Jane T

Mangano

MANGANO, Jane T. (nee) McLaughlin, age 72, of Ridgefield, NJ passed away surrounded by her family on October 20, 2015. Jane was born on October 8, 1943, in East Keansburg, NJ. Jane recently celebrated her 52nd wedding anniversary with her husband Bernard John Sr. Together they raised a very strong, very close family, who could never repay all she did and sacrificed for them. Her four children and eight grandchildren, who were the pride and joy of her life, include Bernard Jr. and his wife Christina, Dawn and her husband Nicholas, Michael and his wife Liz, and Scott and his wife Katiuscia, and grandchildren Aleia, Francesca, Nicholas, Abigail, Isabella, Lilliana, GianLuca and Federica. She is survived by her siblings Joseph and Leona and she will be reunited in heaven with her brothers John Jr. and David, and parents Jeanette and John Sr. She was loved by many in-laws, nieces, nephews and friends, as well as her colleagues at Tube Light Company, where she had worked for the past 20 years and were like an extended family to her. Jane was a big-hearted, strong-willed and generous woman. She was the adored matriarch of her very tight-knit family. Anyone who met Jane knew immediately of her love, pride and protection of her children and grandchildren. And if you stood next to her during one of their ball games, you also knew that her offspring was never out. The ump, of course, was always wrong. The only thing that came close to competing for Jane's love for her family, was her love for the Yankees. We hope they know that many of their wins were because of the rituals she performed throughout the game. She wasn't able to perform all of them toward the end of the season because of her weeks in the hospital. Otherwise, they would still be playing. Funeral from the A.K. Macagna Funeral Home 495 Anderson Avenue Cliffside Park, N.J. on Friday, October 23, 2015 at 8:00am thence to St. Matthew R.C. Church in Ridgefield, N.J. where a Funeral Mass will be offered at 9:00am. Interment to follow at Fairview Cemetery in Fairview, N.J. The family will receive their friends Thursday 5-9pm.