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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, October 8, 2015 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Calvary Mausoleum, Paterson.
James A. Migliore age 79 of Wayne passed peacefully on Saturday, October 3, 2015 after a brief illness.
He has lived in Haledon, Paterson, Little Falls, and West Paterson before moving to Wayne 16 years ago.
He was born in the family home at 22 Barbour Street in Haledon, to the late Salvatore and Lena (Giuri), having been raised there attending Haledon elementary schools and Central High School in Paterson where he graduated with the Class of 1955. While in high school he met a pretty girl named Bettina Donati. They went to the senior prom together and after the prom Jim asked Bettina to go out with him “steady.” She promptly said “no.” Eventually she too fell in love and James, after secretly asking her parents, asked Bettina to marry him. She said yes, and they married on June 25, 1960. They married at St. Michael’s RC Church in Paterson and had a reception at the Swiss Chalet in Rochelle Park. Bettina and James drove to Niagara Falls, toured through Toronto and Montreal, Canada and returned home via New England all in a red and white 1959 two door Oldsmobile 88. They have enjoyed a loving marriage best characterized as “best friends” for the past fifty-five years.
After high school, Jim worked at Lembo Machine Works in Paterson as a draftsman, but wanted to further his career to become an engineer. After getting a job at Public Service Electric and Gas Company in Newark, he attended the Newark College of Engineering (now NJIT) at night and graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering. He worked as an engineer at PSE&G for thirty-two and a half years before retiring over twenty years ago. In addition to his engineering career, Jim joined the Army Reserve in 1958, where he became a military policeman, serving for 6 years.
He will be remembered as a loving, devoted, all around nice guy. An organized, neat, considerate, and generous man who was affectionate, and always willing to give a hand when needed. He also loved each and every car he ever had and has kept pictures of them all. An avid golfer, he started as a caddy at North Jersey Country Club in Wayne, fell in love with the game, and golfed for many years. He would come home from a round of golf and tell Bettina what happened on each and every hole. He was so proud of his Hole-in-one and talked about it so often that when asked about it Bettina, without pause, stated it was at Sunset Valley Golf Club on the sixth hole in September of 1998. Jim was a proud member of the Passaic Valley UNICO for many years and co-chaired many charity golf outings for them.
Jim’s number-one priority in life was his family and was the biggest fan of his cherished granddaughter Kara, supporting all of her artistic accomplishments and activities. She will always be his “star” and he will always have a special place in her heart.
He was the loving husband of Bettina (Donati) Migliore; devoted father of Beth Ann Silvestri and her husband Alberto of Wayne; cherished grandfather – lovingly known as “Papa” to Kara Silvestri of Wayne; much loved brother-in-law of Joseph Donati and his wife Ellen of Madison; he was the dear uncle of a niece, nephews, grand nieces, grand nephews, and several cousins. He was predeceased by his brother Frank Migliore and his sister Catherine Carton. He will also be deeply missed by Beth’s Maltese “Cobie” who would sit quietly on Jim’s lap.
Jim’s family wishes to acknowledge and express their deepest gratitude to the wonderful, loving care he received at St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, October 8, 2015 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Calvary Mausoleum, Paterson.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, October 8, 2015 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Calvary Mausoleum, Paterson.
James A. Migliore age 79 of Wayne passed peacefully on Saturday, October 3, 2015 after a brief illness.
He has lived in Haledon, Paterson, Little Falls, and West Paterson before moving to Wayne 16 years ago.
He was born in the family home at 22 Barbour Street in Haledon, to the late Salvatore and Lena (Giuri), having been raised there attending Haledon elementary schools and Central High School in Paterson where he graduated with the Class of 1955. While in high school he met a pretty girl named Bettina Donati. They went to the senior prom together and after the prom Jim asked Bettina to go out with him “steady.” She promptly said “no.” Eventually she too fell in love and James, after secretly asking her parents, asked Bettina to marry him. She said yes, and they married on June 25, 1960. They married at St. Michael’s RC Church in Paterson and had a reception at the Swiss Chalet in Rochelle Park. Bettina and James drove to Niagara Falls, toured through Toronto and Montreal, Canada and returned home via New England all in a red and white 1959 two door Oldsmobile 88. They have enjoyed a loving marriage best characterized as “best friends” for the past fifty-five years.
After high school, Jim worked at Lembo Machine Works in Paterson as a draftsman, but wanted to further his career to become an engineer. After getting a job at Public Service Electric and Gas Company in Newark, he attended the Newark College of Engineering (now NJIT) at night and graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering. He worked as an engineer at PSE&G for thirty-two and a half years before retiring over twenty years ago. In addition to his engineering career, Jim joined the Army Reserve in 1958, where he became a military policeman, serving for 6 years.
He will be remembered as a loving, devoted, all around nice guy. An organized, neat, considerate, and generous man who was affectionate, and always willing to give a hand when needed. He also loved each and every car he ever had and has kept pictures of them all. An avid golfer, he started as a caddy at North Jersey Country Club in Wayne, fell in love with the game, and golfed for many years. He would come home from a round of golf and tell Bettina what happened on each and every hole. He was so proud of his Hole-in-one and talked about it so often that when asked about it Bettina, without pause, stated it was at Sunset Valley Golf Club on the sixth hole in September of 1998. Jim was a proud member of the Passaic Valley UNICO for many years and co-chaired many charity golf outings for them.
Jim’s number-one priority in life was his family and was the biggest fan of his cherished granddaughter Kara, supporting all of her artistic accomplishments and activities. She will always be his “star” and he will always have a special place in her heart.
He was the loving husband of Bettina (Donati) Migliore; devoted father of Beth Ann Silvestri and her husband Alberto of Wayne; cherished grandfather – lovingly known as “Papa” to Kara Silvestri of Wayne; much loved brother-in-law of Joseph Donati and his wife Ellen of Madison; he was the dear uncle of a niece, nephews, grand nieces, grand nephews, and several cousins. He was predeceased by his brother Frank Migliore and his sister Catherine Carton. He will also be deeply missed by Beth’s Maltese “Cobie” who would sit quietly on Jim’s lap.
Jim’s family wishes to acknowledge and express their deepest gratitude to the wonderful, loving care he received at St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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