memberSPOTLIGHT Tom and Rosanne Millan
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om and Rosanne Millan have been active members of Hampton Hall for five years, but their lives began in Brooklyn, NY. Tom was born to immigrant parents and Rosanne was born into a traditional Italian-American family. Despite both being born in Brooklyn, they did not meet until almost 20+ years later at a young adult’s Bible study in Staten Island, NY. It was love at first sight for Tom, but it took Rosanne almost a year to have the same revelation! It only took nine months of dating before they were married in July of 1986. After five years of living in Staten Island and having two children, they moved to a six-acre horse farm in Monmouth County, NJ. There in NJ, Tom and Rosanne raised two wonderful children, Nina and Thomas. On the family farm, they raised sheep, goats, chickens, horses, cows, birds, turtles, dogs, and cats. There always seemed to be an adventure ensuing that kept them busy for the next 25 years. Tom completed his degree in business management at Saint Peter’s University. Tom pursued a career as an electrician with the Port Authority of NY and NJ, while operating his own electrical contracting business in New Jersey. His life experience exposed him to many work settings and opportunities; two of which involved working at the World Trade Center in Manhattan for both bombings. The Lord
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