We lost our father, Andrew Gigante, 78, of Old Bridge, New Jersey on Monday, December 28, 2020.

My father was born in Molfetta, Italy to the late Lazzaro and Francesca Gigante. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 10. Our family lived in Hoboken, eventually moving to Bayonne where my dad met and married Joanne Mulewski, the love of his life. They started their own family and moved to Old Bridge which was home for the past 49 years.

My father was a self employed plumber; he owned Andrew Gigante Plumbing and Heating. He was a member and former president of the Sicilian Citizens Club in Bayonne, and a lifetime member and former president of the Cheesequake First Aid Squad. He was named Man of the Year by the Sicilian club for all of his contributions and community involvement with the Bayonne community.

In his spare time he loved to be out on the water fishing. He would love to come home from a day on the Sea Fox or Paramount and show us all the fish he’d caught that day. Afterwards, he would cook us up the fish for dinner. He also enjoyed spending time in his home garden. Every year that he would expand his garden we would joke around with him, laughing that his back yard would soon become a farm.

My mother, his beloved wife of 52 years, his loving children, and his cherished grandchildren, all miss him deeply.