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May 20, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, May 25, 2013, from 1-3 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Service of Remembrance will follow visitation and will begin at 3 PM.
George M. Sendak, age 84 of Wayne, died peacefully with his loving family by his side on Monday, May 20, 2013.
George Michael Sendak was born on July 21, 1928 and passed away peacefully with his beloved wife, Mary, at his side. George was 84 and lived a full life. George grew up in Clifton, New Jersey, and met Mary at a local ice cream parlor where she worked during the summer. George was a throw-back to years gone by. He was hard working. Honest. He worked at his parent’s butcher shop to put himself through college. He lived at home until he graduated and started dating Mary when he was twenty. Mary was eighteen at the time. They dated for four years and did all of the things that young people would do back then. They went to the beach. They bowled. They went on long drives and of course, they ate out at Rutt’s Hut, one of the local favorites. They fell in love. And over these same four years, George graduated from Seton Hall University and served in the military at Fort Dix during the Korean War.
While George and Mary started their life together in Clifton, they eventually moved to Packanack Lake, living in the same home for fifty years. It is here that George raised his family and became the proud Father of three children, Brian, Carrie and Justin. The children could not ask for a better Father, and hopefully that puts a smile on George’s face as he looks down from heaven. George saw Brian become a nurse and touch so many people, as well as marry his wife, Fazia, and raise their daughter, Grace. George encouraged Carrie to pursue a graduate degree in Fine Art and become a talented artist and jewelry designer, not to mention seeing Carrie raise her two boys, Dylan and Kyle. George also saw his youngest son, Justin, receive a business degree and work on Wall Street while marrying his wife, Tanja, and having three children of his own, Graham, Bradley and Ian.
Brian, Carrie and Justin often joked that their Father had a great personality and was easy going. George was funny. He was smart and tolerant. Everyone wanted to be around him. He was unselfish. And he had integrity. These qualities made George a gifted and successful sales person, having worked at McGraw Hill for the majority of his career, and where he retired as one of the Company’s top sales producers at Post Graduate Medicine.
We will all remember George as a wonderful Father, someone that was generous and sincere. He loved going out for dinner, even though Mary was a great cook, and heading to Vermont for vacation where he would fish with his kids and go antique hunting with Mary. He wanted to please everyone. So it is fitting that George passed away quietly, and with dignity, in the very home of fifty years where he started his life with Mary and raised his family. We will all miss him so much, cherishing the memories of our beloved Father and husband.
George is survived by his beloved wife Mary; his two children: Carrie and husband Ashby Everhart of Churchville, MD, and Justin and wife Tanja Sendak of New Hope, PA; his daughter-in-law Fazia Sendak of Wayne; his six grandchildren: Dylan, Kyle, Graham, Bradley, Ian, and Grace; his sister Alice Tell of DeForest, WI; and his nieces and nephews. George was predeceased by his son Brian Sendak in 2012.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in George’s name are asked to consider The Meals on Wheels Program, c/o Passaic County Department of Senior Services, 930 Riverview Drive, Wayne, NJ 07512.
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Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, May 25, 2013, from 1-3 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Service of Remembrance will follow visitation and will begin at 3 PM.
May 20, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, May 25, 2013, from 1-3 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Service of Remembrance will follow visitation and will begin at 3 PM.
George M. Sendak, age 84 of Wayne, died peacefully with his loving family by his side on Monday, May 20, 2013.
George Michael Sendak was born on July 21, 1928 and passed away peacefully with his beloved wife, Mary, at his side. George was 84 and lived a full life. George grew up in Clifton, New Jersey, and met Mary at a local ice cream parlor where she worked during the summer. George was a throw-back to years gone by. He was hard working. Honest. He worked at his parent’s butcher shop to put himself through college. He lived at home until he graduated and started dating Mary when he was twenty. Mary was eighteen at the time. They dated for four years and did all of the things that young people would do back then. They went to the beach. They bowled. They went on long drives and of course, they ate out at Rutt’s Hut, one of the local favorites. They fell in love. And over these same four years, George graduated from Seton Hall University and served in the military at Fort Dix during the Korean War.
While George and Mary started their life together in Clifton, they eventually moved to Packanack Lake, living in the same home for fifty years. It is here that George raised his family and became the proud Father of three children, Brian, Carrie and Justin. The children could not ask for a better Father, and hopefully that puts a smile on George’s face as he looks down from heaven. George saw Brian become a nurse and touch so many people, as well as marry his wife, Fazia, and raise their daughter, Grace. George encouraged Carrie to pursue a graduate degree in Fine Art and become a talented artist and jewelry designer, not to mention seeing Carrie raise her two boys, Dylan and Kyle. George also saw his youngest son, Justin, receive a business degree and work on Wall Street while marrying his wife, Tanja, and having three children of his own, Graham, Bradley and Ian.
Brian, Carrie and Justin often joked that their Father had a great personality and was easy going. George was funny. He was smart and tolerant. Everyone wanted to be around him. He was unselfish. And he had integrity. These qualities made George a gifted and successful sales person, having worked at McGraw Hill for the majority of his career, and where he retired as one of the Company’s top sales producers at Post Graduate Medicine.
We will all remember George as a wonderful Father, someone that was generous and sincere. He loved going out for dinner, even though Mary was a great cook, and heading to Vermont for vacation where he would fish with his kids and go antique hunting with Mary. He wanted to please everyone. So it is fitting that George passed away quietly, and with dignity, in the very home of fifty years where he started his life with Mary and raised his family. We will all miss him so much, cherishing the memories of our beloved Father and husband.
George is survived by his beloved wife Mary; his two children: Carrie and husband Ashby Everhart of Churchville, MD, and Justin and wife Tanja Sendak of New Hope, PA; his daughter-in-law Fazia Sendak of Wayne; his six grandchildren: Dylan, Kyle, Graham, Bradley, Ian, and Grace; his sister Alice Tell of DeForest, WI; and his nieces and nephews. George was predeceased by his son Brian Sendak in 2012.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in George’s name are asked to consider The Meals on Wheels Program, c/o Passaic County Department of Senior Services, 930 Riverview Drive, Wayne, NJ 07512.
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