Anthony “Tony” B. Sabeh, age 84, of Wayne passed Tuesday, July 17, 2018

He was born in Paterson to Joseph and Clementine Sabeh.  He was raised in the family home on Atlantic Street in South Paterson and attended Central High School. His first job was working at his brother’s grocery store, Mainway Supermarket on Main Street in Paterson.  He later owned Terry’s Deli on East 2nd Street in Clifton, Viecalek’s Perogi on Passaic Avenue in Passaic, and later Hy-Grade Liquors on East 16th Street and 7th Avenue in Paterson.  After owning those businesses he worked for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Authority in Newark for over twenty years before retiring in 2007.

Tony was active in his local Wayne community having worked his way through the ranks of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181 where he served as Exalted Ruler in the 1980’s. He was also a member of the Township of Wayne’s CERT (Citizens Emergency Response Team) in Wayne and the Aleppian Charity Society of Paterson.

He will be lovingly remembered for his quick wit, strong work ethic, great sense of humor, and as a great provider for his family. He was a baritone singer with a band in his younger years, the un-official Jeopardy champion, an avid reader, and loved doing the crossword puzzles in the several daily papers he subscribed to.

He met the love of his life Theresa Miller while at a dance at St Anne’s in Fair Lawn. Theresa remembers their first date was to the Bon Bons Ice Cream Shop in Montclair. They married at Saint Leos Church in East Paterson on July 3, 1955 and honeymooned in Bermuda.  They had the honeymoon suite at the hotel and found a large bug in the walk in closet.  Tony, armed with a hanger, took on the bug while Theresa stood yelling in fear.  After that rocky start they have enjoyed a loving marriage of sixty three years that was blessed with four children.

He was the devoted father of Mark A Sabeh and his wife Denise of Denville, Linda Fragomeni and her husband Anthony of Branchville, Steven P. Sabeh and his wife Dawn of Butler and the late David A. Sabeh (1993); cherished grandfather of Mark Sabeh, Jr., Grace Fragomeni, Gianna Sabeh, Clare Fragomeni, Steve Sabeh, Jr., Christian Fragomeni, Emily Sabeh, and adored great-grandfather of Aliyah Sabeh; he was the dear brother of Albert Sabeh and his wife Laurice of Clifton, Victor Sabeh and his wife Janet of Edison and was predeceased by six other siblings and his parents.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St Judes Childrens Research Hospital would be appreciated.