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January 4, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Mon., Jan. 9, 2017 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Tues., Jan. 10, 2017 from the funeral home, then to St. Gerard RC Church, Paterson, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Laurel Grove Mausoleum in Totowa.
Joseph Alvino, 78 of Wayne, died on Wed., Jan. 4, 2017 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He had been enjoying the winter months in Florida as he had for more than fifteen years.
Joe was raised in the Riverside section of Paterson and attended Central High School. At the young age of twelve he began working for a paving contractor and he learned the trade. He worked briefly for V. Ottilio & Sons and then formed a new partnership with his cousin in 1970, forming the A&A Paving Co. Eventually, he struck out on his own and started Alvino Paving Contractors with a loan from his father-in-law. The investment paid off and Joe built a business that has endured for more than twenty five years. With countless residential driveways and business parking lots to his credit, Alvino Paving has certainly left its mark on Wayne and the surrounding communities. For those who worked with Joe, and those that worked for him, they’ll tell you that he did things one way; his way. He was a strong-willed man, completely unwavering, and never to be questioned. That was his style and you had to respect him for it.
Besides being a very hard worker and determined man, Joe was a survivor of sorts. He pulled his way through adversity that would have crushed most other people. For the past thirty years he’s endured struggles with his health, including a heart attack at forty-five years old that the doctors told him he should not have been able to survive, as well as aortic aneurisms, cancer on several occasions, and a host of other ailments. But he battled through all of it and could amazingly muster the strength to get well again and defy his doctor’s prognosis. He was just a really tough guy.
Golf was something Joe picked up when he began wintering in Florida. He loved the game so much that if there was a way he could have played more often, he would have done it. Of course, nothing was more important to Joe than dinner. He often thought about his dinner all day long, even starting the day by asking at the breakfast table; “what’s for dinner?” He was picky when eating out and always ordered his food just the way he liked it, and if it wasn’t up to par, he wouldn’t eat it! Most of the area waiters and waitresses were afraid of him and he was usually served by the owners at his favorite restaurants. He simply wouldn’t tolerate a poor meal, but he was grateful when it was done well. He loved a good cigar, casinos, the horse track, and he had been able to travel to Italy and Aruba on some memorable vacations.
Joe and his wife Carol have been married for 57 years now. They met as teenagers in Paterson when Joe kindly gave Carol and her friend a ride home one rainy night. After dropping off Carol’s friend, Joe offered to buy Carol a cup of coffee and the rest is history. They were married two years later, on April 18, 1959 at St. Mary’s RC Church in Paterson, followed by a honeymoon to Niagara Falls. Together, they raised their four children in the Hillcrest section of Paterson before moving to Wayne in 1980. In 1986, they began visiting Florida each winter. They owned a home in Boca Raton initially before moving to Hillsboro Beach in 2002.
Joe is survived by his loving wife of fifty seven years; Carol (nee Watson) of Wayne, four children; Debra Firstbrook and her husband Craig of Wayne, Joseph C. Alvino and his wife Donna of Totowa, Gregg Alvino of Wayne, and Chris Alvino and his wife Elizabeth of Wayne, six grandchildren; Ashley, Kaitlin, Alexis, Alyssa, Alivia, and Anthony, and a sister-in-law; Marian Branthwaite of Pompton Lakes. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law, Scott Watson of Pompton Lakes just last month.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation. Donations can be made by mailing a check to 12902 Magnolia Drive, MBC-FOUND, Tampa, FL 33612, by calling 1-800-456-3434 ext. 1403 or online at www.moffitt.org/donate. Please make a note that the donation is in memory of Joseph Alvino.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Mon., Jan. 9, 2017 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Tues., Jan. 10, 2017 from the funeral home, then to St. Gerard RC Church, Paterson, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Laurel Grove Mausoleum in Totowa.
January 4, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Mon., Jan. 9, 2017 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Tues., Jan. 10, 2017 from the funeral home, then to St. Gerard RC Church, Paterson, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Laurel Grove Mausoleum in Totowa.
Joseph Alvino, 78 of Wayne, died on Wed., Jan. 4, 2017 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He had been enjoying the winter months in Florida as he had for more than fifteen years.
Joe was raised in the Riverside section of Paterson and attended Central High School. At the young age of twelve he began working for a paving contractor and he learned the trade. He worked briefly for V. Ottilio & Sons and then formed a new partnership with his cousin in 1970, forming the A&A Paving Co. Eventually, he struck out on his own and started Alvino Paving Contractors with a loan from his father-in-law. The investment paid off and Joe built a business that has endured for more than twenty five years. With countless residential driveways and business parking lots to his credit, Alvino Paving has certainly left its mark on Wayne and the surrounding communities. For those who worked with Joe, and those that worked for him, they’ll tell you that he did things one way; his way. He was a strong-willed man, completely unwavering, and never to be questioned. That was his style and you had to respect him for it.
Besides being a very hard worker and determined man, Joe was a survivor of sorts. He pulled his way through adversity that would have crushed most other people. For the past thirty years he’s endured struggles with his health, including a heart attack at forty-five years old that the doctors told him he should not have been able to survive, as well as aortic aneurisms, cancer on several occasions, and a host of other ailments. But he battled through all of it and could amazingly muster the strength to get well again and defy his doctor’s prognosis. He was just a really tough guy.
Golf was something Joe picked up when he began wintering in Florida. He loved the game so much that if there was a way he could have played more often, he would have done it. Of course, nothing was more important to Joe than dinner. He often thought about his dinner all day long, even starting the day by asking at the breakfast table; “what’s for dinner?” He was picky when eating out and always ordered his food just the way he liked it, and if it wasn’t up to par, he wouldn’t eat it! Most of the area waiters and waitresses were afraid of him and he was usually served by the owners at his favorite restaurants. He simply wouldn’t tolerate a poor meal, but he was grateful when it was done well. He loved a good cigar, casinos, the horse track, and he had been able to travel to Italy and Aruba on some memorable vacations.
Joe and his wife Carol have been married for 57 years now. They met as teenagers in Paterson when Joe kindly gave Carol and her friend a ride home one rainy night. After dropping off Carol’s friend, Joe offered to buy Carol a cup of coffee and the rest is history. They were married two years later, on April 18, 1959 at St. Mary’s RC Church in Paterson, followed by a honeymoon to Niagara Falls. Together, they raised their four children in the Hillcrest section of Paterson before moving to Wayne in 1980. In 1986, they began visiting Florida each winter. They owned a home in Boca Raton initially before moving to Hillsboro Beach in 2002.
Joe is survived by his loving wife of fifty seven years; Carol (nee Watson) of Wayne, four children; Debra Firstbrook and her husband Craig of Wayne, Joseph C. Alvino and his wife Donna of Totowa, Gregg Alvino of Wayne, and Chris Alvino and his wife Elizabeth of Wayne, six grandchildren; Ashley, Kaitlin, Alexis, Alyssa, Alivia, and Anthony, and a sister-in-law; Marian Branthwaite of Pompton Lakes. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law, Scott Watson of Pompton Lakes just last month.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation. Donations can be made by mailing a check to 12902 Magnolia Drive, MBC-FOUND, Tampa, FL 33612, by calling 1-800-456-3434 ext. 1403 or online at www.moffitt.org/donate. Please make a note that the donation is in memory of Joseph Alvino.
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