FRANKLIN - On Nov. 12, 2021, loving mother and grandmother, Diana Jander Pappagallo, passed away at the age of 73.
She was born on Oct. 10, 1948, in New York and graduated from St. Gabriel’s high school in New Rochelle in 1966. She lived in Mt. Vernon before marrying Yorke Jander and moved to Franklin in the early 1970s. Diana and Yorke owned Pappagallos Italian Restaurant for many years and did catering for many events in Western North Carolina. Diana will be remembered for her passion for cooking, her big heart, and her kindness. Diana loved her family, her son Yorke, his wife Megan and granddaughter Beckett, who is five.
Diana is preceded in death by her mother Sarafina; father Thomas Pappagallo; and husband Yorke George Jander.
She is survived by brother Tom Pappagallo; sister-in-law Carol Pappagallo from New York; nephews Carlos and Tommy and their families; cousin Lugina Pappagallo Fox in Lake Worth, Florida and her family.
A graveside service will be held on Saturday Dec. 18, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Franklin at 10:30 a.m.
Online condolences can be made at www.maconfuneralhome.com.