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May 25, 2017
Services
A Funeral Mass will be offered at 11 AM on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ. Burial will follow at Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
Guy L. Lavina, 90, of Wayne and formerly of Waltham, Massachusetts, died peacefully on Thursday, May 25, 2017. He lived in Waltham for nearly fifty years before moving to Wayne to be closer to his family.
Guy was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and spent his formative years in Concord, New Hampshire. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and soon found himself serving on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea. He served through the remainder of World War II before being discharged and returning home. He started working as an electrician on the Boston & Maine Railroad before taking a position with Raytheon. He eventually joined the Waltham Public Schools, where he served for twenty-five years before retiring in 1988.
Guy met his wife, Josephine (née Bonica), at their church in the mid-1950s. He treated her to dinner and a show on their first date, which led to their marriage a few years later on February 8, 1958. After their wedding at St. Jude's Parish in Waltham, they drove to their honeymoon in Florida, where they were greeted with icy temperatures. Although it wasn’t the tropical honeymoon experience they had anticipated, their marriage of nearly sixty years was warm and loving. Josephine describes Guy as "just a wonderful person” and "a really great man". He was friendly, outgoing, and had a good sense of humor. He loved to read, and Stephen King was among his favorite authors. Guy was also a wonderful sketch artist, and his drawings will be treasured by his family for years to come. Along with his sketches, he loved to tell inventive stories to his granddaughter, and he was a very loving and patient grandfather. He will be dearly missed by all his family and friends.
Guy is survived by his loving wife of fifty-nine years, Josephine of Wayne; by his son, Robert and his wife, Cynthia of Wayne; and by his granddaughter, Rachael of West Hartford, CT. He was predeceased by two sisters, Ann and Sally, and a brother, John.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in Guy's memory can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or visit www.stjude.org.
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A Funeral Mass will be offered at 11 AM on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ. Burial will follow at Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
May 25, 2017
Services
A Funeral Mass will be offered at 11 AM on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ. Burial will follow at Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
Guy L. Lavina, 90, of Wayne and formerly of Waltham, Massachusetts, died peacefully on Thursday, May 25, 2017. He lived in Waltham for nearly fifty years before moving to Wayne to be closer to his family.
Guy was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and spent his formative years in Concord, New Hampshire. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and soon found himself serving on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea. He served through the remainder of World War II before being discharged and returning home. He started working as an electrician on the Boston & Maine Railroad before taking a position with Raytheon. He eventually joined the Waltham Public Schools, where he served for twenty-five years before retiring in 1988.
Guy met his wife, Josephine (née Bonica), at their church in the mid-1950s. He treated her to dinner and a show on their first date, which led to their marriage a few years later on February 8, 1958. After their wedding at St. Jude's Parish in Waltham, they drove to their honeymoon in Florida, where they were greeted with icy temperatures. Although it wasn’t the tropical honeymoon experience they had anticipated, their marriage of nearly sixty years was warm and loving. Josephine describes Guy as "just a wonderful person” and "a really great man". He was friendly, outgoing, and had a good sense of humor. He loved to read, and Stephen King was among his favorite authors. Guy was also a wonderful sketch artist, and his drawings will be treasured by his family for years to come. Along with his sketches, he loved to tell inventive stories to his granddaughter, and he was a very loving and patient grandfather. He will be dearly missed by all his family and friends.
Guy is survived by his loving wife of fifty-nine years, Josephine of Wayne; by his son, Robert and his wife, Cynthia of Wayne; and by his granddaughter, Rachael of West Hartford, CT. He was predeceased by two sisters, Ann and Sally, and a brother, John.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in Guy's memory can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or visit www.stjude.org.
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