Patricia A. Maisano, 76, Fort Lee High School Alunmus, Died Sunday

Editor's note: Information in this obituary was first published on C. C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home's website.

PARAMUS, N.J. — Patricia A. Maisano (nee: Bowers), 76, of Paramus, died Sunday surrounded by her loving family.

Her soft-spoken manner and gentle way was a testament of who she was as a cherished wife, mother, grandmother and friend, her family said. Anyone whose life she touched was better for it. Her presence here on this earth was a precious gift, especially to her adoring husband of 60 years.

She was a graduate of Fort Lee High School and earned her degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

She was secretary to the president of Fairleigh Dickinson University.

She was predeceased by her father and mother, Charles and Theresa, sister MaryBeth Mayer, and brother, Peter.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas; daughters, Kathleen Baum, and her husband, Bruce and Therese McIntyre, and son, Thomas, and his wife, Lisa; and grandchildren Michael, Tommy, Christopher, Matthew, William, and Danny.

Donations in her memory can be made to the Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corp, 295 E. Midland Ave, Paramus, NJ 07652.

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