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Friends may visit with the family for a Memorial Gathering at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, September 11, 2015 from 5- 7:15 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow the time of visitation and begin at 7:15 PM.
Dagoberto Sanchez, age 77 of Riverdale, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. His family stood lovingly by his side at the time of his passing.
He was born in Concepcion, Chile and lived there until he was forty-three years old. In 1981 he moved to the United States and settled in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. In addition to living in Fair Lawn, Dagoberto lived in the Hewitt section of West Milford and, most recently in Riverdale.
Dagoberto started working when he was just ten years old. For many of his formative years, he worked on farms doing all kinds of odd jobs including buying horses and cows. His first real paying job was as a concierge at a private residential building in Santiago, Chile. He later worked as a driver for a construction company that built highways. When he came to the United States he first worked at a textile company in Secaucus and then at the A. Zerega’s Sons Pasta Company in Fair Lawn until retiring in 2002.
Many years ago, while living in Chile, Dagoberto’s sister told him about a cute girl named Eliana Lara that worked at the local clinic. He made his way over to the clinic to get a glimpse and was smitten at first sight. Their first date was to visit Dagoberto’s sick mother. After just six months of dating, he proposed to her on the porch by handing her a ring in a box. They married on January 15, 1969 at Don Bosco Catholic Church in Santiago, Chile and went on a twenty-five day honeymoon. On the first night of their honeymoon Eliana ran out of the bedroom as she thought the train passing close by their room was an earthquake. Throughout this trip there were many stories like people asking if they would like coffee or tea and bringing them cups of alcohol, and loosening the bolts that held the bed together. On one occasion the two overslept and missed the bus to their next stop and had to hitchhike to try and get ahead of the bus. All was taken in good humor. Eliana and Dagoberto have enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage for 46 years.
Dagoberto will be remembered as a friendly, happy, hard-working man who loved animals. He was a great husband, father and grandfather.
Dagoberto was the loving husband of Eliana (Lara) Sanchez; devoted father of Juan P. Sanchez of Riverdale, and Marcela D’es Verney and her husband Jason of West Milford; cherished grandfather of Janisse D’es Verney; dear brother of Anedo Sanchez and his wife Bertha of Wayne, Felicinda Sanchez of Parsippany, Magaly Bustamante of Lodi, and Isabel Poblete of Parsippany.
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Friends may visit with the family for a Memorial Gathering at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, September 11, 2015 from 5- 7:15 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow the time of visitation and begin at 7:15 PM.
Services
Friends may visit with the family for a Memorial Gathering at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, September 11, 2015 from 5- 7:15 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow the time of visitation and begin at 7:15 PM.
Dagoberto Sanchez, age 77 of Riverdale, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. His family stood lovingly by his side at the time of his passing.
He was born in Concepcion, Chile and lived there until he was forty-three years old. In 1981 he moved to the United States and settled in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. In addition to living in Fair Lawn, Dagoberto lived in the Hewitt section of West Milford and, most recently in Riverdale.
Dagoberto started working when he was just ten years old. For many of his formative years, he worked on farms doing all kinds of odd jobs including buying horses and cows. His first real paying job was as a concierge at a private residential building in Santiago, Chile. He later worked as a driver for a construction company that built highways. When he came to the United States he first worked at a textile company in Secaucus and then at the A. Zerega’s Sons Pasta Company in Fair Lawn until retiring in 2002.
Many years ago, while living in Chile, Dagoberto’s sister told him about a cute girl named Eliana Lara that worked at the local clinic. He made his way over to the clinic to get a glimpse and was smitten at first sight. Their first date was to visit Dagoberto’s sick mother. After just six months of dating, he proposed to her on the porch by handing her a ring in a box. They married on January 15, 1969 at Don Bosco Catholic Church in Santiago, Chile and went on a twenty-five day honeymoon. On the first night of their honeymoon Eliana ran out of the bedroom as she thought the train passing close by their room was an earthquake. Throughout this trip there were many stories like people asking if they would like coffee or tea and bringing them cups of alcohol, and loosening the bolts that held the bed together. On one occasion the two overslept and missed the bus to their next stop and had to hitchhike to try and get ahead of the bus. All was taken in good humor. Eliana and Dagoberto have enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage for 46 years.
Dagoberto will be remembered as a friendly, happy, hard-working man who loved animals. He was a great husband, father and grandfather.
Dagoberto was the loving husband of Eliana (Lara) Sanchez; devoted father of Juan P. Sanchez of Riverdale, and Marcela D’es Verney and her husband Jason of West Milford; cherished grandfather of Janisse D’es Verney; dear brother of Anedo Sanchez and his wife Bertha of Wayne, Felicinda Sanchez of Parsippany, Magaly Bustamante of Lodi, and Isabel Poblete of Parsippany.
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