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March 15, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, March 19, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Dominick “Mickey” Piombo age 82 of Wayne died peacefully at home on Thursday, March 15, 2012.
He was born and raised in Paterson having attended Eastside High School and then graduated from Central High School with the Class of 1947.
After high school he enlisted in the US Marine Corps as a group of his friends were doing so and he thought it would be an adventure. He served during the Korean War and was discharged in 1952 as a Sergeant.
Mickey would often accompany his uncle Michael on visits to his girlfriend’s house. It is there that he met Fay. Fay asked uncle Michael to stop bringing Mickey as she couldn’t stand him. He just wouldn’t take no for an answer and Fay wound up double dating at the drive in movies with Mickey as her date. It is rumored that he was so distracted he drove off with the movie speaker still in his window. Fay’s heart soon made an abrupt turn and they fell in love. Mickey proposed marriage on New Years Eve in 1951. They married on June 1, 1952 at Our Lady of Mount Virgin RC Church in Garfield, had their reception at Terrriblie’s Restaurant in Lodi. Their first purchase as a couple was a brand new Ford car that they drove to Miami Florida staying at the Sorrento Hotel. They enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage for the past sixty years.
When they were first married they lived for several years with Fay’s parents and eventually bought a home amongst the farms of Wayne Township. He has lived in Wayne for over fifty-five years.
Mickey’s first job was a salesman for his uncle Thomas’ Silk city Leather Company in Paterson. When he was denied a raise Mickey set out on his own and started the Piombo Leather Company. One of his customers in Morristown decided to sell his shoe repair and luggage company and Mickey bought it. He owned the Square Luggage Company, located on the square in Morristown, for 38 years and then semi-retired in 2011.
Mickey was a member of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce and American Luggage Dealers Association where he served as Secretary from 1999 to 2001 and President from 2001 to 2003. After stepping down as president, Mickey was awarded an M.V.P. for “most valuable president”Mickey was devoted to his Catholic faith and was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne. He served as an usher, was a member of the Holy Name Society, and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
As you can tell by the attached picture Mickey was a devoted NJ Devils Hockey fan and has had season tickets from day one. He attended Devil’s games until his health no longer permitted him to. Most of all he was a devoted family man. The annual family trips to destinations like Florida or Wildwood Crest left his children with many fond childhood memories.
He was the loving husband of 60 years to Fay (nee Nardino) Piombo; devoted father of Judy Bailey and her husband Christopher of Wayne, Lois McPeek and her husband Kenneth of Cedar Knolls, Donna Franzini and her husband Anthony of Cedar Knolls, Albert Piombo and his wife Suzanne of Wayne, and Patrice Dydo and her husband John of West Caldwell; cherished grandfather of Thomas and Amanda Bailey, Kennie and Kevin McPeek, Melissa and Albert Piombo, and Gianna and Francesca Dydo; brother of Judy Langer and her husband Walter of Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Preakness Fire Company #4, 1739 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 or the Wayne First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, March 19, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
March 15, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, March 19, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Dominick “Mickey” Piombo age 82 of Wayne died peacefully at home on Thursday, March 15, 2012.
He was born and raised in Paterson having attended Eastside High School and then graduated from Central High School with the Class of 1947.
After high school he enlisted in the US Marine Corps as a group of his friends were doing so and he thought it would be an adventure. He served during the Korean War and was discharged in 1952 as a Sergeant.
Mickey would often accompany his uncle Michael on visits to his girlfriend’s house. It is there that he met Fay. Fay asked uncle Michael to stop bringing Mickey as she couldn’t stand him. He just wouldn’t take no for an answer and Fay wound up double dating at the drive in movies with Mickey as her date. It is rumored that he was so distracted he drove off with the movie speaker still in his window. Fay’s heart soon made an abrupt turn and they fell in love. Mickey proposed marriage on New Years Eve in 1951. They married on June 1, 1952 at Our Lady of Mount Virgin RC Church in Garfield, had their reception at Terrriblie’s Restaurant in Lodi. Their first purchase as a couple was a brand new Ford car that they drove to Miami Florida staying at the Sorrento Hotel. They enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage for the past sixty years.
When they were first married they lived for several years with Fay’s parents and eventually bought a home amongst the farms of Wayne Township. He has lived in Wayne for over fifty-five years.
Mickey’s first job was a salesman for his uncle Thomas’ Silk city Leather Company in Paterson. When he was denied a raise Mickey set out on his own and started the Piombo Leather Company. One of his customers in Morristown decided to sell his shoe repair and luggage company and Mickey bought it. He owned the Square Luggage Company, located on the square in Morristown, for 38 years and then semi-retired in 2011.
Mickey was a member of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce and American Luggage Dealers Association where he served as Secretary from 1999 to 2001 and President from 2001 to 2003. After stepping down as president, Mickey was awarded an M.V.P. for “most valuable president”Mickey was devoted to his Catholic faith and was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne. He served as an usher, was a member of the Holy Name Society, and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
As you can tell by the attached picture Mickey was a devoted NJ Devils Hockey fan and has had season tickets from day one. He attended Devil’s games until his health no longer permitted him to. Most of all he was a devoted family man. The annual family trips to destinations like Florida or Wildwood Crest left his children with many fond childhood memories.
He was the loving husband of 60 years to Fay (nee Nardino) Piombo; devoted father of Judy Bailey and her husband Christopher of Wayne, Lois McPeek and her husband Kenneth of Cedar Knolls, Donna Franzini and her husband Anthony of Cedar Knolls, Albert Piombo and his wife Suzanne of Wayne, and Patrice Dydo and her husband John of West Caldwell; cherished grandfather of Thomas and Amanda Bailey, Kennie and Kevin McPeek, Melissa and Albert Piombo, and Gianna and Francesca Dydo; brother of Judy Langer and her husband Walter of Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Preakness Fire Company #4, 1739 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 or the Wayne First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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