She was born in New Bedford, Mass., and lived in the Flemington area for more than 50 years.
She and her husband, Daniel A. Federici , who died in 1995, had several businesses. They owned and operated the former Dixie Luncheonette on Main Street in Flemington, and later had the Dan-Dee Laundromat in Raritan Township.
Mrs. Federici then worked at the Darts Mill Day Care Center in Readington Township.
And she volunteered countless hours at Camp Isabel, a camp in Kingwood Township for handicapped children. All the campers called her ``Granny. ''
Her son, Daniel A. Federici Jr. of Burbank, Calif., has been a musician for more than 30 years. He is the keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
His first solo album, titled ``Flemington,'' was released earlier this year. It features a title track, ``Flemington,'' as well as a song called ``Pennsylvania Avenue,'' in honor of the street he grew up on.
Mr. Federici apparently was always destined to be a performing musician, at least according to his mother.
``My mother really was quite a stage mom,'' he said in an interview earlier this year. ``She really had designs on what I was going to be. She was very savvy. ''
That wasn't limited to the accordion lessons. She booked shows, got him hooked up with musicians a few years older than him and essentially set him down the path he is still following.
In addition to her son, Mrs. Federici is survived by a sister, Florence Nichols of Palm Bay, Fla., and two grandchildren.
A funeral liturgy was held yesterday in St. Magdalen Catholic Church in Flemington. Burial was in the church cemetery, under the direction of Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home in Flemington.
HCD 5/15/97
She was born in New Bedford, Mass., and lived in the Flemington area for more than 50 years.
She and her husband, Daniel A. Federici , who died in 1995, had several businesses. They owned and operated the former Dixie Luncheonette on Main Street in Flemington, and later had the Dan-Dee Laundromat in Raritan Township.
Mrs. Federici then worked at the Darts Mill Day Care Center in Readington Township.
And she volunteered countless hours at Camp Isabel, a camp in Kingwood Township for handicapped children. All the campers called her ``Granny. ''
Her son, Daniel A. Federici Jr. of Burbank, Calif., has been a musician for more than 30 years. He is the keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
His first solo album, titled ``Flemington,'' was released earlier this year. It features a title track, ``Flemington,'' as well as a song called ``Pennsylvania Avenue,'' in honor of the street he grew up on.
Mr. Federici apparently was always destined to be a performing musician, at least according to his mother.
``My mother really was quite a stage mom,'' he said in an interview earlier this year. ``She really had designs on what I was going to be. She was very savvy. ''
That wasn't limited to the accordion lessons. She booked shows, got him hooked up with musicians a few years older than him and essentially set him down the path he is still following.
In addition to her son, Mrs. Federici is survived by a sister, Florence Nichols of Palm Bay, Fla., and two grandchildren.
A funeral liturgy was held yesterday in St. Magdalen Catholic Church in Flemington. Burial was in the church cemetery, under the direction of Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home in Flemington.
HCD 5/15/97
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