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September 16, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 9 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Ernest Continanza, age 85 of Wayne on Wednesday, September16, 2009 at the Saint Joseph's Hospital in Wayne. His passing was quiet and peaceful with his loving family at his side.
He was born in West New York, New Jersey and spent his formative years there. He later lived in Cliffside Park and then Fairview for over thirty years before moving to Wayne seventeen years ago.
Ernest received his formal education at Memorial High School in West New York and joined the United States Army serving in the 164th Engineering Combat Battalion. He received an honorable discharge on November 26, 1945.
Ernest married his childhood sweetheart, Tina Tribastone, in 1948 and they were devoted to each other for sixty-one years. They had three children, Linda, Allen and Laura.
Ernest was a hard-working, energetic and outgoing man. He loved people. His family was most important to him. He was a business man in Cliffside Park where he owned his own business, Standard Signs, for over thirty years.
Ernest was an active member of many service groups including the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion Post. He was also a member of Unico and the Rotary Club.
Ernest and Tina enjoyed spending winters at Cedarwood Circle in Seminole, Florida where they had many friends. They played golf, went to the beach and enjoyed visits from their children and grandchildren.
Ernest was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend. He leaves behind a loving wife, Tina Continanza;, one son, Allen Continanza and his wife, Doreen of Wayne; two daughters, Linda Zic and her husband, Ron, of Scottsdale, Arizona and Laura Moser and her husband, Paul, of Oakland; and four cherished grandchildren, Christopher and Nicholas Continanza and Jessica and Paul Moser.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Ernest’s memory are asked to consider the Disabled Veterans of America, PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250.
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Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 9 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
September 16, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 9 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Ernest Continanza, age 85 of Wayne on Wednesday, September16, 2009 at the Saint Joseph's Hospital in Wayne. His passing was quiet and peaceful with his loving family at his side.
He was born in West New York, New Jersey and spent his formative years there. He later lived in Cliffside Park and then Fairview for over thirty years before moving to Wayne seventeen years ago.
Ernest received his formal education at Memorial High School in West New York and joined the United States Army serving in the 164th Engineering Combat Battalion. He received an honorable discharge on November 26, 1945.
Ernest married his childhood sweetheart, Tina Tribastone, in 1948 and they were devoted to each other for sixty-one years. They had three children, Linda, Allen and Laura.
Ernest was a hard-working, energetic and outgoing man. He loved people. His family was most important to him. He was a business man in Cliffside Park where he owned his own business, Standard Signs, for over thirty years.
Ernest was an active member of many service groups including the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion Post. He was also a member of Unico and the Rotary Club.
Ernest and Tina enjoyed spending winters at Cedarwood Circle in Seminole, Florida where they had many friends. They played golf, went to the beach and enjoyed visits from their children and grandchildren.
Ernest was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend. He leaves behind a loving wife, Tina Continanza;, one son, Allen Continanza and his wife, Doreen of Wayne; two daughters, Linda Zic and her husband, Ron, of Scottsdale, Arizona and Laura Moser and her husband, Paul, of Oakland; and four cherished grandchildren, Christopher and Nicholas Continanza and Jessica and Paul Moser.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Ernest’s memory are asked to consider the Disabled Veterans of America, PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250.
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