Obituary of EMI ORLANDO

EMI ORLANDO 88, OF VALLEY STREAM PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 20, 2019 AT THE GARDEN CARE CENTER IN FRANKLIN SQUARE. EMI FUKUYAMA WAS BORN IN KOBE, JAPAN TO KATZUJI FUKUYAMA AND TOTUCHIYO TORIURI ON FEBRUARY 14, 1931. SHE MARRIED FRANK ORLANDO ON APRIL 14, 1954 IN THE AMERICAN CONSULATE, FUKUOKA, JAPAN. EMI AND FRANK MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN OCTOBER 1954 WHERE FRANK WAS IN THE ARMY RESERVES FOR FIVE YEARS. EMI IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON, DANNY ORLANDO, GRANDSON, VITO ORLANDO AND BROTHERS HARUMI FUKUYAMA, SHIGATOSHI FUKUYAMA AND SISTER MICHIYO MITSUDA. EMI IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, FRANK ORLANDO, SISTER KAZUKO BARRERA, BROTHER, MASARU FUKUYAMA, DAUGHTER IN LAW, LAN ORLANDO, CHILDREN VITO ORLANDO(ROSE ANN), ROSANNE DUTZER(THOMAS), FRANK ORLANDO(CAROL) GRANDCHILDREN, ANNE MARIE GORDON, CHRISTINA FERRARO, DANNY ORLANDO, EMI THORNTON, CHARLIE ORLANDO, FRANK ORLANDO AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, JAMES GORDON, CHRISTOPHER ORLANDO, ALICIA ORLANDO, RICKY THORNTON, MICHAEL FERRARO, DANNY ORLANDO, GIULIANA FERRARO AND MAYA ORLANDO. EMI WAS WARM, LOVING AND FUNNY. SHE BROUGHT A SMILE TO EVERYONE'S FACE AND LIT UP A ROOM UPON ENTERING IT. SHE ALWAYS WAS POSITIVE AND ENERGETIC AND WAS LOVED BY HER FAMILY, CO-WORKERS, FRIENDS AND ANYONE SHE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HER. EMI LOVED TO HAND OUT CANDY TO PEOPLE, EVEN COMPLETE STRANGERS, WHICH EARNED HER THE NICKNAME OF, "THE CANDY LADY". SHE WAS A BRIGHT STAR IN OUR LIVES AND NOW SHE IS SHINING DOWN ON US FROM HEAVEN. WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN AND SHARED OUR LIVES WITH HER, A TRULY AMAZING, ONE OF A KIND WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, AUNT, CO-WORKER, NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND. I CAN TRULY SAY SHE WAS LOVED BY ALL AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.