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Services
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday October 22, 2016 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne from 9:30 - 11:30AM. There will be a funeral service held at the funeral home at 12PM following the visiting hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa, NJ.
Daryl Keith Neff, 54, passed away on October 14th, 2016. He was born in Nov. 1961 in Memphis, Tennessee, but grew up in Houston, Texas, where his family had resided for several generations. In fact, his great uncle, Pat Morris Neff, who was also an attorney like him, was the 28th Governor of Texas for two terms and the ninth president of Baylor University. Pat Neff and his mother, Daryl’s great grandmother, Isabella Neff, donated the land which would become the first state park in Texas, Mother Neff State Park. He grew up in Houston surrounded by his mother and father, two brothers, and sister, and many aunts, uncles, and grandparents.
Daryl graduated from Columbia University with honors with a BA in Archeology in 1984 and from Columbia University’s School of Engineering with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1986. He then graduated from Pace University School of Law, Magna Cum Laude and number 2 in his class in 1993. He practiced Intellectual Property and was hired by IBM as a patent attorney shortly after graduation. Later on, he became a partner with the law firm of Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik where he worked for many years.
He met his wife, Lily Neff, while both students at Columbia University. They married shortly thereafter. Lily is also an Intellectual Property attorney, following in each other’s footsteps. Together they have two children: a son Ryan, 25, and a daughter Laura, 17. Daryl was a loving and devoted father and husband for many years, a role model for his children, and a cornerstone of the community. Their son Ryan followed in their parents’ footsteps at first and obtained a S.B. in Engineering from Harvard University. Currently, he is an MD/PhD student attending Icahn School of Medicine in New York, NY. Their daughter Laura is currently a high school student.
Besides his wife, son and daughter, Daryl survived by his mother Mrs. Alice Gayle Preston, two brothers Norman and David and a sister Sheila, nieces and nephews and many cousins.
We will miss Daryl very much.
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Friends may visit with the family on Saturday October 22, 2016 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne from 9:30 - 11:30AM. There will be a funeral service held at the funeral home at 12PM following the visiting hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa, NJ.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday October 22, 2016 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne from 9:30 - 11:30AM. There will be a funeral service held at the funeral home at 12PM following the visiting hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa, NJ.
Daryl Keith Neff, 54, passed away on October 14th, 2016. He was born in Nov. 1961 in Memphis, Tennessee, but grew up in Houston, Texas, where his family had resided for several generations. In fact, his great uncle, Pat Morris Neff, who was also an attorney like him, was the 28th Governor of Texas for two terms and the ninth president of Baylor University. Pat Neff and his mother, Daryl’s great grandmother, Isabella Neff, donated the land which would become the first state park in Texas, Mother Neff State Park. He grew up in Houston surrounded by his mother and father, two brothers, and sister, and many aunts, uncles, and grandparents.
Daryl graduated from Columbia University with honors with a BA in Archeology in 1984 and from Columbia University’s School of Engineering with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1986. He then graduated from Pace University School of Law, Magna Cum Laude and number 2 in his class in 1993. He practiced Intellectual Property and was hired by IBM as a patent attorney shortly after graduation. Later on, he became a partner with the law firm of Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik where he worked for many years.
He met his wife, Lily Neff, while both students at Columbia University. They married shortly thereafter. Lily is also an Intellectual Property attorney, following in each other’s footsteps. Together they have two children: a son Ryan, 25, and a daughter Laura, 17. Daryl was a loving and devoted father and husband for many years, a role model for his children, and a cornerstone of the community. Their son Ryan followed in their parents’ footsteps at first and obtained a S.B. in Engineering from Harvard University. Currently, he is an MD/PhD student attending Icahn School of Medicine in New York, NY. Their daughter Laura is currently a high school student.
Besides his wife, son and daughter, Daryl survived by his mother Mrs. Alice Gayle Preston, two brothers Norman and David and a sister Sheila, nieces and nephews and many cousins.
We will miss Daryl very much.
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