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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A funeral service with Military Honors will be held 7:30 PM on Thursday during the visitation hours.
Harold A. “Mickey” McFadden, Jr., age 89, of Pompton Plains, owner of McFadden’s Pub, Haledon, passed Sunday, May 22, 2016 surrounded by his loving family.
He was born and raised in the family home at 182 DeMott Avenue in Clifton. He graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1944 and just after high school Mickey was drafted into the US Army. He attained the rank of Platoon Sergeant with the 351st Infantry Company A of the 88th Infantry Division. Upon his Honorable Discharge on December 28, 1946 he received the Army of Occupation Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. He was in touch with members of the 88th Infantry Division as recently as last year.
After his service Mickey went to Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford on the GI Bill. He would graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing. During his college years he worked for Finkel Trucking in Clifton, and after college he worked for the American Management Association in New York City. He would organize marketing seminars and traveled extensively to places like Chicago, San Francisco, and Texas. For several years he was active with the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Wayne. He went on to State and National levels with the Chamber of Commerce and would even receive a letter from then President of the United States Richard Nixon for his efforts with the Chamber. Mickey later became a partner with Travel Time Bus Company that would take group trips to places like Pennsylvania Dutch Country and Bertrand’s Island in New Jersey. In 1980 he opened McFadden’s Pub on Church Street in Haledon. He with the help of his wife Joan and family would operate the pub for fifteen years before retiring in 1995. Upon retiring Mickey and Joan would move to the retirement village called “Whiting Station” in Manchester Township where they lived for seventeen years before moving to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains two years ago.
Mickey will be remembered as a loyal and devoted friend who could talk to just about anyone about anything. He was good hearted, easy to be friends with, could make just about anyone laugh, and always there to help. For years he was a member of an informal group of tavern owners, including Conrads, McKennas, the Old Forge Inn, McFaddens and others, who would get together at each other’s establishments to talk business and perhaps have a drink or two together. He was also a member of the Sag-O-Bit club which consisted of used-to-be-athletes from Clifton. Each year they would meet and Mickey would be the Master of Ceremonies.
Mickey met his wife Joan while in college. He was a senior selling tickets to a basketball game when Joan walked by. He asked her to buy a ticket to the game and she told him she couldn’t go because she had a date. Well Mickey rolled his eyes and announced to the guys “hey this girl has a date.” Well she was mortified and would never forget Mickey. On another occasion Mickey and a friend were going to double date but Mickey didn’t like the girl he was supposed to go with. His friend suggested they switch dates and Mickey was paired with Joan. Joan knew exactly who Mickey was and wasn’t keen on going out with him. Well as you can imagine they wound up falling in love. Their first real date was to a dance at The Orchard Rest in Clifton. Mickey waited for Joan to graduate from college and they married on August 28, 1954 at Saint Peters Episcopal Church in Clifton. They honeymooned in the Poconos and have enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage.
Mickey was the loving husband of sixty-two years to Joan (Crowley) McFadden; he was the devoted father of Harold A. “Mickey” McFadden III and his wife Linda of Wayne, David McFadden and his wife Cynthia of Wayne, and Jody Lyons and her husband Stephen of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Chase Lyons, Mallory McFadden, Natalie McFadden, Shannon Lyons, and McKenzie McFadden.
In lieu of flowers donations to the Resident Care Fund, 1 Cedar Crest Village, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A funeral service with Military Honors will be held 7:30 PM on Thursday during the visitation hours.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A funeral service with Military Honors will be held 7:30 PM on Thursday during the visitation hours.
Harold A. “Mickey” McFadden, Jr., age 89, of Pompton Plains, owner of McFadden’s Pub, Haledon, passed Sunday, May 22, 2016 surrounded by his loving family.
He was born and raised in the family home at 182 DeMott Avenue in Clifton. He graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1944 and just after high school Mickey was drafted into the US Army. He attained the rank of Platoon Sergeant with the 351st Infantry Company A of the 88th Infantry Division. Upon his Honorable Discharge on December 28, 1946 he received the Army of Occupation Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. He was in touch with members of the 88th Infantry Division as recently as last year.
After his service Mickey went to Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford on the GI Bill. He would graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing. During his college years he worked for Finkel Trucking in Clifton, and after college he worked for the American Management Association in New York City. He would organize marketing seminars and traveled extensively to places like Chicago, San Francisco, and Texas. For several years he was active with the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Wayne. He went on to State and National levels with the Chamber of Commerce and would even receive a letter from then President of the United States Richard Nixon for his efforts with the Chamber. Mickey later became a partner with Travel Time Bus Company that would take group trips to places like Pennsylvania Dutch Country and Bertrand’s Island in New Jersey. In 1980 he opened McFadden’s Pub on Church Street in Haledon. He with the help of his wife Joan and family would operate the pub for fifteen years before retiring in 1995. Upon retiring Mickey and Joan would move to the retirement village called “Whiting Station” in Manchester Township where they lived for seventeen years before moving to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains two years ago.
Mickey will be remembered as a loyal and devoted friend who could talk to just about anyone about anything. He was good hearted, easy to be friends with, could make just about anyone laugh, and always there to help. For years he was a member of an informal group of tavern owners, including Conrads, McKennas, the Old Forge Inn, McFaddens and others, who would get together at each other’s establishments to talk business and perhaps have a drink or two together. He was also a member of the Sag-O-Bit club which consisted of used-to-be-athletes from Clifton. Each year they would meet and Mickey would be the Master of Ceremonies.
Mickey met his wife Joan while in college. He was a senior selling tickets to a basketball game when Joan walked by. He asked her to buy a ticket to the game and she told him she couldn’t go because she had a date. Well Mickey rolled his eyes and announced to the guys “hey this girl has a date.” Well she was mortified and would never forget Mickey. On another occasion Mickey and a friend were going to double date but Mickey didn’t like the girl he was supposed to go with. His friend suggested they switch dates and Mickey was paired with Joan. Joan knew exactly who Mickey was and wasn’t keen on going out with him. Well as you can imagine they wound up falling in love. Their first real date was to a dance at The Orchard Rest in Clifton. Mickey waited for Joan to graduate from college and they married on August 28, 1954 at Saint Peters Episcopal Church in Clifton. They honeymooned in the Poconos and have enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage.
Mickey was the loving husband of sixty-two years to Joan (Crowley) McFadden; he was the devoted father of Harold A. “Mickey” McFadden III and his wife Linda of Wayne, David McFadden and his wife Cynthia of Wayne, and Jody Lyons and her husband Stephen of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Chase Lyons, Mallory McFadden, Natalie McFadden, Shannon Lyons, and McKenzie McFadden.
In lieu of flowers donations to the Resident Care Fund, 1 Cedar Crest Village, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 would be appreciated.
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