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January 7, 2008
Services
Visiting will be on Friday January 11th from 2-4 and 7-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 12th at 10AM.
Jose N. “Joe” Couret age 63 of Charleston, SC died on Monday January 7 at The University of Medicine and Dentistry Hospital in Newark, NJ.
Joe was born in Havana, Cuba to Jose and Inocencia in June of 1944 and came to the U.S. in the early 1960’s. Joe initially settled in New York City and subsequently met and married Julia E. Penate in 1966. They had three children, Mark Anthony, Denise and Richard. Joe and Julia moved the family to North Bergen, NJ in 1979 where they raised their children. In the late 1990’s, his career led him to move to Huntsville, AL before moving to Charleston, SC in 2006.
From December 1960 to October 1962, the U.S. Government supported the relocating of more than fourteen thousand Cuban youths to the U.S. This mass passage was known as Operation Pedro Pan (Peter Pan) and was the largest recorded exodus of unaccompanied minors in the Western Hemisphere. Joe came to this country during this movement.
Joe worked for Panalpina Inc. for 35 years. He initially began his career with Panalpina in September of 1973, working as an import Agent in Downtown Manhattan, NY. In later years he was appointed as the Import Supervisor at The Harborside Financial Center Office in Jersey City, NJ and then subsequently Morristown, NJ. He held the title of Assistant Vice President and was also a Licensed Customs Broker. He was “instrumental” in helping with the set-up of a temporary office in Greenville, SC specifically for the ATME-1 (American Textile Machinery Exhibition International) in the late 1970’s. He was also responsible for all customs and compliance matters associated with this exhibition.
Given his experience he was transferred to Huntsville, AL in the late 1990’s to start-up entry operations there. He later transferred to San Juan, Puerto Rico to oversee the start-up of that business unit as well. Joe transferred back to the mainland in 2006 and was appointed the position of Customs Compliance Manager and Assistant Vice President to oversee custom compliance for the Carolinas, namely Charleston, Charlotte and Greenville.
His family remembers him as hard working, caring and loving. Although living quite a distance away, he was always making every effort to visit with his children and grandchildren regularly and rarely did he miss a birthday or holiday. He was extremely fond of “riding” and his prize possession and source of great fulfillment was his Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide Motorcycle.
Surviving are his ex-wife and friend Julia E. Couret; two sons; Mark and his wife Anastasia of West Milford; Richard and his wife Marsha of Knoxville, TN; one daughter Denise and her husband William Budin of West Milford; his four grandchildren Alexa, Jacob, Katie-Nicole and Isaac; one Brother Alejandro of Rockhill, NC; two sisters Maria-Alicia Marchetti of Jefferson, NY and Maria-Minerva Marchetti of Flushing Queens, NY. He was also pre-deceased by his two brothers Lucas Guillermo (1992), and Fernando Ricardo (1991) and one sister Josefina (1960).
Memorial contributions may be made in Joe’s name to The National Pancreas Foundation, 364 Boylston Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
or
The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer, 1111 Stewart Ave, Bethpage, NY 11714.
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Visiting will be on Friday January 11th from 2-4 and 7-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 12th at 10AM.
January 7, 2008
Services
Visiting will be on Friday January 11th from 2-4 and 7-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 12th at 10AM.
Jose N. “Joe” Couret age 63 of Charleston, SC died on Monday January 7 at The University of Medicine and Dentistry Hospital in Newark, NJ.
Joe was born in Havana, Cuba to Jose and Inocencia in June of 1944 and came to the U.S. in the early 1960’s. Joe initially settled in New York City and subsequently met and married Julia E. Penate in 1966. They had three children, Mark Anthony, Denise and Richard. Joe and Julia moved the family to North Bergen, NJ in 1979 where they raised their children. In the late 1990’s, his career led him to move to Huntsville, AL before moving to Charleston, SC in 2006.
From December 1960 to October 1962, the U.S. Government supported the relocating of more than fourteen thousand Cuban youths to the U.S. This mass passage was known as Operation Pedro Pan (Peter Pan) and was the largest recorded exodus of unaccompanied minors in the Western Hemisphere. Joe came to this country during this movement.
Joe worked for Panalpina Inc. for 35 years. He initially began his career with Panalpina in September of 1973, working as an import Agent in Downtown Manhattan, NY. In later years he was appointed as the Import Supervisor at The Harborside Financial Center Office in Jersey City, NJ and then subsequently Morristown, NJ. He held the title of Assistant Vice President and was also a Licensed Customs Broker. He was “instrumental” in helping with the set-up of a temporary office in Greenville, SC specifically for the ATME-1 (American Textile Machinery Exhibition International) in the late 1970’s. He was also responsible for all customs and compliance matters associated with this exhibition.
Given his experience he was transferred to Huntsville, AL in the late 1990’s to start-up entry operations there. He later transferred to San Juan, Puerto Rico to oversee the start-up of that business unit as well. Joe transferred back to the mainland in 2006 and was appointed the position of Customs Compliance Manager and Assistant Vice President to oversee custom compliance for the Carolinas, namely Charleston, Charlotte and Greenville.
His family remembers him as hard working, caring and loving. Although living quite a distance away, he was always making every effort to visit with his children and grandchildren regularly and rarely did he miss a birthday or holiday. He was extremely fond of “riding” and his prize possession and source of great fulfillment was his Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide Motorcycle.
Surviving are his ex-wife and friend Julia E. Couret; two sons; Mark and his wife Anastasia of West Milford; Richard and his wife Marsha of Knoxville, TN; one daughter Denise and her husband William Budin of West Milford; his four grandchildren Alexa, Jacob, Katie-Nicole and Isaac; one Brother Alejandro of Rockhill, NC; two sisters Maria-Alicia Marchetti of Jefferson, NY and Maria-Minerva Marchetti of Flushing Queens, NY. He was also pre-deceased by his two brothers Lucas Guillermo (1992), and Fernando Ricardo (1991) and one sister Josefina (1960).
Memorial contributions may be made in Joe’s name to The National Pancreas Foundation, 364 Boylston Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
or
The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer, 1111 Stewart Ave, Bethpage, NY 11714.
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