George Barbour

George Francis Barbour, age 74, of Haledon, passed Friday, May 29, 2020.

He was born in Paterson to George and Edith Barbour, Sr.  and raised at the family home located at 18-02 Morlot Avenue in Fair Lawn. George was drafted into the United States Army and fought in Vietnam War.

George attended Fair Lawn High School with the Class of 1963.  He went to school to learn the printing trade and was soon an apprentice printer.  George spent over forty years in the printing industry and retired from printing as a Journeyman Printer with the Bengal Graphics Company in New York City. In his semi-retirement he worked as a Security Guard for about ten years with Sanofi-Aventis building (now the Novartis building) in East Hanover.

In his leisure George enjoyed playing his Fender Stratocaster guitar, loved action movies, riding his motorcycle, and enjoyed working on his computer.

George met the love of his life Patricia Chesarok as she was attending a class with his sister Karen. Pat was single and Karen set up a first date at a local club with music and dancing. They fell in love and married on August 14, 1982 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Oakland. After a reception at the Fair Lawn Athletic Club they honeymooned in Wildwood, New Jersey.  Pat and George have enjoyed a loving marriage of thirty-eight years.

George was the loving husband of Patricia Barbour; devoted step-father of Christine Del Vecchio and her husband Michael of Dover, and Donna De Leon of Haledon; he was the loved brother of Karen Roenisch and her husband Troy of Fair Lawn; he was also the uncle and Godfather of Ava Mae Roenisch. George was lovingly greeted in heaven by his loving snow-white cat Daisy.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Vietnam Vets or the DAV  (Disabled American Veterans) would be greatly appreciated.