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September 11, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ on Sunday, September 14, 2008 from 3-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 8:30 AM from the funeral home then to Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park in Totowa.
John “Jack” M. Delaney, age 87 of Wayne, died on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at The Atrium at Wayne. Born in Paterson, NJ, John lived there throughout his formative years, graduating from St. Mary’s High School with the class of 1938. John moved to Wayne with his wife in 1957 to raise their three children.
In 1942, John joined the US Army. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the 78th Army Air Force. His specialty was as a Cryptographic Technician; coding and decoding secret messages in North Africa. He supervised a team of fifteen men handling all sorts of secret communications. For his service during the war he was decorated with the American Theater Service Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the Victory Medal.
After the war, John attended Seton Hall University and upon graduation became an accountant. His professional life as a CPA spanned nearly forty years, retiring from Grant Thorton of Parsippany, NJ as a managing partner in 1985. His career was the foundation for his lifestyle. He served on the finance committee at the St. Josephs Hospital in Paterson, NJ for over twenty five years, was a Past President of the NJ Society of CPA’s, a member of the American Institute of CPA’s, Past President of the Hamilton Club in Paterson, and founder and treasurer of the Three Arts Club of Paterson. He and his wife travelled extensively, often times in the course of business but they always enjoyed their trips: Hawaii, Colorado, Spain, Europe, and Bermuda, just to name a few of their destinations.
John and his wife Edna met while roller skating and they enjoyed nearly 63 years of marriage. They were a “phenomenally social couple” with many, many friends. Their children recall many fond memories of time the family spent together at the Hamilton Club in Paterson. The club, founded in 1890 by Garrett A. Hobart, Vice President of the United States, was a social club that served to bring leisure and enjoyment to families from Paterson and all around. The club is reminiscent of a bygone era, but one that John and his family were able to realize and enjoy.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Edna (nee Peters) of Wayne, two daughters; Donna Delaney and her husband Tom Stoskopf of Atlanta, GA and Diane and her husband Charles Somerdyk of Milmont Park, PA, one son; John and his wife Barbara of Stanhope, NJ, four grandchildren; Grant and Moira Somerdyk, and Lauren and Caitlin Delaney, one sister; Eileen Twomey of N. Haledon, NJ and one brother; Robert Delaney of Toms River, NJ. John was predeceased by his brother William.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ on Sunday, September 14, 2008 from 3-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 8:30 AM from the funeral home then to Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park in Totowa.
September 11, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ on Sunday, September 14, 2008 from 3-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 8:30 AM from the funeral home then to Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park in Totowa.
John “Jack” M. Delaney, age 87 of Wayne, died on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at The Atrium at Wayne. Born in Paterson, NJ, John lived there throughout his formative years, graduating from St. Mary’s High School with the class of 1938. John moved to Wayne with his wife in 1957 to raise their three children.
In 1942, John joined the US Army. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the 78th Army Air Force. His specialty was as a Cryptographic Technician; coding and decoding secret messages in North Africa. He supervised a team of fifteen men handling all sorts of secret communications. For his service during the war he was decorated with the American Theater Service Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the Victory Medal.
After the war, John attended Seton Hall University and upon graduation became an accountant. His professional life as a CPA spanned nearly forty years, retiring from Grant Thorton of Parsippany, NJ as a managing partner in 1985. His career was the foundation for his lifestyle. He served on the finance committee at the St. Josephs Hospital in Paterson, NJ for over twenty five years, was a Past President of the NJ Society of CPA’s, a member of the American Institute of CPA’s, Past President of the Hamilton Club in Paterson, and founder and treasurer of the Three Arts Club of Paterson. He and his wife travelled extensively, often times in the course of business but they always enjoyed their trips: Hawaii, Colorado, Spain, Europe, and Bermuda, just to name a few of their destinations.
John and his wife Edna met while roller skating and they enjoyed nearly 63 years of marriage. They were a “phenomenally social couple” with many, many friends. Their children recall many fond memories of time the family spent together at the Hamilton Club in Paterson. The club, founded in 1890 by Garrett A. Hobart, Vice President of the United States, was a social club that served to bring leisure and enjoyment to families from Paterson and all around. The club is reminiscent of a bygone era, but one that John and his family were able to realize and enjoy.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Edna (nee Peters) of Wayne, two daughters; Donna Delaney and her husband Tom Stoskopf of Atlanta, GA and Diane and her husband Charles Somerdyk of Milmont Park, PA, one son; John and his wife Barbara of Stanhope, NJ, four grandchildren; Grant and Moira Somerdyk, and Lauren and Caitlin Delaney, one sister; Eileen Twomey of N. Haledon, NJ and one brother; Robert Delaney of Toms River, NJ. John was predeceased by his brother William.
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