Cynthia Lou Lordi

Cynthia Lou Lordi (nee Cook), 72, of Clark died on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, at Berkeley Heights Nursing and Rehab Center. The funeral is from the Galante Funeral Home, 2800 Morris Ave., Union, on Friday at 8:15 a.m. Funeral Mass will be at St. Agnes Church, Clark, at 9:45 a.m. Interment will be in St. Gertrude Cemetery. Visitation is on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. For directions or to send condolences, visit galantefh.com. Born in Norfolk, Va., Cynthia lived in Uniontown, Pa., for 20 years, and Hillside before moving to Clark 31 years ago. She was a home economics teacher in Newark for four years, then in Hillside for 21 years, retiring 15 years ago. Later on Cynthia also taught home economics and special education at Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield for two years. She received her B.A. degree from Indiana University in Pennsylvania in 1957, and her M.A. degree from Kean University in Union in 1984. A past president of the Ladies Italian American Civic Association of Hillside, Cynthia was a member of the Gran Centurions of Clark, N.J., the Newark Teachers Union, the Hillside Education Association, and the NJEA. Cynthia was married to her husband, Alfred J. Lordi, for 47 years, and was the mother of James and his wife, Alicia, Alfred and his wife, Sheri, and Joseph Lordi. She was also the sister of Richard Cook and his wife, Patricia, and the grandmother of James, Matthew, and Annie.