Gianfranco Castilla Obituary (1994 - 2018)

Gianfranco Castilla, 23, died on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at University Hospital in Newark, NJ. Friends will be received in the Prout Funeral Home, 370 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona on Friday, January 12, 2018 from 5 to 7 pm. A Funeral Mass will be offered in St. John's Church, 94 Ridge Street, Orange at 10 am. Burial will follow in Pleasantdale Cemetery, West Orange. Born in Lima, Peru, Gianfranco moved with his family to the United States when he was five years old. He graduated from West Orange High School in 2013. He enjoyed soccer, playing video games, listening to music, hanging with his friends and celebrating special events with his family. Gianfranco worked at Chipotle in East Hanover while attending Essex County College where he was studying accounting. He is survived by his mother, Elvira L. (nee Araujo) Munoz and her husband, Luis Munoz and father, Luis Castilla. He is also survived by his brothers, Alessandro Castilla, Joseph Munoz and Andrew Munoz , his sister, Pamela Munoz and his grandmother, Georgina Orellano.