Katherine E. Florentine, age 91, of Leisure Park in Lakewood, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 with her family by her side.
Born in Irvington, New Jersey, Katherine grew up in East Orange and was a licensed cosmetologist. She often gave lectures on skin care and makeup application for Deidre Cosmetics in South Orange and on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. After 11 years with Saks Fifth Avenue's suburban store cosmetics department, she retired.
She was a lifelong Libertarian and ran for Assemblyman in Essex County during the 1980s, Freeholder in Ocean County in the 1990s and volunteered for Contact of Ocean County for 16 years.
Katherine was predeceased by her husband Nicholas Florentine; daughter Diane Blasi and parents Samuel and Katherine Roth. Surviving are her granddaughters Beth Berruti and her husband John and Amy Gajewski and her husband John; great grandchildren Brielle and Giovanni Berruti and Evan and Savanna Gajewski; brother Richard Roth; son-in-law Richard Blasi and many loving friends.
Entombment will take place on Friday, June 29, 2018 at noon at Ocean County Memorial Park, 1722 Silverton Road, Toms River. Please meet at the cemetery as ...[more]