On Saturday, October 5, 2024, Amy Lane Germano passed away. She was born August 25, 1976, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Amy graduated from University of Tennessee in 2000 and married Mark Germano on July 1, 2000. As an Army family, Amy and Mark lived in many places for the next 15 years including Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and Seoul, South Korea. They returned stateside and moved to Savannah, Georgia where Amy completed a master's degree from Armstrong Atlantic State University. She started teaching at Richmond Hill Elementary School.

Their daughter, Sophia Rose, was born in 2006 in Savannah and the young family moved to Santiago, Chile in 2007. In 2008, Mark and Amy moved to Columbia, South Carolina where Amy taught at Doby's Mill Elementary in Lugoff. In 2010, Amy and Mark's second daughter, Lydia Mae, was born in Camden. In 2011, the family moved to the Washington, D.C. Metro area and Amy worked at Fort Belvoir Elementary School in Virginia.

After leaving the Army, the Germano family moved to Holland, Michigan where Amy taught at North Holland Elementary School. In 2017, the family was transferred to Marietta, Georgia. Amy taught several grade levels, but was currently teaching fifth grade at Keheley Elementary School. While teaching, Amy continued to grow professionally by earning an advanced degree as an Education Specialist in Teacher Leadership at Valdosta State University.

In her personal life, Amy loved to cook, travel and take family vacations.  Amy was an avid reader and enjoyed exercising and running, participating in many races throughout her adult life. She took special joy in forcing her daughters on short weekend hikes in local parks.

Amy was preceded in death by her father, Curtis A. Lane of Powell, Tennessee.

She is survived by her husband, Mark. They were married for 24 years. She is also survived by her daughters, Sophia Rose and Lydia Mae; her mother, Linda Johnson Lane; her brother, Christopher and Barbara (nee Reed) of Knoxville, Tennessee; her nephews, Hunter (Cameron) and Oliver (Abigail); and her mother-in-law, Kathleen (nee Pace) Germano of Concord Township, Ohio. There are numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, colleagues, and students that will miss her greatly.

Amy was a beautiful woman, a wonderful and loving wife, a generous and caring mother and a loyal and cheerful friend to many. She touched so many lives and will be sorely missed.