Obituary: Diane Marie Romanik, 62, of Madison

Obituary courtesy of Porto Funeral Home:

It is with tremendous sadness that the family of our beautiful angel Diane Marie Romanik announces her passing on Friday December 1, 2023 in her home in Madison, CT, after her long and courageous battle with cancer.

Diane Marie Romanik of Milford and Madison, CT was born in New Haven, CT, on September 7, 1961, to Eugene and Maria Romanik of Madison. Diane spent her early years growing up in West Haven, CT, and her more formative years in Madison. She was a 1979 graduate of Daniel Hand High School in Madison, and went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT, and her Certificate of Paralegal Studies from New York University in Lower Manhattan.

A Manhattanite by day, Diane worked in New York City for over two decades, first with firm Dreier, LLP, and currently for Reimer and Braunstein, LLP, in their Manhattan Time Square office. She loved wandering around the city at lunch time, and especially during the Christmas season. A favorite place was Bryant Park. Diane also loved the beach and the ocean. She spent countless days at the small beach down the street from her Milford home, and her birthday each year in Newport. More than anything, Diane had a profound love of family: a wonderful and generous daughter, sister and beloved auntie. Her family and friends will tell you she always had a smile and a kind word, a giving and selfless soul with a true beauty that emanated from deep within.

In addition to her parents, Diane leaves three siblings, Katherine E. Romanik of Boston, MA, Susan (David) L. Romanik Oliverio of Guilford, CT, and Robert (Christine) P. Romanik of Westbrook, CT., and her most beloved nieces and nephews: Maria (Matthew) Humphrey of North Branford, CT, Jason (Jennifer) Oliverio of North Branford, Ct, and Jesse (Cynthia) Edwards of Hamden, CT.; Grand nieces and nephews Alana (Joshua) Allen of Norwich, and their children Emmet, Evelina, Kazimir, and BabyBump Allen; Kaley Oliverio, Darien Schak, Madelyn Humphrey, Mia Oliverio, Adriana Edwards and Bodyn Edwards, and a host of dear friends from Madison, Milford, and New York City.

Family and friends may call at the PORTO FUNERAL HOME, 234 Foxon Rd. (Rte 80) East Haven FRIDAY from 5:00 to 8:00 PM and are asked to go directly to St. Margaret’s Church, 24 Academy St. in Madison, CT SATURDAY MORNING at 11:00 for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be private. Donations in Diane's memory may be made to the Sarcoma Research Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215.