This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laudati, Lamanga, Farino Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newjersey.counties.bergen/3146/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Geraldine Laudati, accomplished musician, age 58, died peacefully on Sunday morning, Aug. 6, 2006, at her sister's home in Boonton, New Jersey. Born in Newark, [Essex county] New Jersey, she was raised in Rutherford, [Bergen county] New Jersey She received her A.B. degree from Faileigh Dickenson University, Rutherford in 1971, and master's degrees in library science from Columbia University in 1973 and in musicology from the University of Michigan in 1986. Before her retirement in June of this year, she was the director of the Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison for 20 years. Fluent in five languages, she was a concert pianist, and also played several string instruments. She is survived by her parents, Gerald and Carmella (Lamanga) Laudati of Rutherford, N.J.; her sister, Rita Farino of Boonton, N.J.; nephew, Jason; nieces, Dana and Laurena Farino; as well as five uncles and four aunts.