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March 23, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Graveside services and burial will be conducted Wednesday morning, March 30, 2011, at 11:00 o'clock, in Mary Rest Cemetery, 25 Seminary Drive, Mahwah, New Jersey (Section C / Block 11 / Tier D). Please meet at the cemetery on Wednesday.
Thomas Lanno, age 60, of Brown Mountain Ridge Road, Blowing Rock, died Wednesday morning, March 23, 2011, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
Tom received his BS in English, Speech and Theater from The College of New Jersey (Trenton State) in 1972. He taught high school Drama and English in North Plainfield, New Jersey for 33 years. His students won the state championship in theater in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993. Tom was chosen Outstanding Teacher of Speech and Theater in New Jersey in 1990.
Tom retired and moved to Blowing Rock in 2005. He continued to teach acting, improvisation, film and Shakespeare in the Boone area.
Tom was an active member of the Watauga Democratic Party and the High Country United Church of Christ.
Thomas is survived by his wife, Patricia Lanno of the home; his mother, Helen Claus of Toms River, New Jersey; two sisters, Deborah Lanno of Toms River, and Lori Scully and husband Leonard of Oakland, New Jersey, and one brother, Timothy Lanno and wife Loraine of Toms River. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Eugene Lanno.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Watauga County Arts Council Summer Camp Scholarship Fund, PO Box 366 DTS, Boone, North Carolina, 28607.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Graveside services and burial will be conducted Wednesday morning, March 30, 2011, at 11:00 o'clock, in Mary Rest Cemetery, 25 Seminary Drive, Mahwah, New Jersey (Section C / Block 11 / Tier D). Please meet at the cemetery on Wednesday.
March 23, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Graveside services and burial will be conducted Wednesday morning, March 30, 2011, at 11:00 o'clock, in Mary Rest Cemetery, 25 Seminary Drive, Mahwah, New Jersey (Section C / Block 11 / Tier D). Please meet at the cemetery on Wednesday.
Thomas Lanno, age 60, of Brown Mountain Ridge Road, Blowing Rock, died Wednesday morning, March 23, 2011, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
Tom received his BS in English, Speech and Theater from The College of New Jersey (Trenton State) in 1972. He taught high school Drama and English in North Plainfield, New Jersey for 33 years. His students won the state championship in theater in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993. Tom was chosen Outstanding Teacher of Speech and Theater in New Jersey in 1990.
Tom retired and moved to Blowing Rock in 2005. He continued to teach acting, improvisation, film and Shakespeare in the Boone area.
Tom was an active member of the Watauga Democratic Party and the High Country United Church of Christ.
Thomas is survived by his wife, Patricia Lanno of the home; his mother, Helen Claus of Toms River, New Jersey; two sisters, Deborah Lanno of Toms River, and Lori Scully and husband Leonard of Oakland, New Jersey, and one brother, Timothy Lanno and wife Loraine of Toms River. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Eugene Lanno.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Watauga County Arts Council Summer Camp Scholarship Fund, PO Box 366 DTS, Boone, North Carolina, 28607.
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