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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday November 13, 2016 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Monday at 8:30AM from the funeral home, then to St Mary’s Church, 17 Pompton Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Cosmo “Gus” R. LaForgia, age 77, of Pompton Lakes passed away peacefully on Friday, November 11, 2016 with his family by his side.
Gus was born and raised in Queens, NY. After graduating high school, Gus attended St. John’s University in New York City where he received his Bachelor’s Degree. Immediately following his graduation from St John’s, Gus landed a job as an Assistant Buyer at a company called Allied Stores in New York City. He eventually changed companies and worked his way up to the position of Sales Executive at another company called Emblem Health Care Company also located in New York City. He worked there for more than fifteen years until he retired in 2009. Gus had an outstanding work ethic, he practically never called in sick even though he commuted to New York City every day until he was seventy years old.
While Gus was working for Allied Stores, he would pass the desk of a young lady named Margaret Glynn who was a Statistical Operator. He would pass by her desk several times a day trying to look busy, but was really trying to get her attention. They started to get to know each other, and after a while rode the train home from work together. Although fraternizing was forbidden in their workplace at the time, Gus eventually asked Margaret out on a date and they went to a nightclub for some dinner and drinks. Gus ordered a “screwdriver” and Margaret, wanting to impress Gus but never having a drink before, ordered a Hammer at which they both laughed. From there fate would have them fall in love and in October of 1964 they were married and honeymooned on the island of Bermuda.
Margaret and Gus settled in Queens, where their first two children were born, then in 1972 they moved to Wayne there their third child was born. Wayne would be the place they would call home and raise their family. Gus didn’t have many hobbies and wasn’t involved in many clubs or organizations, he devoted all of his time to his wife, children and later in his life to his grandchildren as well. He was an avid sports fan, he like the New York Giants, but his passion was baseball and the New York Yankees. Gus preferred watching the ballgames at home with his favorite snacks sitting in his favorite chair. Wherever he went, he could always be seen with his transistor radio listening to the Yanks. He could quote statistics of many players off the top of his head. One of his great memories was seeing Derek Jeter’s 3000th hit with his grandson Matthew. Aside from listening or watching his favorite sports teams, Gus’ greatest love and dedication was for his family. He always made sure that he divided his time equally for all of his grandchildren and never missed one of their sporting events. And when he attend their games everyone knew he had arrived, he was known by many as Wayne’s #1 Fan. Gus had a smile on his face no matter what was happening or how he was feeling. Wherever he went and whoever he was with, he was always the life of the party and could bring a smile to everyone else’s face. Although Gus’ life was taken from him a bit too early, the life he lived was extremely fulfilling and he fulfilled the lives of others around him. Gus was a very special person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by his friends and family alike.
Gus was the beloved husband of Margaret LaForgia (nee Glynn) of Pompton Lakes, devoted father of Denise Brush of Pompton Lakes, Deborah Murino of West Milford, and Peter LaForgia and his wife Dana of Pompton Lakes, cherished grandfather to Marissa, Matthew, Megan, Bryan, Olivia, and Peter, loving brother to Louis LaForgia and his wife Kathy of Huntington, NY, and uncle to Danny and Kristine.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday November 13, 2016 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Monday at 8:30AM from the funeral home, then to St Mary’s Church, 17 Pompton Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday November 13, 2016 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Monday at 8:30AM from the funeral home, then to St Mary’s Church, 17 Pompton Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Cosmo “Gus” R. LaForgia, age 77, of Pompton Lakes passed away peacefully on Friday, November 11, 2016 with his family by his side.
Gus was born and raised in Queens, NY. After graduating high school, Gus attended St. John’s University in New York City where he received his Bachelor’s Degree. Immediately following his graduation from St John’s, Gus landed a job as an Assistant Buyer at a company called Allied Stores in New York City. He eventually changed companies and worked his way up to the position of Sales Executive at another company called Emblem Health Care Company also located in New York City. He worked there for more than fifteen years until he retired in 2009. Gus had an outstanding work ethic, he practically never called in sick even though he commuted to New York City every day until he was seventy years old.
While Gus was working for Allied Stores, he would pass the desk of a young lady named Margaret Glynn who was a Statistical Operator. He would pass by her desk several times a day trying to look busy, but was really trying to get her attention. They started to get to know each other, and after a while rode the train home from work together. Although fraternizing was forbidden in their workplace at the time, Gus eventually asked Margaret out on a date and they went to a nightclub for some dinner and drinks. Gus ordered a “screwdriver” and Margaret, wanting to impress Gus but never having a drink before, ordered a Hammer at which they both laughed. From there fate would have them fall in love and in October of 1964 they were married and honeymooned on the island of Bermuda.
Margaret and Gus settled in Queens, where their first two children were born, then in 1972 they moved to Wayne there their third child was born. Wayne would be the place they would call home and raise their family. Gus didn’t have many hobbies and wasn’t involved in many clubs or organizations, he devoted all of his time to his wife, children and later in his life to his grandchildren as well. He was an avid sports fan, he like the New York Giants, but his passion was baseball and the New York Yankees. Gus preferred watching the ballgames at home with his favorite snacks sitting in his favorite chair. Wherever he went, he could always be seen with his transistor radio listening to the Yanks. He could quote statistics of many players off the top of his head. One of his great memories was seeing Derek Jeter’s 3000th hit with his grandson Matthew. Aside from listening or watching his favorite sports teams, Gus’ greatest love and dedication was for his family. He always made sure that he divided his time equally for all of his grandchildren and never missed one of their sporting events. And when he attend their games everyone knew he had arrived, he was known by many as Wayne’s #1 Fan. Gus had a smile on his face no matter what was happening or how he was feeling. Wherever he went and whoever he was with, he was always the life of the party and could bring a smile to everyone else’s face. Although Gus’ life was taken from him a bit too early, the life he lived was extremely fulfilling and he fulfilled the lives of others around him. Gus was a very special person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by his friends and family alike.
Gus was the beloved husband of Margaret LaForgia (nee Glynn) of Pompton Lakes, devoted father of Denise Brush of Pompton Lakes, Deborah Murino of West Milford, and Peter LaForgia and his wife Dana of Pompton Lakes, cherished grandfather to Marissa, Matthew, Megan, Bryan, Olivia, and Peter, loving brother to Louis LaForgia and his wife Kathy of Huntington, NY, and uncle to Danny and Kristine.
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