On November 12, 2021, loving mother and grandmother, Diana Jander Pappagallo, passed away at the age of 73.

She was born on October 10, 1948 in New York and graduated from St. Gabriel's High School in New Rochelle in 1966. She lived in Mt. Vernon before marrying Yorke Jander and moved to Franklin, N.C in the early 1970's. Diana and Yorke owned Pappagallos Italian Restaurant for many years and did catering for many events in Western North Carolina. Diana will be remembered for her passion for cooking, her big heart, and her kindness. Diana loved her family, her son Yorke, his wife Megan and her granddaughter Beckett, who is 5.

Diana is preceded in death by her mother and father, Sarafina and Thomas Pappagallo and her husband Yorke George Jander.

She is survived by her brother Tom Pappagallo, his wife Carol Pappagallo from New York, their two sons Carlos and Tommy and their families, and her cousin Lugina Pappagallo Fox in Lake Worth, FL and her family.

A grave side service will be held on Saturday December 18, 2021 at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Franklin, NC at 10:30 a.m.

Online condolences can be made at www.maconfuneralhome.com