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November 15, 2007
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 7-9 PM and on Sunday, November 18, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Monday, November 19, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Mary’s Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Ricci, Biagio ‘Basil’ – 84 of Wayne, formerly of North Caldwell and Pompton Lakes, NJ. Born April 15, 1923 in Newark, NJ. Owned Veteran Overall Service in Newark until his retirement in 1984.
Predeceased by his first wife Mary Penna, Thomasina Reciniello, his second wife, his sister Rosemary and a brother, Thomas. Survived by his wife Marie (Forte), his brother Gerald of Florida and many dear in-laws, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends too numerous to count.
Basil was proud to be a member of the Wayne Lions Club, Sons of Italy, Knights of Columbus, Marion Council 3801 having been past Grand Knight, 4th Degree. He was the recent recipient of the Franciscan Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon lay persons in the Franciscan community. He was a supporter of the Passionist Missionaries.
He proudly served his country in WWII from 1942 – 1946. He was a Navy Seabee in the 43rd Naval Construction Battalion, serving in the Aleutians, Hawaii, Saipan, and Nagasaki. He was a member of the American Legion.
Basil was an avid golfer and member of the Rinky Dinks at North Jersey Country Club and a former member of the Fords Colony Country Club in Williamsburg, Virginia.
He was a trustee on the Chilton Memorial Hospital Foundation Board.
Basil loved people and talked to everyone – whether strangers, acquaintances or long time friends, he always had time to listen, share, support and inspire. He was a mentor to many and a man of great integrity and generosity. His kind and loving spirit will live on in all who were fortunate enough to have known him. The man with the big smile, big voice and even bigger heart left a profound void in our lives, community and this world, but memories of Basil will sustain us and we will smile when we think of him.
Memorial donations in Basil’s name may be made to Chilton Memorial Hospital Foundation Board, 97 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444; or The Franciscan Ministries Foundation, 609 S. Convent Road, Aston, PA; or Passionist Missionaries Inc., 526 Monastery Place, Union City, NJ 07087.
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Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 7-9 PM and on Sunday, November 18, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Monday, November 19, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Mary’s Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
November 15, 2007
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 7-9 PM and on Sunday, November 18, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Monday, November 19, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Mary’s Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Ricci, Biagio ‘Basil’ – 84 of Wayne, formerly of North Caldwell and Pompton Lakes, NJ. Born April 15, 1923 in Newark, NJ. Owned Veteran Overall Service in Newark until his retirement in 1984.
Predeceased by his first wife Mary Penna, Thomasina Reciniello, his second wife, his sister Rosemary and a brother, Thomas. Survived by his wife Marie (Forte), his brother Gerald of Florida and many dear in-laws, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends too numerous to count.
Basil was proud to be a member of the Wayne Lions Club, Sons of Italy, Knights of Columbus, Marion Council 3801 having been past Grand Knight, 4th Degree. He was the recent recipient of the Franciscan Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon lay persons in the Franciscan community. He was a supporter of the Passionist Missionaries.
He proudly served his country in WWII from 1942 – 1946. He was a Navy Seabee in the 43rd Naval Construction Battalion, serving in the Aleutians, Hawaii, Saipan, and Nagasaki. He was a member of the American Legion.
Basil was an avid golfer and member of the Rinky Dinks at North Jersey Country Club and a former member of the Fords Colony Country Club in Williamsburg, Virginia.
He was a trustee on the Chilton Memorial Hospital Foundation Board.
Basil loved people and talked to everyone – whether strangers, acquaintances or long time friends, he always had time to listen, share, support and inspire. He was a mentor to many and a man of great integrity and generosity. His kind and loving spirit will live on in all who were fortunate enough to have known him. The man with the big smile, big voice and even bigger heart left a profound void in our lives, community and this world, but memories of Basil will sustain us and we will smile when we think of him.
Memorial donations in Basil’s name may be made to Chilton Memorial Hospital Foundation Board, 97 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444; or The Franciscan Ministries Foundation, 609 S. Convent Road, Aston, PA; or Passionist Missionaries Inc., 526 Monastery Place, Union City, NJ 07087.
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