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March 20, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Pompei Church, 70 Murray Ave., Paterson, where a 10:00 AM Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Giuseppe “Joe” Sabia, age 84, of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 20, 2017.
Giuseppe was born and raised in Serino, Italy. As a young boy, he worked with his dad on the family farm where crops including chestnuts, wheat and potatoes were grown.
Giuseppe’s parents had friends in a neighboring town who had a nice daughter named Cristina. Giuseppe and Cristina’s parents arranged for their children to meet at a town festival. It turned out to be a good arrangement as Giuseppe and Cristina fell in love, and got married on Sunday, November 29, 1953. Soon afterwards, this young couple decided to make a go of it in the United States. They lived for a short time in Newark, then they moved to Paterson, ultimately settling on Nagle Street where they raised their family and remained for forty-one years. In 2006, they moved to Wayne where they remained to the present.
Giuseppe, or Joe as he became known in the U.S., worked in the textile industry, as a Burlington machine operator. Over the span of more than forty years, he worked at various textile mills, most recently with Marjon Dye and Finish Company of East Rutherford, until retirement at age sixty-five in 1987. Joe worked with a high degree of integrity and took great pride in his craft, earning him the respect of his fellow workers.
Joe was a quiet man who found great enjoyment and pleasure communing with the great outdoors. He was very proud of his big, beautiful backyard garden in which he literally grew every vegetable under the sun. His hard worked typically yielded upwards of 150 jars of tomato sauce which his wife Cristina canned every season. They made quite a good team! Joe was also a dedicated hunter of upland game and big game - especially deer. Every year in fall and winter months, he and his son Carmine engaged in the pursuit of hunting with bow or gun. Joe frankly loved it! You could always find Joe doing something with his hands and winemaking was another of his passions. While he derived great enjoyment from these hobbies, Joe’s greatest passion was being with his family. In younger years he enjoyed vacationing with his wife and children, and his brothers and their families down the Jersey shore in Wildwood Crest. They’d all enjoy the sun and surf by day, then staying in the same hotel together, he recalled beautiful evenings, maybe with some delicious cheese and sharing a glass of his homemade wine. He was a loving “Poppy” to his grandchildren and was thankful for the blessing of sharing in their lives in his later years.
Joe was the beloved husband of Christina (Mazza); loving father of: Stella and husband Dan Pasquariello of Wayne, and Carmine and wife Marissa Sabia of Wayne; cherished grandfather of: Danielle and husband Dan Bartolomeo, Alyssa and husband Michael Berhang, and Francesa Sabia; adored great-grandfather of Rachel, Victoria, and Isabella; dear brother of Antonio and wife Maria Sabia of Totowa; and dear uncle of several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother Ciriaco Sabia in 2013.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Giuseppe’s name are asked to consider Our Lady of Pompei Church.
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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Pompei Church, 70 Murray Ave., Paterson, where a 10:00 AM Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
March 20, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Pompei Church, 70 Murray Ave., Paterson, where a 10:00 AM Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Giuseppe “Joe” Sabia, age 84, of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 20, 2017.
Giuseppe was born and raised in Serino, Italy. As a young boy, he worked with his dad on the family farm where crops including chestnuts, wheat and potatoes were grown.
Giuseppe’s parents had friends in a neighboring town who had a nice daughter named Cristina. Giuseppe and Cristina’s parents arranged for their children to meet at a town festival. It turned out to be a good arrangement as Giuseppe and Cristina fell in love, and got married on Sunday, November 29, 1953. Soon afterwards, this young couple decided to make a go of it in the United States. They lived for a short time in Newark, then they moved to Paterson, ultimately settling on Nagle Street where they raised their family and remained for forty-one years. In 2006, they moved to Wayne where they remained to the present.
Giuseppe, or Joe as he became known in the U.S., worked in the textile industry, as a Burlington machine operator. Over the span of more than forty years, he worked at various textile mills, most recently with Marjon Dye and Finish Company of East Rutherford, until retirement at age sixty-five in 1987. Joe worked with a high degree of integrity and took great pride in his craft, earning him the respect of his fellow workers.
Joe was a quiet man who found great enjoyment and pleasure communing with the great outdoors. He was very proud of his big, beautiful backyard garden in which he literally grew every vegetable under the sun. His hard worked typically yielded upwards of 150 jars of tomato sauce which his wife Cristina canned every season. They made quite a good team! Joe was also a dedicated hunter of upland game and big game - especially deer. Every year in fall and winter months, he and his son Carmine engaged in the pursuit of hunting with bow or gun. Joe frankly loved it! You could always find Joe doing something with his hands and winemaking was another of his passions. While he derived great enjoyment from these hobbies, Joe’s greatest passion was being with his family. In younger years he enjoyed vacationing with his wife and children, and his brothers and their families down the Jersey shore in Wildwood Crest. They’d all enjoy the sun and surf by day, then staying in the same hotel together, he recalled beautiful evenings, maybe with some delicious cheese and sharing a glass of his homemade wine. He was a loving “Poppy” to his grandchildren and was thankful for the blessing of sharing in their lives in his later years.
Joe was the beloved husband of Christina (Mazza); loving father of: Stella and husband Dan Pasquariello of Wayne, and Carmine and wife Marissa Sabia of Wayne; cherished grandfather of: Danielle and husband Dan Bartolomeo, Alyssa and husband Michael Berhang, and Francesa Sabia; adored great-grandfather of Rachel, Victoria, and Isabella; dear brother of Antonio and wife Maria Sabia of Totowa; and dear uncle of several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother Ciriaco Sabia in 2013.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Giuseppe’s name are asked to consider Our Lady of Pompei Church.
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