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December 8, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held at 10:15 AM on Friday, December 14, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday, December 13, 2007 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Charles “Chubby” Pisciottano, age 87 of Wayne, died on Saturday December 8, 2007. He was born in Haledon, NJ and had lived in North Haledon and Huntington, Long Island before moving to Wayne in 1959. He is one of eight children and acquired the nick-name “Chubby” in early childhood. To this day he is fondly known as “Chubby”, “Uncle Chub”, or just “Chub”, to many, if not all, who know him.
As a young man, Charles joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) which was established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public works program that put over three million young men and adults to work in the years after the Great Depression and leading up to World War II. He was drafted into the US Army shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served for four years throughout Europe and Africa. He was awarded the “European African Middle Eastern Service Medal” and the “Good Conduct Medal” with the 85th Heavy Pontoon Battalion.
After returning to civilian life, Chubby entered the automotive industry as a car salesman. He worked at the Paterson Lincoln-Mercury dealership before buying Edwards Pontiac, Huntington, Long Island, in 1957. He sold his interest in Edwards Pontiac in 1959 and began working at Van Ness Dodge, later known as Wayne Dodge, for the remainder of his career.
His family recalls he was a true ‘workaholic’ and loved his occupation. He truly enjoyed meeting people and was very sociable, which most certainly attributed to his successful career in automotive sales. He was also a very sharp dresser – always making sure that he looked good. His hobbies were limited only by his love for his career. However, he did enjoy spending time in the garden which was a skill he acquired from his parents, who were both immigrants from the Naples area of Italy.
Chubby is survived by one son, Paul Pisciottano of Wayne; one daughter, Linda Benlien and her husband Michael of Spring Hill, Florida, and daughter-in-law Catherine of Wayne; three grandchildren, Jason Pisciottano and his wife Cori of Wayne, Jennifer Pisciottano of Wayne, and Brandon Benlien of Spring Hill, Florida; one sister, Ann Mace of North Haledon; two brothers, Anthony of Toms River and John of Sebastian, Florida, as well as many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Loretta in 1987, three brothers; Peter, Salvatore, Louis, and one sister, Antoinette.
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Funeral services will be held at 10:15 AM on Friday, December 14, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday, December 13, 2007 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
December 8, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held at 10:15 AM on Friday, December 14, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday, December 13, 2007 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Charles “Chubby” Pisciottano, age 87 of Wayne, died on Saturday December 8, 2007. He was born in Haledon, NJ and had lived in North Haledon and Huntington, Long Island before moving to Wayne in 1959. He is one of eight children and acquired the nick-name “Chubby” in early childhood. To this day he is fondly known as “Chubby”, “Uncle Chub”, or just “Chub”, to many, if not all, who know him.
As a young man, Charles joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) which was established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public works program that put over three million young men and adults to work in the years after the Great Depression and leading up to World War II. He was drafted into the US Army shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served for four years throughout Europe and Africa. He was awarded the “European African Middle Eastern Service Medal” and the “Good Conduct Medal” with the 85th Heavy Pontoon Battalion.
After returning to civilian life, Chubby entered the automotive industry as a car salesman. He worked at the Paterson Lincoln-Mercury dealership before buying Edwards Pontiac, Huntington, Long Island, in 1957. He sold his interest in Edwards Pontiac in 1959 and began working at Van Ness Dodge, later known as Wayne Dodge, for the remainder of his career.
His family recalls he was a true ‘workaholic’ and loved his occupation. He truly enjoyed meeting people and was very sociable, which most certainly attributed to his successful career in automotive sales. He was also a very sharp dresser – always making sure that he looked good. His hobbies were limited only by his love for his career. However, he did enjoy spending time in the garden which was a skill he acquired from his parents, who were both immigrants from the Naples area of Italy.
Chubby is survived by one son, Paul Pisciottano of Wayne; one daughter, Linda Benlien and her husband Michael of Spring Hill, Florida, and daughter-in-law Catherine of Wayne; three grandchildren, Jason Pisciottano and his wife Cori of Wayne, Jennifer Pisciottano of Wayne, and Brandon Benlien of Spring Hill, Florida; one sister, Ann Mace of North Haledon; two brothers, Anthony of Toms River and John of Sebastian, Florida, as well as many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Loretta in 1987, three brothers; Peter, Salvatore, Louis, and one sister, Antoinette.
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