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July 4, 2011
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 10 am at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
On July 4, 2011 Craig Joseph Iandoli died in a tragic boat collision on Eagle Mountain Lake in Azle, Texas while on vacation with his family. It is important to know that Craig passed quickly without suffering after spending his last days with his family doing what he loved best. Craig was 53 years old and lived in Roswell, Georgia with his wife of 26 years, Gail.
He was born in Glen Ridge and grew up in Little Falls, NJ where he attended grammar school at Little Falls School No. 1 and later Passaic Valley High School graduating with the Class of 1976. Craig went on to earn degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at Montclair State University. After his first degree, Craig was hired by Hewlett Packard Computer Corporation at the division in Rockaway. Over his thirty-four years of service with HP, Craig worked in many different positions ranging from working in the lab as an engineer to managing world wide print infrastructures, to supporting sales teams in the Southeast. Although Craig had an amazing career with one of the top technology companies in the world, his career had humble beginnings. His first job as a boy was folding pizza boxes for which he was paid 1/2 cent per box.
In the early eighties Craig met the love of his life, a beautiful girl named Gail McCormick. They dated for about five years and then married on May 26, 1985. The final result was twenty-six happy years of a perfect marriage. Those who know Craig and Gail all know that there were no two people more perfect for each other. If anyone could control Craig’s inner-child, it was Gail, and no one could take care of Gail like Craig.
Above all else, Craig was the epitome of a family man. He loved and adored his wife and cherished his sons Ryan and Jason. As his boys grew up he spent much time with them nurturing and guiding them in their personal lives and education. Craig would spend countless hours teaching his sons in all aspects of life. He would spend hours in the backyard with the catcher’s mitt while his son Ryan stood on the home-made pitcher’s mound. Jason and his father would spend whole weekends experimenting with whatever new electronic gadget was just brought home. There were many late nights when Craig, Ryan, and Jason would take the Jeep for long drives in the country and stop for hot wings on the way home, laughing and talking the whole way. Craig taught both of his sons important life skills and lessons from a young age, and never stopped. Both Ryan and Jason learned how to work on cars, homes, computers, and so much more because of the great father and teacher they had.
While living in Roswell he became very involved in Boy Scout Troop 431 where he became the leader for High Adventure Trips, and supported his sons as they both obtained their Eagle rank . While working with Troop 431, he helped Scouts experience backpacking in the mountains of New Mexico at Philmont, canoeing and fishing in the lakes of Maine, exploring the lands north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska, and countless other adventures all over the country.
Craig loved to travel, making it to every one of the 50 states in his lifetime as well as several other countries. His 50th state was Louisiana which he made in the summer of 2009 while driving back from Texas with his son Ryan. Craig loved to take his family on vacations all over the country. Every year, he tried to plan several wonderful trips ranging from the Rockies of Colorado, the Beaches of Florida, or home to New Jersey to visit with family. If there is any comfort in this horrible loss, it is that Craig lived life the way he loved it, all the way to the last possible second.
Surviving to mourn his loss are his loving wife Gail (nee McCormick) Iandoli; two sons Ryan Iandoli of Azle, Texas and Jason Iandoli of Roswell, Georgia; his parents Carmine and Mary Iandoli of Little Falls; two sisters Donna Huff and her husband Pat of Cary, North Carolina and Gayla Iglody and her husband Robert of Little Falls.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Craig’s memory are asked to consider “Boy Scout Troop 431”, or “The Craig Iandoli Memorial Fund”, to assist in the support of his father, c/o Vander May Funeral Home 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470.
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Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 10 am at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
July 4, 2011
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 10 am at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
On July 4, 2011 Craig Joseph Iandoli died in a tragic boat collision on Eagle Mountain Lake in Azle, Texas while on vacation with his family. It is important to know that Craig passed quickly without suffering after spending his last days with his family doing what he loved best. Craig was 53 years old and lived in Roswell, Georgia with his wife of 26 years, Gail.
He was born in Glen Ridge and grew up in Little Falls, NJ where he attended grammar school at Little Falls School No. 1 and later Passaic Valley High School graduating with the Class of 1976. Craig went on to earn degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at Montclair State University. After his first degree, Craig was hired by Hewlett Packard Computer Corporation at the division in Rockaway. Over his thirty-four years of service with HP, Craig worked in many different positions ranging from working in the lab as an engineer to managing world wide print infrastructures, to supporting sales teams in the Southeast. Although Craig had an amazing career with one of the top technology companies in the world, his career had humble beginnings. His first job as a boy was folding pizza boxes for which he was paid 1/2 cent per box.
In the early eighties Craig met the love of his life, a beautiful girl named Gail McCormick. They dated for about five years and then married on May 26, 1985. The final result was twenty-six happy years of a perfect marriage. Those who know Craig and Gail all know that there were no two people more perfect for each other. If anyone could control Craig’s inner-child, it was Gail, and no one could take care of Gail like Craig.
Above all else, Craig was the epitome of a family man. He loved and adored his wife and cherished his sons Ryan and Jason. As his boys grew up he spent much time with them nurturing and guiding them in their personal lives and education. Craig would spend countless hours teaching his sons in all aspects of life. He would spend hours in the backyard with the catcher’s mitt while his son Ryan stood on the home-made pitcher’s mound. Jason and his father would spend whole weekends experimenting with whatever new electronic gadget was just brought home. There were many late nights when Craig, Ryan, and Jason would take the Jeep for long drives in the country and stop for hot wings on the way home, laughing and talking the whole way. Craig taught both of his sons important life skills and lessons from a young age, and never stopped. Both Ryan and Jason learned how to work on cars, homes, computers, and so much more because of the great father and teacher they had.
While living in Roswell he became very involved in Boy Scout Troop 431 where he became the leader for High Adventure Trips, and supported his sons as they both obtained their Eagle rank . While working with Troop 431, he helped Scouts experience backpacking in the mountains of New Mexico at Philmont, canoeing and fishing in the lakes of Maine, exploring the lands north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska, and countless other adventures all over the country.
Craig loved to travel, making it to every one of the 50 states in his lifetime as well as several other countries. His 50th state was Louisiana which he made in the summer of 2009 while driving back from Texas with his son Ryan. Craig loved to take his family on vacations all over the country. Every year, he tried to plan several wonderful trips ranging from the Rockies of Colorado, the Beaches of Florida, or home to New Jersey to visit with family. If there is any comfort in this horrible loss, it is that Craig lived life the way he loved it, all the way to the last possible second.
Surviving to mourn his loss are his loving wife Gail (nee McCormick) Iandoli; two sons Ryan Iandoli of Azle, Texas and Jason Iandoli of Roswell, Georgia; his parents Carmine and Mary Iandoli of Little Falls; two sisters Donna Huff and her husband Pat of Cary, North Carolina and Gayla Iglody and her husband Robert of Little Falls.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Craig’s memory are asked to consider “Boy Scout Troop 431”, or “The Craig Iandoli Memorial Fund”, to assist in the support of his father, c/o Vander May Funeral Home 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470.
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