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May 8, 2021
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ. Funeral Services will be held 9am Friday, May 14 at the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk, Wayne, where at 10am a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Entombment will be in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, 255 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ.
Edgar (Ed) Francis Pass, age 92, of Wayne passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 8, 2021 while receiving the loving care of his family.
Ed was born and raised in Passaic NJ and was the middle child of Paul and Ruth Pass. He attended Passaic High School and graduated with the class of 1945. After graduation, Ed worked at Botany Worsted Mills. Ed was at Botany Mills for about five years when he enlisted in the United States Army in 1950 with an honorable discharge in 1953.
After his discharge, he went to work at Singer Kearfott in Little Falls. He worked as a Budget Manager for 33 years, until his retirement in 1989. While working at Kearfott, he earned his Bachelor’s Degree at Fairleigh Dickenson University.
In 1953 he met the love of his life Marianne Caluori. They married in June of 1955 at St. Claire’s Church in Clifton NJ. Ed and Marianne settled in Clifton after first getting married. They welcomed the birth of their first son Ed Jr I 1956 and their second son Bobby in 1959. They moved to Wayne Township in 1961 and lived there most of their life. After his retirement in 1989, they moved to Jupiter Florida for 26 years, returning to Wayne in 2015.
Ed enjoyed traveling with his family and friends. He also loved fishing, golf, and gardening, and also was a stamp and coin collector. Ed was a big music fan with his biggest passion being for the Big Bands, but he also liked the Beatles.
Ed was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He was not only devoted to his family, but also to his Catholic Faith. Ed and his family were founding parishioners of Our Lady of Consolation Church.
Ed was a special person who touched the lives of many people and will be truly missed by everyone that knew him.
Ed is survived by his wife Marianne (nee Caluori) of Wayne, two sons; Ed Pass, Jr. and his wife Kim of Winter Garden, FL, and Bob Pass and his wife Kathy of Wayne, NJ, three grandchildren; Eddie Pass III, Ashley Hawthorne and her husband Stanton, and Todd Pass and his wife Kelly, five great grandchildren; Micah, Ava, Jack, Hawk, and Remy. He was predeceased by his two sisters Natalie Bruning and Adelaide Desiato, and by his great grandchild Baylee Pass.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Edgar's name may be made to Our Lady of Consolation Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk, Wayne, NJ 07470. https://olcparish.org/
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ. Funeral Services will be held 9am Friday, May 14 at the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk, Wayne, where at 10am a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Entombment will be in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, 255 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ.
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