Kat passed peacefully after a long illness on November 1, 2024.
Those who knew Kat loved her for her sense of humor and love of animals. Kat always said she liked Animals better than she liked people. Kat was an Art major in college and she was a very accomplished artist. Kat will be fondly remember and deeply missed.
Kat was preceded in death by her mother and father Samuel and Kathryn Gagliano and her husband, Daryl Hicks and her three sisters, Teresa Moran, Grace LaRocca and Maryann Reiff.
Kat leaves her many loved nieces and nephews. Patricia Dicciani, Barbara Reinzi, Robert Moran, Anthony Moran, Sue Mosley, Mike Reiff, Laurie Engles, Eddie Reiff, and Sam Reiff and many great nieces and nephews.
Kat moved to Ocala in 1979 from Passaic New Jersey. Kat worked at Lowe's on Silver Springs Boulevard until she retired in 2020.
She will be laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Ocala, Florida.
Arrangements entrusted to Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 5740 South Pine Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34480.
