Our beloved daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and friend, Nina Louise Marano-Philipp, succumbed to a beyond courageous 29 year battle with cancer on Tuesday, May 16, 2017.Nina was born in Philadelphia, PA on April 9, 1964 to the late Vincent Marano Jr. and Barbara Ann (nee Schumann) Marano and lived most of her life in Feasterville, PA.She was the youngest sister of Vincent III and Valerie Ann Marano-White (Joseph), a loving mother to Michelle Lee and Bonnie Ann Macauley (Casey) and grandmother to Adriana Kendall.Nina was a 1982 graduate of Neshaminy High School, excelling in girls field hockey and cheerleading.Following several bouts and reoccurrences and while being treated for head and neck cancer, Nina enrolled in and graduated with honors from the Radiation Technician degree program at Gwynedd-Mercy College. As an employee at Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital, Nina used her same passion for life to mentor young students and treat her patients with great empathy and compassion.Besides her love of family, friends, the beach and cooking, Nina was a dedicated Philadelphia sports fan. She was honored by the Philadelphia Flyers for raising money for cancer victims by climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro as a participant and cancer patient with Radiating Hope and Above and Beyond Cancer.She will be sadly missed by her extended family and many loving and caring friends. We can only hope she is attending a giant beach party in the sky.A memorial service celebrating Nina's life will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2017, 11:30 am at Giuseppe's Pizza and Family Restaurant, 990 2nd Street Pike, Richboro, PA 18954, where friends may call beginning at 11:00 am until 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Front Row Foundation, P. O. Box 15795, Richmond, VA 23227.https://frontrowfoundation.donorpages.com/FanFundNinaPhilippMemorial/FanFundNinaPhilippMemorialname/
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