Rosanne Pace Gialanella, 67, of Asbury Park, passed to the Lord Nov. 14 at home with her sisters Mary Jane and Nancy holding her hands.
Rosie was born in Newark and raised in Lincroft. She attended St. Leo the Great School, Red Bank Catholic High School, Immaculata College, Traphagen School of Fashion Design, and graduated from Kean University.
Rosie worked in the retail and fashion industries as a fashion illustrator and then in marketing representing multiple products and services in the beauty and fashion industries, including Chanel, Bobbi Brown and H20Plus. For several years Rosie was a manager and personal shopper at Nordstrom in New Jersey, New York and Seattle. Before moving back to the Jersey Shore three years ago, she lived in Seattle for 15 years and prior to that in New York City.
For the past 14 years Rosie fought a courageous battle with breast cancer. Because of her experiences she was often a motivational speaker and became an advocate for many others journeying with the same disease. Rosie used her love of fashion and make-up by volunteering with the Look Good, Feel Better Foundation which helps women look and feel beautiful while undergoing cancer treatments.
She was predeceased by parents, Florence and Joseph. Surviving are her sisters, Nancy Fyfe of Eatontown, Mary Jane (Donald) McDermott of Little Silver and her brother Thomas (Carol) Gialanella of Lincroft. She will be missed by her many nieces and nephews but she left them with many happy memories of face paintings, drawing and dancing.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Nov. 19 at the Church of the Precious Blood, Monmouth Beach. The family received visitors at the church one hour prior to the Mass. Interment was at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Middletown.
Two wonderful organizations which were close to Rosie’s heart and where she found comfort and hope were Mary’s Place by the Sea and Say Yes to Hope.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Mary’s Place by the Sea, 22 Main Ave., Ocean Grove, NJ or marysplacebythesea.org; or Say Yes to Hope, 791 Arnold Paul, Canton, TX 75103 or sayyestohope.org.
