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August 15, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 18, 2013 from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday, August 19, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a funeral service will be offered. Burial will follow at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
John R. Burris, age 62 of Wayne, died unexpectedly at home on Thursday, August 15, 2013.
John was a resident of Wayne his entire life and graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the class of 1969. Shortly after high school, John began working for Deluxe Check Printers and he enjoyed a career of over 30 years there before retiring in 2000. He wasn’t one to sit idle and soon began working again at the Home Depot in Riverdale and then Cost Cutters in Wayne. During the past few years he was an assistant manager with Walgreens at their Ledgewood location. He was very pleased to have recently been transferred back to the Walgreens in Lincoln Park where he loved his fellow staff and the customers.
John was also a bit of a computer and stereo junkie. After his retirement from Deluxe, he took several computer and electronics classes and there began his love of technology. He could fix just about any computer issue and he even built several computers and stereo components. The Micro Center store in Paterson was one of his favorite places to shop. His favorite show to watch was not on TV, but online; “The Tech Guy with Leo Leporte”, which was all about the latest technology and gadgets. His ‘man-cave’ was the home to all his electronic toys and he loved to share what he had with everyone. John always had snacks in the man cave, plenty of diet soda, and Tic-Tacs, which he was often shaking in his pocket.
John met his wife Eileen (nee Manley) while they were both out dancing one night. They fell in love and married on December 8, 1984. John’s idea of a honeymoon wasn't exactly what Eileen had in mind – they spent a few weeks fixing up the home that they planned to move into with their new combined family. Over the years they vacationed in Wildwood in the summers and had taken a few trips out to Los Angeles more recently. They’ve enjoyed 29 years together in a marriage that was never boring, and in which they always knew that they could count on one another.
John is survived by his beloved wife Eileen of Wayne, three children; Kristi Aurelien and her husband Gary of Deptford, NJ, Joyce Wright and her fiancé Jayson of Wayne, and Tim Wright and his wife Diane of Los Angeles, CA, four grandchildren; Nicole and Marcus Aurelien, Chloe Driscoll-Wright, and Rex Wright, his mother; Dorothy Burris of Whiting, NJ, and one brother; Ron Burris of Whiting, NJ.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 18, 2013 from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday, August 19, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a funeral service will be offered. Burial will follow at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
August 15, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 18, 2013 from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday, August 19, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a funeral service will be offered. Burial will follow at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
John R. Burris, age 62 of Wayne, died unexpectedly at home on Thursday, August 15, 2013.
John was a resident of Wayne his entire life and graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the class of 1969. Shortly after high school, John began working for Deluxe Check Printers and he enjoyed a career of over 30 years there before retiring in 2000. He wasn’t one to sit idle and soon began working again at the Home Depot in Riverdale and then Cost Cutters in Wayne. During the past few years he was an assistant manager with Walgreens at their Ledgewood location. He was very pleased to have recently been transferred back to the Walgreens in Lincoln Park where he loved his fellow staff and the customers.
John was also a bit of a computer and stereo junkie. After his retirement from Deluxe, he took several computer and electronics classes and there began his love of technology. He could fix just about any computer issue and he even built several computers and stereo components. The Micro Center store in Paterson was one of his favorite places to shop. His favorite show to watch was not on TV, but online; “The Tech Guy with Leo Leporte”, which was all about the latest technology and gadgets. His ‘man-cave’ was the home to all his electronic toys and he loved to share what he had with everyone. John always had snacks in the man cave, plenty of diet soda, and Tic-Tacs, which he was often shaking in his pocket.
John met his wife Eileen (nee Manley) while they were both out dancing one night. They fell in love and married on December 8, 1984. John’s idea of a honeymoon wasn't exactly what Eileen had in mind – they spent a few weeks fixing up the home that they planned to move into with their new combined family. Over the years they vacationed in Wildwood in the summers and had taken a few trips out to Los Angeles more recently. They’ve enjoyed 29 years together in a marriage that was never boring, and in which they always knew that they could count on one another.
John is survived by his beloved wife Eileen of Wayne, three children; Kristi Aurelien and her husband Gary of Deptford, NJ, Joyce Wright and her fiancé Jayson of Wayne, and Tim Wright and his wife Diane of Los Angeles, CA, four grandchildren; Nicole and Marcus Aurelien, Chloe Driscoll-Wright, and Rex Wright, his mother; Dorothy Burris of Whiting, NJ, and one brother; Ron Burris of Whiting, NJ.
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