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August 31, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held 12:30 PM on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Charles Edward Starita age 89 of Wayne died peacefully on Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the Veterans Memorial Home, Paramus with the comfort of his wife by his side.
He was born and spent his formative years in Jersey City having graduated from Kennedy High School, Jersey City with the class of 1936. He was a career soldier with the United States Army having attained the rank of Sgt. Major. It was during his service in WWII that his tank crew commandeered a farm house in Loiano, Bologna, Italy. It was common during the war for soldiers to take over a local residence to use as their base. In most cases the soldiers were welcomed as ‘liberators’ by the family whose home they moved into, and they all lived there together. It was here that Charles met Anna Marie, the niece of the farm owner. She was a beautiful young woman and he was in love from the moment they met. They married in 1947 and moved to America where they enjoyed sixty one years of “wonderful” marriage. They still have many friends in Loiano and would spend two months visiting there every year. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Loiano with over ninety five guests – a party that lasted more than eight hours!
Charles certainly had a ‘green thumb’ too. He could make anything grow, and well. His family recalls him taking tomato seeds from a sandwich and growing new plants with them. He had a passion for gardening and in his garden was where he was truly relaxed.
He is the beloved husband of sixty-one years to Anna Maria Starita (nee Dall’Omo); loving father of Carla Scheld and her husband John of Wayne, Robert Starita and his wife Sheila of the Bahamas, Richard Starita ofHackensack and Paul Starita of Saddle Brook; cherished grandfather of Lea Starita and her husband Richard James and great grandson Charles Henry James, all of Seattle, WA and Nicholas Starita and his wife Marisa of Charlotte, NC; Kathy Mullen and her husband Terrance of Villanova, PA, John Scheld Jr. and his wife Karen of Troutman, NC, his sister Anna Sacco and her husband Joseph of Long Valley, Rose Ciano of Queensbury, New York, and Rita Horner of Palm Coast, Florida. As well, he leaves many dear friends in Loiano, Bologna, Italy.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Veterans Home of Paramus, One Veterans Drive, Paramus, NJ 07652.
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Funeral services will be held 12:30 PM on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
August 31, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held 12:30 PM on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Charles Edward Starita age 89 of Wayne died peacefully on Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the Veterans Memorial Home, Paramus with the comfort of his wife by his side.
He was born and spent his formative years in Jersey City having graduated from Kennedy High School, Jersey City with the class of 1936. He was a career soldier with the United States Army having attained the rank of Sgt. Major. It was during his service in WWII that his tank crew commandeered a farm house in Loiano, Bologna, Italy. It was common during the war for soldiers to take over a local residence to use as their base. In most cases the soldiers were welcomed as ‘liberators’ by the family whose home they moved into, and they all lived there together. It was here that Charles met Anna Marie, the niece of the farm owner. She was a beautiful young woman and he was in love from the moment they met. They married in 1947 and moved to America where they enjoyed sixty one years of “wonderful” marriage. They still have many friends in Loiano and would spend two months visiting there every year. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Loiano with over ninety five guests – a party that lasted more than eight hours!
Charles certainly had a ‘green thumb’ too. He could make anything grow, and well. His family recalls him taking tomato seeds from a sandwich and growing new plants with them. He had a passion for gardening and in his garden was where he was truly relaxed.
He is the beloved husband of sixty-one years to Anna Maria Starita (nee Dall’Omo); loving father of Carla Scheld and her husband John of Wayne, Robert Starita and his wife Sheila of the Bahamas, Richard Starita ofHackensack and Paul Starita of Saddle Brook; cherished grandfather of Lea Starita and her husband Richard James and great grandson Charles Henry James, all of Seattle, WA and Nicholas Starita and his wife Marisa of Charlotte, NC; Kathy Mullen and her husband Terrance of Villanova, PA, John Scheld Jr. and his wife Karen of Troutman, NC, his sister Anna Sacco and her husband Joseph of Long Valley, Rose Ciano of Queensbury, New York, and Rita Horner of Palm Coast, Florida. As well, he leaves many dear friends in Loiano, Bologna, Italy.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Veterans Home of Paramus, One Veterans Drive, Paramus, NJ 07652.
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