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October 12, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, October 14, 2007 from 5-8 PM and Monday, October 15, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
John Joseph “Johnny” Ponce III age 43 of Wayne on Friday, October 12, 2007 while receiving the care and support of family and friends.
He was born in New York City and has lived in Wayne for the past thirty-five years.
John graduated from Wayne Hills High School, Wayne with the class of 1982. He was active in sports at Wayne Hills having played soccer, baseball, basketball and football. John went on to graduate from the Lincoln Technical School, Union where he learned the electrical trade.
John was an electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Union Local 164, Paramus and was currently working for the Scholes Electric Corporation in Piscataway.
Johnny will be remembered for his giant sense of humor, being a stereotypical “Fighting Irishman”, and for his stubbornness. He loved the Rangers, the Giants, the Yankees and Notre Dame. But most of all Johnny loved children. He had a huge soft spot in his heart for children who would sense his giant loving heart and would always want to be around their “Uncle Johnny”, as he was known to the children of his family and friends. Christmas Eve was always a busy night for Uncle Johnny – he would put on his red suit and visit many of the lucky children in his life. Uncle Johnny will live on in the hearts of the children who experienced his unconditional love.
He was a great friend who would be there to help if he was ever needed. If a friend or family member needed Johnny, he would drop everything to help out in any way he could. He never wanted to be a burden on anyone or ask for anyone else’s help.
Beloved son of John Ponce II of Wayne and Rosemary Fluchs and her husband Helmut of Wayne; loving brother of Jeannine Missbrenner and her husband Andrew of Pompton Plains, Alison Tryon and her husband Michael of Oakland and Kevin Ponce and his wife Kim of Ringwood; much loved uncle of Andrew, Christopher and Kathryn Missbrenner and Kaylin Ponce; cherished by many aunts, uncles, cousins, children and friends.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Tomorrows Children’s Fund, 30 Prospect Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be appreciated.
A note from Johnny's friend Mike Riordan
1984 was a great year for Johnny Ponce. His hair was in full bloom. A tiny Irish tattoo decorated his shoulder. Upper body muscles were clearly evident although white wig-wam socks drew too much attention to his shaven legs. More importantly, two cultural events occurred that would define much of Johnny’s life. The first was the release of the motion picture Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers, whose anagram C.H.U.D. would replace his last name. Despite its violent nature and unfavorable critical reviews, Johnny would sell the virtues of this film for the rest of the decade. Secondly, the first of too many albums by Jon Bon Jovi was released. Thanks to the Sayreville native, Johnny found justification for his hair style and a voice for his often hidden sensitive side.
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Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, October 14, 2007 from 5-8 PM and Monday, October 15, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
October 12, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, October 14, 2007 from 5-8 PM and Monday, October 15, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
John Joseph “Johnny” Ponce III age 43 of Wayne on Friday, October 12, 2007 while receiving the care and support of family and friends.
He was born in New York City and has lived in Wayne for the past thirty-five years.
John graduated from Wayne Hills High School, Wayne with the class of 1982. He was active in sports at Wayne Hills having played soccer, baseball, basketball and football. John went on to graduate from the Lincoln Technical School, Union where he learned the electrical trade.
John was an electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Union Local 164, Paramus and was currently working for the Scholes Electric Corporation in Piscataway.
Johnny will be remembered for his giant sense of humor, being a stereotypical “Fighting Irishman”, and for his stubbornness. He loved the Rangers, the Giants, the Yankees and Notre Dame. But most of all Johnny loved children. He had a huge soft spot in his heart for children who would sense his giant loving heart and would always want to be around their “Uncle Johnny”, as he was known to the children of his family and friends. Christmas Eve was always a busy night for Uncle Johnny – he would put on his red suit and visit many of the lucky children in his life. Uncle Johnny will live on in the hearts of the children who experienced his unconditional love.
He was a great friend who would be there to help if he was ever needed. If a friend or family member needed Johnny, he would drop everything to help out in any way he could. He never wanted to be a burden on anyone or ask for anyone else’s help.
Beloved son of John Ponce II of Wayne and Rosemary Fluchs and her husband Helmut of Wayne; loving brother of Jeannine Missbrenner and her husband Andrew of Pompton Plains, Alison Tryon and her husband Michael of Oakland and Kevin Ponce and his wife Kim of Ringwood; much loved uncle of Andrew, Christopher and Kathryn Missbrenner and Kaylin Ponce; cherished by many aunts, uncles, cousins, children and friends.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Tomorrows Children’s Fund, 30 Prospect Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be appreciated.
A note from Johnny's friend Mike Riordan
1984 was a great year for Johnny Ponce. His hair was in full bloom. A tiny Irish tattoo decorated his shoulder. Upper body muscles were clearly evident although white wig-wam socks drew too much attention to his shaven legs. More importantly, two cultural events occurred that would define much of Johnny’s life. The first was the release of the motion picture Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers, whose anagram C.H.U.D. would replace his last name. Despite its violent nature and unfavorable critical reviews, Johnny would sell the virtues of this film for the rest of the decade. Secondly, the first of too many albums by Jon Bon Jovi was released. Thanks to the Sayreville native, Johnny found justification for his hair style and a voice for his often hidden sensitive side.
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