Paul Robert Gianferrara

Paul Robert Gianferrara, age 68, of Freeport, NY, peacefully passed away on Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice in East Northport, NY, from consequences of metastasized melanoma that the most exhaustive treatments at both Memorial Sloan Kettering and the New York Proton Center in Manhattan were unable to arrest. Paul’s wife Francesca Rosalia and daughter Domenica, as well as his cousin Frank and wife Christine, were at Paul’s bedside at that time. Paul was a kind, gentle spirit who loved and dedicated himself to his family and friends. Paul is survived by his 99-year-old father Paul Salvatore Gianferrara, his wife Francesca Rosalia and daughter Domenica. From a previous marriage Melanie, Michael and his three grandchildren Mackenzie, Penny and Archie. Paul was born in 1956 in Brooklyn, NY, to World War II USN veteran Paul Salvatore Gianferrara and the former Constance Natoli. The family moved to Freeport, NY in 1960, where Paul attended Our Holy Redeemer grammar school, Maria Regina High School (now Kellenberg Memorial High School) and then New York Institute of Technology, where he received a B.S. in Architecture and pursued a lifetime career in architecture, metal and glass commercial construction. Paul had a lifetime love of boating, in part courtesy of his World War II Navy veteran father, owning a series of power boats on waterfront property in Freeport and worked as a boat mechanic in his teen years. Paul was always the perfectionist with his boats and their motors, as well as with the construction and finishing of his homes, first on Sportsmans Avenue in Freeport, then on West Fourth Street. He was the consummate craftsman. A wake will be held for Paul at Hungerford and Clark Funeral Home 110 Pine Street in Freeport on Thursday, March 6 at 2 PM to 4 PM and 7 PM to 9 PM. Funeral Mass will be held at Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in Freeport on Friday, March 7, at 9:45 AM. Interment will follow at Pinelawn Cemetery, Farmingdale. All deaths from cancer involve significant suffering, but Paul was never alone with his suffering, supported at all times by his loving wife Francesca and those close to him. Paul passed from this life knowing that he was loved, adored and cherished and will never be forgotten.

Paul Robert Gianferrara

March 29, 1956 - March 3, 2025