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March 16, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, March 20, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ where a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Anthony R. Pante, 79 of Towaco, NJ, died Thursday, March 16, 2017. He had lived in Wayne for fifteen years before moving to Towaco in 1995.
Tony enjoyed an illustrious career with State Farm Insurance Co. that lasted more than fifty years. He started with the company after college where he trained at the Pennsylvania Regional Office and then was transferred to the new Wayne Regional Office and began is journey when the new corporate offices opened on Rt. 23. He later had his own State Farm agency in the Packanack Shopping Center on Rt. 23.
Tony met his wife Marie (nee DeCaro) in 1978 at that very same State Farm office which later became his own. They married on July 4, 1981. They settled in Wayne to raise their family. Tony was a devoted father who made it to every activity the kids were involved in. He was a big sports fan and enjoyed endless seasons tailgating at GIANTS games for many years. It was a true joy for him to take his friends and family to those games. Tony and Marie cherished their time together at their home in Manchester Vermont. Tony was always such a generous and sentimental man. At Christmas time, he loved to put on his Santa hat and have every grandchild sit on his lap for a photo with Pop-Pop Tony. Tony and Marie had many wonderful vacations, including several memorable trips to Italy and too many of the magnificent beaches that the Caribbean had to offer. They were truly blessed to have enjoyed thirty six years of loving marriage together, and Marie will miss him dearly.
Tony’s grandchildren were so very precious to him. He made a point of going to as many of their special events as he could, and he also spoiled them with loving gifts. They will all miss him dearly, but his love will always be evident whenever they think of him.
Tony is survived by his devoted wife Marie of Towaco, NJ, by his four children; Christine Scher and her husband Greg of Madison, NJ, Steven Pante and his wife Marjory of Manalapan, NJ, Rick DeLisi and his wife Daniela of Flanders, NJ, and Laura Palumbo and her husband Richard of Basking Ridge, NJ, ten wonderful grandchildren, as well as his brother; Dennis Pante and his wife Helen of Flanders, NJ.
In lieu of flowers donations in Tony’s memory would be appreciated to the St. Francis Breadline, 144 West 32nd St, New York, NY 10001 or visit www.stfrancisbreadline.org.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, March 20, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ where a Funeral Mass will be offered.
March 16, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, March 20, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ where a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Anthony R. Pante, 79 of Towaco, NJ, died Thursday, March 16, 2017. He had lived in Wayne for fifteen years before moving to Towaco in 1995.
Tony enjoyed an illustrious career with State Farm Insurance Co. that lasted more than fifty years. He started with the company after college where he trained at the Pennsylvania Regional Office and then was transferred to the new Wayne Regional Office and began is journey when the new corporate offices opened on Rt. 23. He later had his own State Farm agency in the Packanack Shopping Center on Rt. 23.
Tony met his wife Marie (nee DeCaro) in 1978 at that very same State Farm office which later became his own. They married on July 4, 1981. They settled in Wayne to raise their family. Tony was a devoted father who made it to every activity the kids were involved in. He was a big sports fan and enjoyed endless seasons tailgating at GIANTS games for many years. It was a true joy for him to take his friends and family to those games. Tony and Marie cherished their time together at their home in Manchester Vermont. Tony was always such a generous and sentimental man. At Christmas time, he loved to put on his Santa hat and have every grandchild sit on his lap for a photo with Pop-Pop Tony. Tony and Marie had many wonderful vacations, including several memorable trips to Italy and too many of the magnificent beaches that the Caribbean had to offer. They were truly blessed to have enjoyed thirty six years of loving marriage together, and Marie will miss him dearly.
Tony’s grandchildren were so very precious to him. He made a point of going to as many of their special events as he could, and he also spoiled them with loving gifts. They will all miss him dearly, but his love will always be evident whenever they think of him.
Tony is survived by his devoted wife Marie of Towaco, NJ, by his four children; Christine Scher and her husband Greg of Madison, NJ, Steven Pante and his wife Marjory of Manalapan, NJ, Rick DeLisi and his wife Daniela of Flanders, NJ, and Laura Palumbo and her husband Richard of Basking Ridge, NJ, ten wonderful grandchildren, as well as his brother; Dennis Pante and his wife Helen of Flanders, NJ.
In lieu of flowers donations in Tony’s memory would be appreciated to the St. Francis Breadline, 144 West 32nd St, New York, NY 10001 or visit www.stfrancisbreadline.org.
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