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August 7, 2006
Services
Funeral services will be held Thursday August 10th 8:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday August 9th from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Joseph B. Godri age 87 of Wayne died Monday, August 7, 2006 while being lovingly cared for by his daughter and her family in Pine Brook.
He was born in Passaic and lived in Garfield before moving to Wayne fifty-five years ago.
Mr. Godri was an aeronautical engineer for Curtiss Wright in Lodi for over forty years. He retired in 1990 and then became an engineering consultant for Kearfott Aeronautics in Wayne for three years.
Mr. Godri was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where he was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was also a member of the Fife and Drum Corps of St. Stephen Catholic Church, Passaic.
He was a member and served as treasurer of the Golden Age Circle of Wayne, a member of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181 and a member of the Grange of Wayne.
Joe is remembered as a loving, gentle, kind, compassionate, generous, trustworthy and fun person. His hobbies included traveling-especially cruises and camping with his trailer across the USA, reading and gardening.
Surviving are two daughters Joanne Van Steyn and her husband Paul of Pine Brook and Sister Patricia Godri, SC of Carthage, MS; one sister-in-law Mary Godri of Clifton; one grandson David Paul Van Steyn and one granddaughter Amanda Jean Van Steyn. He was predeceased by his wife Agnes Madeline Godri (nee Daly) in 2004 and one brother Benjamin Godri.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St Anne Catholic Day Care Center, 207 Red Dog Rd, Carthage, MS 39051 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held Thursday August 10th 8:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday August 9th from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
August 7, 2006
Services
Funeral services will be held Thursday August 10th 8:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday August 9th from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Joseph B. Godri age 87 of Wayne died Monday, August 7, 2006 while being lovingly cared for by his daughter and her family in Pine Brook.
He was born in Passaic and lived in Garfield before moving to Wayne fifty-five years ago.
Mr. Godri was an aeronautical engineer for Curtiss Wright in Lodi for over forty years. He retired in 1990 and then became an engineering consultant for Kearfott Aeronautics in Wayne for three years.
Mr. Godri was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where he was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was also a member of the Fife and Drum Corps of St. Stephen Catholic Church, Passaic.
He was a member and served as treasurer of the Golden Age Circle of Wayne, a member of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181 and a member of the Grange of Wayne.
Joe is remembered as a loving, gentle, kind, compassionate, generous, trustworthy and fun person. His hobbies included traveling-especially cruises and camping with his trailer across the USA, reading and gardening.
Surviving are two daughters Joanne Van Steyn and her husband Paul of Pine Brook and Sister Patricia Godri, SC of Carthage, MS; one sister-in-law Mary Godri of Clifton; one grandson David Paul Van Steyn and one granddaughter Amanda Jean Van Steyn. He was predeceased by his wife Agnes Madeline Godri (nee Daly) in 2004 and one brother Benjamin Godri.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St Anne Catholic Day Care Center, 207 Red Dog Rd, Carthage, MS 39051 would be appreciated.
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