FORT MEYERS, FLA.—One of the founders of the Long Island Floor Covering Club and a longtime member of the flooring industry, Armand Morano left Long Island after his retirement and relocated here, where he died Sept. 7 at the age of 84.

When Gene Barwick took the Monarch Carpet line from its distributor, Colonial Carpet, he offered it to Ira Arnowich and Jerry Frost, who formed Arlington Carpet in Westbury, N.Y. At the time, 1963, they signed on Armand Morano in an equity position along with Dick Lobell, and the four men ran a successful operation for a dozen years. In 1975, Morano left Arlington. He later joined Columbus Mills and retired from the company 15 years ago.

In 1958, a group of men, including Morano, Morris Hirsh, Alan Hutt, Jack Berk and Lou Mashioff, formed what is now the Long Island Floor Covering Association. He served as president, and in 1994 was the first to be elected to the LIFCA Hall of Fame.

Survivors include his wife, Anne.