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November 24, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday, November 28, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, November 29, 2008, from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church, Bloomfield, NJ, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Alan G. Grabowski, age 67 of Wayne, died unexpectedly at home on Monday, November 24, 2008.
He was born in Passaic, NJ and grew up in Clifton. He moved to Wayne over forty years ago with his wife, Marie. She predeceased him in 2003.
Many will remember Alan as the kind deli clerk, always smiling, at the Lincoln Park Shop Rite. He could be found wearing a hat and suspenders along with a big smile on any given day there. Surely many customers will recall Alan and his happy demeanor – they will all miss him.
Alan’s hobbies included trips to Atlantic City where his favorite game was craps. He also loved to go crabbing, but somehow he never got it right; either going on the wrong day, or at the wrong time, he never seemed to catch anything. So after an unsuccessful day of crabbing, he would go to the store and simply buy a few of them for dinner! He was also a big Jets fan, with a room in the house devoted to sports. His greatest, most enjoyable hobby of all was his grandchildren. He loved to baby sit, take them places, or simply stay with them in the car while his daughter went shopping. Nothing brought him more happiness than they did.
Alan met his wife, Marie, when they were teenagers. She didn’t care much for him then, but he was relentless in his pursuit. He told his friends “I’m gonna marry that girl”, and sure enough he did. They enjoyed forty years of loving marriage together before her passing in 2003.
Four of Alan's grandchildren: Christopher, Arianna, Matthew, and Kayla.
He is survived by his three children; Robert Grabowski and his girlfriend Eileen of Bloomingdale, Lori Polifonte and her husband Leo of Bloomfield, and Patricia Grabowski of Jersey City, five grandchildren; Christopher, Arianna, Matthew, and Kayla Polifonte of Bloomfield and Erin Allen of Bloomingdale, one brother; Bobby Grabowski and his wife Marion of Clifton, one sister; Lorraine Zahner and her husband Charles of Wanaque, and one brother-in-law; Jimmy San Filippo and his wife Linda of Freehold, as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and loving family and friends.
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Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday, November 28, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, November 29, 2008, from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church, Bloomfield, NJ, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
November 24, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday, November 28, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, November 29, 2008, from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church, Bloomfield, NJ, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Alan G. Grabowski, age 67 of Wayne, died unexpectedly at home on Monday, November 24, 2008.
He was born in Passaic, NJ and grew up in Clifton. He moved to Wayne over forty years ago with his wife, Marie. She predeceased him in 2003.
Many will remember Alan as the kind deli clerk, always smiling, at the Lincoln Park Shop Rite. He could be found wearing a hat and suspenders along with a big smile on any given day there. Surely many customers will recall Alan and his happy demeanor – they will all miss him.
Alan’s hobbies included trips to Atlantic City where his favorite game was craps. He also loved to go crabbing, but somehow he never got it right; either going on the wrong day, or at the wrong time, he never seemed to catch anything. So after an unsuccessful day of crabbing, he would go to the store and simply buy a few of them for dinner! He was also a big Jets fan, with a room in the house devoted to sports. His greatest, most enjoyable hobby of all was his grandchildren. He loved to baby sit, take them places, or simply stay with them in the car while his daughter went shopping. Nothing brought him more happiness than they did.
Alan met his wife, Marie, when they were teenagers. She didn’t care much for him then, but he was relentless in his pursuit. He told his friends “I’m gonna marry that girl”, and sure enough he did. They enjoyed forty years of loving marriage together before her passing in 2003.
Four of Alan's grandchildren: Christopher, Arianna, Matthew, and Kayla.
He is survived by his three children; Robert Grabowski and his girlfriend Eileen of Bloomingdale, Lori Polifonte and her husband Leo of Bloomfield, and Patricia Grabowski of Jersey City, five grandchildren; Christopher, Arianna, Matthew, and Kayla Polifonte of Bloomfield and Erin Allen of Bloomingdale, one brother; Bobby Grabowski and his wife Marion of Clifton, one sister; Lorraine Zahner and her husband Charles of Wanaque, and one brother-in-law; Jimmy San Filippo and his wife Linda of Freehold, as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and loving family and friends.
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