richard Galeazzi (d. 1990).  Loving mother of Robert Galeazzi and his wife Karen of Flanders, NJ, Raymond Galeazzi, Theresa Carragher of Roseland, NJ, Michael Galeazzi of Wayne, NJ, Rosanne D’Aloisio and her husband Mitchell of Wayne, NJ.  Cherished grandmother of Brian Galeazzi and his wife Corinne, Thomas Carragher and his wife Emily, Anthony D’Aloisio, Christopher Carragher and his wife Alexis, Nicole D’Aloisio, Brianna D’Aloisio and her fiancé Robert Papa and Adrianna Galeazzi.  She is also survived by her sister-in-law Teresa DaCorte of Valle di Cadore, Italy.  She was predeceased by her brother, Joseph DaCorte and sister-in-law Beverly DaCorte and her brother Frank DaCorte.  She was also predeceased by her brother-in-law Sante Galeazzi and sister-in-law Vivian Galeazzi.  She will be missed by many loving nieces, nephews and cousins and the many friends whose lives she touched over the years with her everlasting infectious smile.