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January 4, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 9, 2014 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, January 10, 2014 from the funeral home, then to Holy Angels RC Church, Little Falls, NJ where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
John Cuccurullo, age 87 of Wayne and formerly of Brooklyn, died peacefully on Saturday, January 4, 2014. He had lived all of his life in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn before suffering a stroke in 2006 and moving to Wayne.
John began his early career driving a delivery truck with his brothers for their father’s business in Brooklyn. He primarily delivered printed goods and took a great deal of pride in his job. He later began a printing career with the Van Besta Pudding Company in Brooklyn, makers of My T Fine pudding. He ran their in-house print shop, printing all the packaging and related materials. He worked there for roughly twenty years before retiring in 1993. One of his favorite activities was to visit the local orphanage and deliver pudding to the children there.
John maintained a very active lifestyle, belonged to Jack LaLanne Fitness centers practically his whole life. As part of his workout, he went swimming almost every day before falling ill. If he thought you were out of shape, he wouldn’t hesitate to say “you look fat.” These were often the words he would use to greet family, friends, or even new acquaintances, and he meant it. He also loved his cars and John believed that having good driving skills was paramount. When his children each reached the age of thirteen, learning to drive was a right-of-passage. John would take them to a remote area with no traffic and they learned barefoot – getting the best sense of feel using the brake and gas pedals. He really considered driving to be an art form, and the kids were taught spatial awareness, control, and how to parallel park in any situation. He simply loved driving.
One of John’s favorite places to take his kids was the Bronx Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Joey and Anni have some of their most fond childhood memories there with their father. They often had picnic lunches in the zoo on Saturdays. While most of the picnickers were eating brown-bag lunches, John would show up, as only he could, with a pizza, egg rolls, and knish! John was certainly a non-traditional dad, but that’s what made him so special to his kids and they wouldn’t have wanted him to be any different. On one occasion, John surprised his kids with a new pet, a very large turtle. His children were thrilled, but considering that they had just returned from the Bronx Zoo, they were all suspicious as to where it had really come from. John claimed he had just “found it,” but the very next day he came to his senses and returned it to the zoo. No one is really sure what he was thinking at the time, but throughout his life, John simply did things his own way.
John is survived by his two children; Joseph Cuccurullo and his wife Linda of Wayne, Anni Cusack and her husband Jim of Lakewood, Colorado, nine grandchildren: Eric, Madison, Toniann, Joseph Rocco, Maxwell, Rilee, Travis, Chelsea, and Meaghan, and three brothers; Warren “Sonny” and his wife Rachel of Port St. Lucie, FL, Louis of Malverne, NY, and Joseph and his wife Candy of Marlboro, NJ. He is also survived by his former wife Antoinette DiPaolo. They were married from 1952 to 1959. He was predeceased by his sister Suzie in 2008.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 9, 2014 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, January 10, 2014 from the funeral home, then to Holy Angels RC Church, Little Falls, NJ where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
January 4, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 9, 2014 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, January 10, 2014 from the funeral home, then to Holy Angels RC Church, Little Falls, NJ where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
John Cuccurullo, age 87 of Wayne and formerly of Brooklyn, died peacefully on Saturday, January 4, 2014. He had lived all of his life in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn before suffering a stroke in 2006 and moving to Wayne.
John began his early career driving a delivery truck with his brothers for their father’s business in Brooklyn. He primarily delivered printed goods and took a great deal of pride in his job. He later began a printing career with the Van Besta Pudding Company in Brooklyn, makers of My T Fine pudding. He ran their in-house print shop, printing all the packaging and related materials. He worked there for roughly twenty years before retiring in 1993. One of his favorite activities was to visit the local orphanage and deliver pudding to the children there.
John maintained a very active lifestyle, belonged to Jack LaLanne Fitness centers practically his whole life. As part of his workout, he went swimming almost every day before falling ill. If he thought you were out of shape, he wouldn’t hesitate to say “you look fat.” These were often the words he would use to greet family, friends, or even new acquaintances, and he meant it. He also loved his cars and John believed that having good driving skills was paramount. When his children each reached the age of thirteen, learning to drive was a right-of-passage. John would take them to a remote area with no traffic and they learned barefoot – getting the best sense of feel using the brake and gas pedals. He really considered driving to be an art form, and the kids were taught spatial awareness, control, and how to parallel park in any situation. He simply loved driving.
One of John’s favorite places to take his kids was the Bronx Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Joey and Anni have some of their most fond childhood memories there with their father. They often had picnic lunches in the zoo on Saturdays. While most of the picnickers were eating brown-bag lunches, John would show up, as only he could, with a pizza, egg rolls, and knish! John was certainly a non-traditional dad, but that’s what made him so special to his kids and they wouldn’t have wanted him to be any different. On one occasion, John surprised his kids with a new pet, a very large turtle. His children were thrilled, but considering that they had just returned from the Bronx Zoo, they were all suspicious as to where it had really come from. John claimed he had just “found it,” but the very next day he came to his senses and returned it to the zoo. No one is really sure what he was thinking at the time, but throughout his life, John simply did things his own way.
John is survived by his two children; Joseph Cuccurullo and his wife Linda of Wayne, Anni Cusack and her husband Jim of Lakewood, Colorado, nine grandchildren: Eric, Madison, Toniann, Joseph Rocco, Maxwell, Rilee, Travis, Chelsea, and Meaghan, and three brothers; Warren “Sonny” and his wife Rachel of Port St. Lucie, FL, Louis of Malverne, NY, and Joseph and his wife Candy of Marlboro, NJ. He is also survived by his former wife Antoinette DiPaolo. They were married from 1952 to 1959. He was predeceased by his sister Suzie in 2008.
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