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June 14, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be at the Madonna Cemetery in Fort Lee following the Mass.
Gregory Casas, age 91 of Wayne died on June 14, 2009. Born Gregorio Casas on January 26, 1918, to Santos Casas and Felicia Dominguez in Havana, Cuba.
Gregory lived in Wayne, NJ and was formerly of Fairview, Palisades Park, and Jersey City. NJ. His father, Santos Casas, served in the Cuban Liberation Army in the Spanish-American War. Maternal grandparents were Jose Dominguez and Maria Hernandez; Paternal grandparents Gregorio Casas and Eulalia Puentes. Gregory and his wife, Genevieve (nee Dolores), became naturalized US citizens in 1969. Gregory and his wife Genevieve came to the US, legally, in 1953 and settled in Jersey City, NJ. He worked in the textile industry and rose to the rank of mechanic.
Gregory was predeceased by his wife Genevieve on March 5th, 2002, and infant granddaughter Mary Agnes Casas. The youngest of 5 children, he was also predeceased by brothers Herminio Casas, Oscar Casas and Santos Casas, and sister Gloria Casas all of Havana, Cuba, and nephew Carlos Gutierrez.
Gregory is survived by his son John Joseph Casas, and his wife Jacqueline, Wayne, NJ, and his grandchildren Barbara Broschart (Stephen) Camas, WA, and Gregory Casas (Mary) Houston, TX. Gregory is also survived by daughters Mercedes Valenzuela (Asterio) Havana, Cuba, Barbara Simone (Albert) Fairview, NJ, and son Frank Valenzuela (Merva) Jersey City, niece Gloria Somarriba, Miami, FL and nephew Herminio Casas of Havana, Cuba.
Gregory is also survived by 12 grandchildren: Gregory Casas, Esq, Barbara Broschart, Interior Designer, Raida Valdes, a Marine Engineer, Iraida Valdes, Niurka Valdes, Dr. Asterio Valdes, Eduardo Valdes, a Civil Engineer, Phyllis Waddell, Penelope Simone, Frank Valenzuela, Mayor of Rochelle Park, NJ, Joseph Valenzuela, Michael Valenzuela, and 18 great grand children: Geoffrey Broschart, Madeline Casas, William Gregory Casas, Alfonso Casanova, Jessica Acosta, Humberto Gonzales, Daniel Valdes, Alejandro Valdes, Ernesto Valdes, Eduardo Valdes, Izabella Waddell, Maverick Waddell, Barbara Simone, Olivia Valenzuela, Matthew Valenzuela, Luke Valenzuela, Joseph Valenzuela, Jack Valenzuela
Gregory was an active member of Fairview’s Senior Citizens Association and a former resident of The Gardens at Wayne. The family also wishes to offer its appreciation to the nurses, aides, and therapists at Wayne View Subacute and Rehabilitation Center for their compassionate care.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Greg’s memory to Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Florida, 33607 or to the Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson, 476 17th Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07504-1123.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be at the Madonna Cemetery in Fort Lee following the Mass.
June 14, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be at the Madonna Cemetery in Fort Lee following the Mass.
Gregory Casas, age 91 of Wayne died on June 14, 2009. Born Gregorio Casas on January 26, 1918, to Santos Casas and Felicia Dominguez in Havana, Cuba.
Gregory lived in Wayne, NJ and was formerly of Fairview, Palisades Park, and Jersey City. NJ. His father, Santos Casas, served in the Cuban Liberation Army in the Spanish-American War. Maternal grandparents were Jose Dominguez and Maria Hernandez; Paternal grandparents Gregorio Casas and Eulalia Puentes. Gregory and his wife, Genevieve (nee Dolores), became naturalized US citizens in 1969. Gregory and his wife Genevieve came to the US, legally, in 1953 and settled in Jersey City, NJ. He worked in the textile industry and rose to the rank of mechanic.
Gregory was predeceased by his wife Genevieve on March 5th, 2002, and infant granddaughter Mary Agnes Casas. The youngest of 5 children, he was also predeceased by brothers Herminio Casas, Oscar Casas and Santos Casas, and sister Gloria Casas all of Havana, Cuba, and nephew Carlos Gutierrez.
Gregory is survived by his son John Joseph Casas, and his wife Jacqueline, Wayne, NJ, and his grandchildren Barbara Broschart (Stephen) Camas, WA, and Gregory Casas (Mary) Houston, TX. Gregory is also survived by daughters Mercedes Valenzuela (Asterio) Havana, Cuba, Barbara Simone (Albert) Fairview, NJ, and son Frank Valenzuela (Merva) Jersey City, niece Gloria Somarriba, Miami, FL and nephew Herminio Casas of Havana, Cuba.
Gregory is also survived by 12 grandchildren: Gregory Casas, Esq, Barbara Broschart, Interior Designer, Raida Valdes, a Marine Engineer, Iraida Valdes, Niurka Valdes, Dr. Asterio Valdes, Eduardo Valdes, a Civil Engineer, Phyllis Waddell, Penelope Simone, Frank Valenzuela, Mayor of Rochelle Park, NJ, Joseph Valenzuela, Michael Valenzuela, and 18 great grand children: Geoffrey Broschart, Madeline Casas, William Gregory Casas, Alfonso Casanova, Jessica Acosta, Humberto Gonzales, Daniel Valdes, Alejandro Valdes, Ernesto Valdes, Eduardo Valdes, Izabella Waddell, Maverick Waddell, Barbara Simone, Olivia Valenzuela, Matthew Valenzuela, Luke Valenzuela, Joseph Valenzuela, Jack Valenzuela
Gregory was an active member of Fairview’s Senior Citizens Association and a former resident of The Gardens at Wayne. The family also wishes to offer its appreciation to the nurses, aides, and therapists at Wayne View Subacute and Rehabilitation Center for their compassionate care.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Greg’s memory to Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Florida, 33607 or to the Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson, 476 17th Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07504-1123.
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