Obituary of Mary DeFranco

Mary DeFranco (nee Manning) of Springfield, N.J., died on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J. She was 81-years-old. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass on Monday, April 4, at 10 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Church, Short Hills, N.J. Entombment is in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J. Visitation is Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Madison Memorial Home, 159 Main St., Madison, N.J.Mrs. DeFranco was born in Newark, N.J., and lived in Millburn/Short Hills, N.J., and then in Florham Park, N.J., from 1976 to 2004 before moving to Longport, N.J., for 10 years. She had lived in Springfield for the past three years. Mary was a homemaker and also worked with her late husband, Frank at DeFranco Limousine Service in Summit during the 1980s and 1990s, retiring in 2002. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, and is survived by her children, Tina Underwood, Donna Vespa, Mary Gispan, and Thomas DeFranco; her sisters, Patricia Webb, Gail Cook, and Helen Joseph, and her 11 grandchildren, Frank, Brooke, Mary Catherine, Meghan, Keely, Michael, Elizabeth, Kristen, Patricia, Matthew, and Thomas. In lieu of flowers, donations to Holy Family School, 1 Lloyd Ave., Florham Park, N.J. 07932 in her memory would be appreciated.