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September 18, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at the funeral home.
Alexander Greenough, Jr., “Al” to all who loved him, passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 with his family and close friends at his side. He was 75 years old.
Al grew up in Paterson, the son of a police lieutenant, and graduated from Central High School with the class of 1960. He was a baseball and basketball player. After graduating from William Paterson Teacher’s College, he realized pretty quickly that a career in teaching wasn’t for him and he applied to the Paterson Police Department. It had always been his dream to follow in his father’s footsteps and becoming a cop in Paterson launched that dream. Al delivered two babies during his first week on the job! In 1969, Al took a position with the Wayne Police Department where he served for the next twenty five years. Al was a true ‘cop’ and he loved protecting the community and particularly enjoyed the camaraderie with his fellow officers. He became head of the “A-Team” and the local SWAT team and retired as a Lieutenant in 1994.
Al became instrumental with the Wayne PAL and started the PAL soccer league and when it was time for his daughter to play PAL soccer, he started the girl’s league. He was also an avid hunter and camper. He kept a camper up at the Nickerson Park Campground in Gilboa, NY, where he made many friends from all over the area. He even convinced a few of his New Jersey friends to get campers up there too, so they could all enjoy it together. He particularly loved taking his grandchildren there, hiking, swimming, and making memories. He was known for cooking his fabulous 'Grease Breakfast' in the infamous 'Fred Flintstone Brontosaurus Pan'! He also acted as the MC for the Labor Day 'Yankee Swap' with his sidekick, Tom Deppa. Hunting was among his favorite pastimes and teaching his grandchildren to hunt warmed his heart. He loved taking them to NY State and Pennsylvania during deer and bird season and teaching them everything he knew. He had so very many hunting, shooting and card playing buddies - Mike, Guy, Ron, Joe, John (Ginzo), Tony, Jim, Rich and many, many more. His family also had a home at Seaside Park, NJ, which wasn’t exactly Al’s favorite place to spend time, although he tolerated it because he had so many great friends there! One regular stop was the local Army Navy store with his two youngest grandchildren. He loved his friends at the Shore, and they were, quite honestly, the only reason he would go there. They affectionately referred to him as Big Al and Alexander. But he would rather have been camping in Upstate New York.
Al adored his grandchildren and each one held a special place in his heart. Teaching them to hunt, taking them hiking and camping, or singing his favorite “Meatloaf” songs with them all made him happy. His signature line; “it don’t get no better than this” was surely something they have all heard many times over. He was a wonderful Grandpa and Big Papa to each of them and they will all miss him dearly. Al also had a very special relationship with fellow Wayne Police Officer Tommy Deppa. Tommy passed away in 2007 and Al stepped in to help Tommy’s children in every way that he could. Al loves Tommy’s kids as if they were his own and they each have meant so much to him. Surely they too will miss their “Uncle Al” with heavy hearts. Al was blessed with many close friends who became part of the extended Greenough Family. They loved all of his one liners, which he was famous for. Due to his friendly and outgoing personality, he inevitably knew someone every place he went - whether it was NJ, NY, Pennsylvania, Maine, or Alaska! His friends often teased him that he could talk to a wall and the wall would talk back. And he didn't just talk to people he knew, he was known for starting up random conversations with pure strangers.
Al was blessed more than thirty years ago to meet Carol Shipman. She had been the General Manager at Edelman’s Sporting Goods, where many of the area cops would work part time and also where they would buy their guns and equipment. Al and Carol married on June 14, 1987 and enjoyed a honeymoon in Maui, Hawaii. Their honeymoon has lasted for thirty one years and their love for each other has grown stronger and stronger throughout all of those years - they were inseparable. She was with him every moment during his last health crisis, caring for him from the time she was allowed in until the moment they kicked her out. They loved each other fiercely and she will sorely miss his smile, his laugh, his great sense of humor and his abounding love.
Al is survived by his devoted wife Carol of Totowa, four children; Janet Seabold of Ridgefield, NJ, Jeff Greenough of Bloomfield, NJ, Trisha Turken and her husband Jason of Cedar Grove, NJ, and Rob Traill of Los Angeles, CA. He also has eight cherished grandchildren; Kyle, Shane and Evan Seabold , Alyse, Alexander III, and Raymond Greenough, and Zachary and Rylie Turken of Cedar Grove. He also leaves behind many loving nieces and nephews.
Donations in Al’s memory would be appreciated to the Shriners Hospital for Children, Attn: Office of Development, 2900 N. Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607, or visit www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org, and also to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675-8517 or visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at the funeral home.
September 18, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at the funeral home.
Alexander Greenough, Jr., “Al” to all who loved him, passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 with his family and close friends at his side. He was 75 years old.
Al grew up in Paterson, the son of a police lieutenant, and graduated from Central High School with the class of 1960. He was a baseball and basketball player. After graduating from William Paterson Teacher’s College, he realized pretty quickly that a career in teaching wasn’t for him and he applied to the Paterson Police Department. It had always been his dream to follow in his father’s footsteps and becoming a cop in Paterson launched that dream. Al delivered two babies during his first week on the job! In 1969, Al took a position with the Wayne Police Department where he served for the next twenty five years. Al was a true ‘cop’ and he loved protecting the community and particularly enjoyed the camaraderie with his fellow officers. He became head of the “A-Team” and the local SWAT team and retired as a Lieutenant in 1994.
Al became instrumental with the Wayne PAL and started the PAL soccer league and when it was time for his daughter to play PAL soccer, he started the girl’s league. He was also an avid hunter and camper. He kept a camper up at the Nickerson Park Campground in Gilboa, NY, where he made many friends from all over the area. He even convinced a few of his New Jersey friends to get campers up there too, so they could all enjoy it together. He particularly loved taking his grandchildren there, hiking, swimming, and making memories. He was known for cooking his fabulous 'Grease Breakfast' in the infamous 'Fred Flintstone Brontosaurus Pan'! He also acted as the MC for the Labor Day 'Yankee Swap' with his sidekick, Tom Deppa. Hunting was among his favorite pastimes and teaching his grandchildren to hunt warmed his heart. He loved taking them to NY State and Pennsylvania during deer and bird season and teaching them everything he knew. He had so very many hunting, shooting and card playing buddies - Mike, Guy, Ron, Joe, John (Ginzo), Tony, Jim, Rich and many, many more. His family also had a home at Seaside Park, NJ, which wasn’t exactly Al’s favorite place to spend time, although he tolerated it because he had so many great friends there! One regular stop was the local Army Navy store with his two youngest grandchildren. He loved his friends at the Shore, and they were, quite honestly, the only reason he would go there. They affectionately referred to him as Big Al and Alexander. But he would rather have been camping in Upstate New York.
Al adored his grandchildren and each one held a special place in his heart. Teaching them to hunt, taking them hiking and camping, or singing his favorite “Meatloaf” songs with them all made him happy. His signature line; “it don’t get no better than this” was surely something they have all heard many times over. He was a wonderful Grandpa and Big Papa to each of them and they will all miss him dearly. Al also had a very special relationship with fellow Wayne Police Officer Tommy Deppa. Tommy passed away in 2007 and Al stepped in to help Tommy’s children in every way that he could. Al loves Tommy’s kids as if they were his own and they each have meant so much to him. Surely they too will miss their “Uncle Al” with heavy hearts. Al was blessed with many close friends who became part of the extended Greenough Family. They loved all of his one liners, which he was famous for. Due to his friendly and outgoing personality, he inevitably knew someone every place he went - whether it was NJ, NY, Pennsylvania, Maine, or Alaska! His friends often teased him that he could talk to a wall and the wall would talk back. And he didn't just talk to people he knew, he was known for starting up random conversations with pure strangers.
Al was blessed more than thirty years ago to meet Carol Shipman. She had been the General Manager at Edelman’s Sporting Goods, where many of the area cops would work part time and also where they would buy their guns and equipment. Al and Carol married on June 14, 1987 and enjoyed a honeymoon in Maui, Hawaii. Their honeymoon has lasted for thirty one years and their love for each other has grown stronger and stronger throughout all of those years - they were inseparable. She was with him every moment during his last health crisis, caring for him from the time she was allowed in until the moment they kicked her out. They loved each other fiercely and she will sorely miss his smile, his laugh, his great sense of humor and his abounding love.
Al is survived by his devoted wife Carol of Totowa, four children; Janet Seabold of Ridgefield, NJ, Jeff Greenough of Bloomfield, NJ, Trisha Turken and her husband Jason of Cedar Grove, NJ, and Rob Traill of Los Angeles, CA. He also has eight cherished grandchildren; Kyle, Shane and Evan Seabold , Alyse, Alexander III, and Raymond Greenough, and Zachary and Rylie Turken of Cedar Grove. He also leaves behind many loving nieces and nephews.
Donations in Al’s memory would be appreciated to the Shriners Hospital for Children, Attn: Office of Development, 2900 N. Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607, or visit www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org, and also to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675-8517 or visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org.
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