Emil Lobosco

Emil Peter Lobosco, adored husband, son, father, brother, grandfather, uncle, and friend passed on Friday, December 20, 2024. By the age of 58, Emil lived such a vibrant life full of love and generosity. This was evident by the roar of laughter, music, and booming conversation radiating from his home, affectionately referred to as Club Lobosco, in Pompton Lakes on any given Sunday after mass.

Emil was born to Josephine and Peter Lobosco, who raised him on a foundation of faith and family that Emil embodied every day. He lived these simple values with resolute integrity and co-constructed a legacy of them with his wife, Lisa.

To know Emil was to experience joy – always with a Dean Martin or country song being belted out in his backyard as he mowed the lawn or getting a spontaneous visit with his big smile just because he was thinking of you. He loved life and never missed an opportunity to share his love with those around him. To some, it looked like his reliability, knowing that Emil would always lend his time, talents and wisdom whenever someone called him up. To others, it looked like a morning walk, hand in hand, where he’d share deeply from his heart. And to others, it was simply sharing his happy place with him, feeling the sun on his face by the ocean in his beach chair on the sand. Any way Emil expressed his love, everyone felt how genuine and sincere their bond was with him.

An avid athlete and competitor to his core, Emil had an incredible passion for sport – excelling in football and basketball his entire life, supporting his family on the sidelines of any sport they played, and willingly enduring the emotional rollercoaster of being a lifelong New York Jets fan. Whether at a massive tailgate welcoming everyone to his tent or sitting around a card table with his closest buddies, Emil found community and brotherhood in these spaces.

Emil met the love of his life, Lisa, in high school at Passaic County Technical High School. Building from this high school friendship, the two began their journey as a couple just after graduation when they went on their first movie date to see Purple Rain. Emil and Lisa were blessed with 40 years together, and as Emil would jokingly say, without ever having a fight. While they enjoyed so many exciting experiences like traveling across Europe, their love was in the quiet, steady rhythm of life that flowed through the regular days. It was in their morning coffees, the revolving door of family and friends buzzing through their home, tearing up a dance floor whenever given the chance, and hosting family gatherings and traditions. There was never a day Emil and Lisa did not know their unforgettable love for one another.

From that love grew a tremendous legacy of family. Emil and Lisa have 4 daughters, Samara and her husband Jordan Avanzato, Sydney and her partner Francesca Piccone, Alexa and her husband Richard Grofsick, and Danika. Emil was beyond proud of his daughters and supported all the journeys to happiness his girls explored. His Sammy Girl, Sydney Bear, Half Pint, and Doodlebop will always remember that Emil “loved them most.” It was Emil’s greatest joy and honor to be a grandfather to Jace Avanzato, Troy Avanzato and Nolan Grofsick. Poppop filled his grandsons’ lives with endless laughter and memories that will always be cherished. Emil is also survived by his Mother, Josephine Lobosco, sister, Marilyn Colella, brother, Peter Lobosco, and sister Lorianne McGrory and her husband George McGrory. Emil will be held closely in each of their hearts.

Emil was devoutly generous – volunteering with Our Lady of Consolation’s community service efforts by spending every Wednesday morning volunteering at soup kitchens and building homes with to those in need with other parishioners. To honor Emil’s legacy of giving, memorial donations to Our Lady of Consolation would be greatly appreciated in place of flowers to continue these efforts.