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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
Dominick J. Darpino, Jr., often referred to as “Happy or Junior,” age 86, of Wayne passed peacefully at home with the comfort of family by his side.
He was born and raised in Newark, having lived at 485 North 11th Street in the city during his youth. He graduated from Barringer High School in Newark with the Class of 1947. The family moved out to the country in 1961 settling in Wayne.
As a young man in Newark Dominick met a cute girl named Nina Caliri. Nina was just eight years old and the two of them would walk down the street, holding hands, to get ice cream sodas. They were true childhood sweethearts.
Dominick proposed to Nina in 1950 just before he went into the Army. They were married in 1951 at St. Frances RC Church in Newark and honeymooned in California. Nina and Dom had enjoyed a loving, devoted, and caring marriage of sixty-six years.
After he was married he served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He attained the rank of Corporal before being honorably discharged in April of 1953. Nina recounts how she hardly recognized her husband when he returned from the service.
Dominick worked for his father, who was a builder, and learned the construction trade from his high school years forward. He founded Darmen Home Remodeling in 1962 which he ran for over forty years before turning the business over to his sons in 2002. Dom had a very strong work ethic and passed that on to his sons as well. Even during his retirement years Dom would show up on the job, get the guys coffee, and have to survey what was going on.
Dominick was always the life of the party. His smile and fun loving way endeared him to all. That is until he walked to the front of the line at parties to get his food. Dom was deeply loved and an amazing husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and boss that will be dearly missed. His home and office will never be the same without his yelling “let’s go and make it snappy!” Dom will also be remembered as the best boss anyone could ever ask for. In his younger years he spent a lot of time in Salisbury, Massachusetts where his dad owned an auction house. Dom’s children remember spending several summer vacations there as children. In more recent years Dom and Nina enjoyed spending the winter months at their condo in Hillsboro, Florida.
He was loved by the old guard as well as new members at North Jersey Country Club in Wayne which was his home away from home. For many years he was an avid golfer and was proud of the hole-in-one he got on hole number eight (now number two) back in September of 1983. It is said that he wouldn’t play golf with you unless there was at least a small wager on the game. The club’s card room will never be the same without his smiling face and easy going demeanor. He will also be missed by the fish in the lakes at the club. Dom would take bread from the club’s kitchen, grab a cart, and wander the grounds feeding the fish all while clinching a seemingly ever present cigar in his mouth.
He was the loving husband of 65 years to Nina (nee Caliri); devoted father of Christopher Darpino and his wife Lynda of Wayne, Robert Darpino and his wife Cindy of Wayne, and Dean Darpino and his wife Colleen of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Lisa Onnembo and her husband Giovanni, Tara Darpino and her fiancé Patrick McHugh, Melissa, Connor, Brynn, and Danielle Darpino; much loved great-grandfather of Giuliana and Nicholas Onnembo; dear brother of Gloria Ferrera of West Caldwell, Claire Tulino of Florida, Jeanette Mendola and Marino Darpino both of Fairfield; much loved brother in law of Gail Pisciotta.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
Dominick J. Darpino, Jr., often referred to as “Happy or Junior,” age 86, of Wayne passed peacefully at home with the comfort of family by his side.
He was born and raised in Newark, having lived at 485 North 11th Street in the city during his youth. He graduated from Barringer High School in Newark with the Class of 1947. The family moved out to the country in 1961 settling in Wayne.
As a young man in Newark Dominick met a cute girl named Nina Caliri. Nina was just eight years old and the two of them would walk down the street, holding hands, to get ice cream sodas. They were true childhood sweethearts.
Dominick proposed to Nina in 1950 just before he went into the Army. They were married in 1951 at St. Frances RC Church in Newark and honeymooned in California. Nina and Dom had enjoyed a loving, devoted, and caring marriage of sixty-six years.
After he was married he served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He attained the rank of Corporal before being honorably discharged in April of 1953. Nina recounts how she hardly recognized her husband when he returned from the service.
Dominick worked for his father, who was a builder, and learned the construction trade from his high school years forward. He founded Darmen Home Remodeling in 1962 which he ran for over forty years before turning the business over to his sons in 2002. Dom had a very strong work ethic and passed that on to his sons as well. Even during his retirement years Dom would show up on the job, get the guys coffee, and have to survey what was going on.
Dominick was always the life of the party. His smile and fun loving way endeared him to all. That is until he walked to the front of the line at parties to get his food. Dom was deeply loved and an amazing husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and boss that will be dearly missed. His home and office will never be the same without his yelling “let’s go and make it snappy!” Dom will also be remembered as the best boss anyone could ever ask for. In his younger years he spent a lot of time in Salisbury, Massachusetts where his dad owned an auction house. Dom’s children remember spending several summer vacations there as children. In more recent years Dom and Nina enjoyed spending the winter months at their condo in Hillsboro, Florida.
He was loved by the old guard as well as new members at North Jersey Country Club in Wayne which was his home away from home. For many years he was an avid golfer and was proud of the hole-in-one he got on hole number eight (now number two) back in September of 1983. It is said that he wouldn’t play golf with you unless there was at least a small wager on the game. The club’s card room will never be the same without his smiling face and easy going demeanor. He will also be missed by the fish in the lakes at the club. Dom would take bread from the club’s kitchen, grab a cart, and wander the grounds feeding the fish all while clinching a seemingly ever present cigar in his mouth.
He was the loving husband of 65 years to Nina (nee Caliri); devoted father of Christopher Darpino and his wife Lynda of Wayne, Robert Darpino and his wife Cindy of Wayne, and Dean Darpino and his wife Colleen of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Lisa Onnembo and her husband Giovanni, Tara Darpino and her fiancé Patrick McHugh, Melissa, Connor, Brynn, and Danielle Darpino; much loved great-grandfather of Giuliana and Nicholas Onnembo; dear brother of Gloria Ferrera of West Caldwell, Claire Tulino of Florida, Jeanette Mendola and Marino Darpino both of Fairfield; much loved brother in law of Gail Pisciotta.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 would be appreciated.
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