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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, July 2, 2015 from 9 AM – 10:30 AM. A Funeral Mass will follow at 11 AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne. Burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Totowa.
Age 84 of Wayne, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He had been a Wayne resident since 1956.
George J. Buchmann, age 84 of Wayne, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He had been a Wayne resident since 1956.
George had been a jeweler in his early career and had made many pieces of custom jewelry for his family over the years. He was an artistic and talented man, very skilled and methodical. He became a Dental Technician, operating his own dental lab for many years, where he fabricated crowns, bridges, and all sorts of dental prosthetics for many of the area dentists.
George was raised in Paterson, the only child to Julius and Rose Buchmann, living in a two-family home with his grandmother residing on the second floor. He met Patricia Barker simply by chance one afternoon, while walking down Union Avenue in Paterson. They began dating and were soon married on August 27, 1955. Patricia came from a large family and George admired that. He wanted a large family himself, and they were blessed with five beautiful children. Patricia’s side of the family was big and George loved to have the whole family gather for holiday celebrations and summer picnics at their home. It just made him so happy to be a part of that large, loving family and that’s really all he ever needed. George loved Patricia dearly and they would have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary this coming August.
He was a simple man in many respects, with methodical routines. His German heritage was revealed rather clearly in his efforts to find efficiency in just about everything he did. For decades, he enjoyed greeting the sunrise daily while walking to mass every morning at Our Lady of the Valley Church. Throughout the years, he supported the Parish by volunteering for special events, such as weekly bingo and the annual carnival, amongst others. He also had a profound love for nature and all its creatures. He never wasted anything, and wouldn’t so much as squash a bug in the house, but would catch them instead and release them outdoors. He loved plants and flowers, always told his family to conserve water, and he separated his garbage for recycling decades before it was the popular thing to do – because he knew it was the right thing to do. He was ahead of his time in that regard. George also didn’t need fancy things to be happy; just a burger and a beer from time to time, and perhaps a bowl of ice cream to finish off the day. He also looked forward to their summer vacation at Wildwood Crest, on the Jersey Shore. For forty years they went to the same place; the Pan American Hotel, where the whole family made summer memories to last a lifetime. They will all miss him dearly.
George is survived by his loving and devoted wife of sixty years; Patricia (nee Barker) of Wayne, by his five children; Karan Perritt and her late husband John of Perkasie, PA, Patryce Schulte and her husband Francis of Wayne, George Buchmann and his wife Laura of Glen Ridge, Therese Biagi and her husband Richard of Ridgewood, and Pamela Buchmann of Riverdale, thirteen grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, as well as a very large, extended family.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, July 2, 2015 from 9 AM – 10:30 AM. A Funeral Mass will follow at 11 AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne. Burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, July 2, 2015 from 9 AM – 10:30 AM. A Funeral Mass will follow at 11 AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne. Burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Totowa.
Age 84 of Wayne, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He had been a Wayne resident since 1956.
George J. Buchmann, age 84 of Wayne, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He had been a Wayne resident since 1956.
George had been a jeweler in his early career and had made many pieces of custom jewelry for his family over the years. He was an artistic and talented man, very skilled and methodical. He became a Dental Technician, operating his own dental lab for many years, where he fabricated crowns, bridges, and all sorts of dental prosthetics for many of the area dentists.
George was raised in Paterson, the only child to Julius and Rose Buchmann, living in a two-family home with his grandmother residing on the second floor. He met Patricia Barker simply by chance one afternoon, while walking down Union Avenue in Paterson. They began dating and were soon married on August 27, 1955. Patricia came from a large family and George admired that. He wanted a large family himself, and they were blessed with five beautiful children. Patricia’s side of the family was big and George loved to have the whole family gather for holiday celebrations and summer picnics at their home. It just made him so happy to be a part of that large, loving family and that’s really all he ever needed. George loved Patricia dearly and they would have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary this coming August.
He was a simple man in many respects, with methodical routines. His German heritage was revealed rather clearly in his efforts to find efficiency in just about everything he did. For decades, he enjoyed greeting the sunrise daily while walking to mass every morning at Our Lady of the Valley Church. Throughout the years, he supported the Parish by volunteering for special events, such as weekly bingo and the annual carnival, amongst others. He also had a profound love for nature and all its creatures. He never wasted anything, and wouldn’t so much as squash a bug in the house, but would catch them instead and release them outdoors. He loved plants and flowers, always told his family to conserve water, and he separated his garbage for recycling decades before it was the popular thing to do – because he knew it was the right thing to do. He was ahead of his time in that regard. George also didn’t need fancy things to be happy; just a burger and a beer from time to time, and perhaps a bowl of ice cream to finish off the day. He also looked forward to their summer vacation at Wildwood Crest, on the Jersey Shore. For forty years they went to the same place; the Pan American Hotel, where the whole family made summer memories to last a lifetime. They will all miss him dearly.
George is survived by his loving and devoted wife of sixty years; Patricia (nee Barker) of Wayne, by his five children; Karan Perritt and her late husband John of Perkasie, PA, Patryce Schulte and her husband Francis of Wayne, George Buchmann and his wife Laura of Glen Ridge, Therese Biagi and her husband Richard of Ridgewood, and Pamela Buchmann of Riverdale, thirteen grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, as well as a very large, extended family.
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