WALLINGTON, NINA

A funeral mass was offered April 24 at St. Francis R.C. Church for Nina Wallington, 85. She passed away at Hackensack University Hospital on April 20. She was born in Yalta, Russia, but lived in Hoboken most of her life, and was a Crossing Guard for the Hoboken Public Schools for more than 20 years. She is survived by her children, Francis J., Lawrence “LaLa”, Michael and his life partner Willie, Diane Balesterri, Marianne DeSimone and her husband Don, and Anne Wallington; her grandchildren, Nicholas Balesterri and his wife Bridget, Tomas Santos and his wife Jennifer, and Cynthia Montalvan; and her great grandson, Giovanni Mazza. She was predeceased by her husband John Wallington, a retired foreman of Hoboken Public Works; her two daughters, Michelle and Helen, and her sister Marianne Emirowa. Services arranged by the Failla Memorial Home, Hoboken.

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