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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at the funeral home. Entombment will follow at the Our Lady of Magnificat Cemetery, Kinnelon.
Joseph Albanese, age 90 of Wayne, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, with his family at his side. He had been a resident of Wayne since 1956.
Joe was raised in Garfield and joined the U.S. Navy at the age of seventeen by lying about his age on the enlistment forms. Within months, he was serving aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean and headed right into the thick of things. His ship was torpedoed and Joe was injured while fighting a fire onboard. He was transferred to a hospital in Seattle, Washington before being sent back home to recover from his wounds.
Upon returning home, Joe started working for his father as a plumber and this became his life long career. He eventually started his own plumbing company; Albanese Plumbing. Joe worked on many new housing developments throughout the State and became a member of the NJ State League of Master Plumbers, and the Tri-boro Master Plumbers Association. Joe was also an avid member of the Wayne Chapter of UNICO. He retired at fifty five years old and began wintering in Delray Beach, Florida.
Joe and his wife Corrine met in Paterson where she was a bookkeeper at Harris & Jaffee Plumbing Supply. They married at St. Paul’s Church and settled in Clifton for a few years before Joe found a building lot in Wayne. He built his own house there and they moved to Wayne in 1956. They loved to socialize with their many good friends and family, and Joe’s children recall parties at their house which were always memorable and usually stretched well into the night. Joe also enjoyed cooking for his family and Sunday dinner was a special treat at his house where the door was always open. He and Corrine traveled all around the United States and had visited the Bahamas and Puerto Rico as well. In his leisure time, Joe liked to golf and go fishing. On the golf course, he typically spent more time searching for stray golf balls instead of hitting them and he built quite the collection over the years.
His house was loaded with bins full of them, and Corrine used to get frustrated when he would attempt to wash them in their home washing machine! The noise was unbearable!
Joe was ‘old school’ and tough in a good way – which was his way. He had an endearing soft side that was kind and caring. He will always be dearly loved and missed by his family and many close friends.
Joe is survived by his daughter, Marilyn Webb, her children and grandson, Kari Millikin and husband Bryan, Gary Webb Jr, wife Danielle and their son Preston. His son, Joseph Albanese Jr and his wife Renee, their children , Joseph Albanese III, Michele Albanese, Nicollette Levan, Renee Wilke and their granddaughter Madison; and his son, Peter Albanese and his wife Lisa, their children Peter Jr, Kyle and Leighann Albanese. He is also survived by one brother, Donald Albanese and his wife Jacqueline. He is predeceased by three brothers; Robert, Charles and Thomas.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at the funeral home. Entombment will follow at the Our Lady of Magnificat Cemetery, Kinnelon.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at the funeral home. Entombment will follow at the Our Lady of Magnificat Cemetery, Kinnelon.
Joseph Albanese, age 90 of Wayne, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, with his family at his side. He had been a resident of Wayne since 1956.
Joe was raised in Garfield and joined the U.S. Navy at the age of seventeen by lying about his age on the enlistment forms. Within months, he was serving aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean and headed right into the thick of things. His ship was torpedoed and Joe was injured while fighting a fire onboard. He was transferred to a hospital in Seattle, Washington before being sent back home to recover from his wounds.
Upon returning home, Joe started working for his father as a plumber and this became his life long career. He eventually started his own plumbing company; Albanese Plumbing. Joe worked on many new housing developments throughout the State and became a member of the NJ State League of Master Plumbers, and the Tri-boro Master Plumbers Association. Joe was also an avid member of the Wayne Chapter of UNICO. He retired at fifty five years old and began wintering in Delray Beach, Florida.
Joe and his wife Corrine met in Paterson where she was a bookkeeper at Harris & Jaffee Plumbing Supply. They married at St. Paul’s Church and settled in Clifton for a few years before Joe found a building lot in Wayne. He built his own house there and they moved to Wayne in 1956. They loved to socialize with their many good friends and family, and Joe’s children recall parties at their house which were always memorable and usually stretched well into the night. Joe also enjoyed cooking for his family and Sunday dinner was a special treat at his house where the door was always open. He and Corrine traveled all around the United States and had visited the Bahamas and Puerto Rico as well. In his leisure time, Joe liked to golf and go fishing. On the golf course, he typically spent more time searching for stray golf balls instead of hitting them and he built quite the collection over the years.
His house was loaded with bins full of them, and Corrine used to get frustrated when he would attempt to wash them in their home washing machine! The noise was unbearable!
Joe was ‘old school’ and tough in a good way – which was his way. He had an endearing soft side that was kind and caring. He will always be dearly loved and missed by his family and many close friends.
Joe is survived by his daughter, Marilyn Webb, her children and grandson, Kari Millikin and husband Bryan, Gary Webb Jr, wife Danielle and their son Preston. His son, Joseph Albanese Jr and his wife Renee, their children , Joseph Albanese III, Michele Albanese, Nicollette Levan, Renee Wilke and their granddaughter Madison; and his son, Peter Albanese and his wife Lisa, their children Peter Jr, Kyle and Leighann Albanese. He is also survived by one brother, Donald Albanese and his wife Jacqueline. He is predeceased by three brothers; Robert, Charles and Thomas.
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