John Philip Platania Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved John Philip Platania of Roxboro, North Carolina, who passed away at the age of 84, on September 16, 2025. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of John Philip Platania to show support.
As we bid John farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For John is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Mario Platania and Lena Palilla Platania; and his brother Jim Platania. He is survived by: his wife Arlene Marie Lang Platania; his sons, John Platania, Jr. (Lisa) of Prospect Hill, NC, Jim Platania of Semora, NC and Joe Platania (Michelle) of Bethel, OH; and his sister Carmella Ashbaugh (Dave) of Washington, DC..
