Visitation will be on Sunday, March 18, 2018 from 2-6 pm at the LaMonica Memorial Home 145 E. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Livingston The funeral will commence on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 9:45 am followed by A Mass of Christian Burial at St. Rose of Lima Church in East Hanover at 11 am. Entombment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Raised in Belleville by her late parents Harry and Rose O’Keefe, Florence lived in Bloomfield before retiring to Naples, Fla. in 2000, where she opened a doggy boutique service.
Florence was a highly successful Sales and Merchandising Account Executive with Warner Lambert Company in NJ for 20 years.
During her retirement, she enjoyed the Naples beaches, playing bingo and cards, making new friends and taking outings.
She was the loving mother of Linda A. DeRogatis, cherished grandmother of Peter J. DeRogatis and wife Ashley and the late Tara Lynn DeRogatis, adored great grandmother of Leah, Bryce, and Brooke Lynn, and dear sister of Robert O’Keefe, Eileen Nicastro, Rosemary Walsh and the late Doris O’Keefe-Granese, Joan O’Keefe, and Frank O’Keefe. She was also survived by her former husband Joseph E. LaBruzzo and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers please donate to her granddaughter’s Patient Safety Foundation at www.taralynnderogatisfoundation.org
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