Romano, Maria Concetta (nee Di Meola) age 91 of Red Bank at rest in Paterson on August 4, 2025. Beloved wife of the late Alfredo Romano (2016). Loving mother of Rosa Gallo and her late husband Gennaro, Silvana Romano, Marisa Lesko and her husband Gregg, Salvatore J. Romano and his wife Giovanna and Tonino Romano and his wife Maria. Dear sister of Vera Di Giacomo, Amelia Sharpe, Luigi Di Meola and the late Antonio Di Meola, the late Carmela Miller, and the late Filippo Di Meola.  Also survived by twelve grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Born in Cerreto Sanita, Italy she came to the United States in 1967 and resided in Paterson, then Totowa, then Riverdale, before moving to Red Bank. She was a School Bus Aide for Fair Lawn Bus Company, Fair Lawn, for twenty years before retiring. Maria was a parishioner of St. James R.C. Church, Totowa. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the Festa Memorial Funeral Home, 111 Union Blvd, Totowa, on Friday at 9:30 AM. Funeral Mass to follow at St. James R.C. Church, Totowa at 10:00 AM. Entombment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Mausoleum, Totowa. Friends may visit Thursday 4:00-8:00 PM.