Louis Varano

Louis Vincent Varano, 52, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 26, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Celebration of Life: 3 p.m., Sunday at Blessing Funeral Home Chapel, Mansfield. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Louis' memory to Heart to Heart Hospice, 5608 Malvey Avenue, Suite 200, Fort Worth, Texas, 76107. Louis was born February 20, 1961 in Suffern, New York, the son of Frank and Teresa Codispoti Varano. He graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack, New Jersey. He started his own mortgage company in 1986 and successfully ran it for 26 years. He was an avid runner, running in the New York Marathon in 1996. He was preceded in death by his father, Frank; uncle, Mario and his grandparents. Survivors: Mother, Teresa Varano; children, Christopher and Gregory Varano; sister, Victoria Brantley, and husband, Steven; niece, Lynn Albertson, and husband Pete; nephew, Michael Jones and wife, Maggie; great-nephew, Michael Clark; and numerous other family and good friends.