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Friends may visit with the family from 4 - 6:30 PM on Monday, November 7, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Funeral Service will be held 6:30 PM on Monday at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
James "Bones" McManus, age 80, of Palisades Park, passed peacefully on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and at a young age he moved to Hopper Avenue in Fair Lawn where he was raised by his grandparents Jane and Samuel McManus.
He graduated from Fair Lawn High School and enlisted in the United States Navy on October 21, 1953. On December 2, 1954 he was transferred into the United States Army and served during the Korean War. For his service he received citations for his skill as a Marksman and Expert with a rifle as well as the Good Conduct Medal.
After his service in the military James returned to Fair Lawn and worked in the printing industry, first for his great-uncle Desmond McManus at the Dixon Press in Passaic, and later for Ideal Press on 21st Avenue in Paterson. James later worked as a tractor trailer driver for Liberty Fast Freight, Gene Adams Transport, Filigree Foods, JC Penny, and Great Bear Water Company before retiring in 2001.
Bones will be remembered as a giving, funny, outgoing person who was always ready to tease you or bust your chops about something. You could always count on him to arrive 365 days a year, with open-toed sandals , shorts, also known as bathing suit bottoms, Hawaiian shirt, a bandanna tied around his neck, and his tanning salon tan along with his tanning goggles. He loved to go to the beach, especially Sandy Hook where he could peek at the nude sunbathing girls. Bones loved to ride motorcycles and even raced them on a dirt track in his younger years.
He was the loving father of James and his wife Lori McManus of Wayne, Ronald and his wife Valerie McManus of Haledon, Jill and her husband Robert Colella of Pompton Plains, and the late Jacqueline McManus (1996); cherished grandfather of Ronald, Jr., Dana, Evan, Andrea, Alyssa, Bobby, Nicholas, Jaclyn, and Hanna; much loved great-grandfather of little Ronnie; dear former husband of Marie "Mother Cabrini" Acocella of Haledon; brother of Margie Alexander and her husband Bill of Falls Church, VA, and Marci McManus of Ocala, FL.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4 - 6:30 PM on Monday, November 7, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Funeral Service will be held 6:30 PM on Monday at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4 - 6:30 PM on Monday, November 7, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Funeral Service will be held 6:30 PM on Monday at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
James "Bones" McManus, age 80, of Palisades Park, passed peacefully on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and at a young age he moved to Hopper Avenue in Fair Lawn where he was raised by his grandparents Jane and Samuel McManus.
He graduated from Fair Lawn High School and enlisted in the United States Navy on October 21, 1953. On December 2, 1954 he was transferred into the United States Army and served during the Korean War. For his service he received citations for his skill as a Marksman and Expert with a rifle as well as the Good Conduct Medal.
After his service in the military James returned to Fair Lawn and worked in the printing industry, first for his great-uncle Desmond McManus at the Dixon Press in Passaic, and later for Ideal Press on 21st Avenue in Paterson. James later worked as a tractor trailer driver for Liberty Fast Freight, Gene Adams Transport, Filigree Foods, JC Penny, and Great Bear Water Company before retiring in 2001.
Bones will be remembered as a giving, funny, outgoing person who was always ready to tease you or bust your chops about something. You could always count on him to arrive 365 days a year, with open-toed sandals , shorts, also known as bathing suit bottoms, Hawaiian shirt, a bandanna tied around his neck, and his tanning salon tan along with his tanning goggles. He loved to go to the beach, especially Sandy Hook where he could peek at the nude sunbathing girls. Bones loved to ride motorcycles and even raced them on a dirt track in his younger years.
He was the loving father of James and his wife Lori McManus of Wayne, Ronald and his wife Valerie McManus of Haledon, Jill and her husband Robert Colella of Pompton Plains, and the late Jacqueline McManus (1996); cherished grandfather of Ronald, Jr., Dana, Evan, Andrea, Alyssa, Bobby, Nicholas, Jaclyn, and Hanna; much loved great-grandfather of little Ronnie; dear former husband of Marie "Mother Cabrini" Acocella of Haledon; brother of Margie Alexander and her husband Bill of Falls Church, VA, and Marci McManus of Ocala, FL.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 would be appreciated.
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