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January 10, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday January 13, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Joseph Carl Campione, age 62 of Stockholm, died on Saturday January 10, 2009 at home. His two daughters were with him by the bedside when he passed after a courageous battle with cancer.
Joe was born in Paterson and grew up in Wayne. He graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the class of 1964. Shortly thereafter he was drafted into the US Army and served two years, being discharged in December of 1967.
Joe learned to install flooring when he was just fifteen years old and he loved the work. Those skills would serve him well his entire life; he never left that business. He was most recently working for National Interiors of New York, New York as a carpet foreman. In fact, he loved his work so much that, despite his cancer, he was still working as recently as December, directing his crews over the phone. For the men and women he worked with, he was not only a co-worker but a special friend and someone they could always count on. For several years Joe had his own stores, Campione Flooring, in Oak Ridge, Pequannock, and Paterson.
Joe’s family will tell you that he loved to cook. You never had to ask what he was cooking – because it was most certainly going to include garlic, and lots of it! He was a ‘grill master’, cooking just about everything on the grill. His dream was to retire and open up an Italian restaurant and deli.
Joe’s daughters recall childhood vacations with their dad to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina where they would go camping. More recently, Joe would travel to Florida to visit his grandchildren, often three times per year. He loved taking his grandsons to the beach, and always treated them to donuts. When the boys heard that “Pop-Pop” was coming, they would wait by the door for him, waiting to go to the donut shop. Christmas time in Florida were trips that created “lots of wonderful memories” for his two girls, memories that they are sure to cherish their whole lives. Joe loved life to its fullest. He loved riding the open road on his RoadKing Classic. This passion took him to all parts of the country from the Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota to Bike Week in Daytona, FL. Joe’s love for travel had recently taken him to Italy and Greece where he and his girlfriend, Barbara, shared many special memories.
You could always count on Joe to lift your spirits with his sense of humor and his infectious laugh. He loved his friends, he loved his work, and he loved his family. He was a tough-guy of sorts, but soft-hearted, kind, generous, and funny to the end. He will be sadly missed.
He is survived by his two loving daughters; Jennifer Seymour and her husband Brian of St. Augustine, Florida, and Jacalyn Campione of Stockholm, New Jersey, two grandsons; Alex and Dustin Seymour, both of Florida, one brother Ronald Campione and his wife Carolyn of Basking Ridge, and two sisters; Lillian Percey of Wayne and Deborah Spiotti of Nutley. He was predeceased by his brother Carl of Ringwood in 1983, brother-in-law William Percey and both of his parents; Joseph and Evelyn Campione.
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Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday January 13, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
January 10, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday January 13, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Joseph Carl Campione, age 62 of Stockholm, died on Saturday January 10, 2009 at home. His two daughters were with him by the bedside when he passed after a courageous battle with cancer.
Joe was born in Paterson and grew up in Wayne. He graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the class of 1964. Shortly thereafter he was drafted into the US Army and served two years, being discharged in December of 1967.
Joe learned to install flooring when he was just fifteen years old and he loved the work. Those skills would serve him well his entire life; he never left that business. He was most recently working for National Interiors of New York, New York as a carpet foreman. In fact, he loved his work so much that, despite his cancer, he was still working as recently as December, directing his crews over the phone. For the men and women he worked with, he was not only a co-worker but a special friend and someone they could always count on. For several years Joe had his own stores, Campione Flooring, in Oak Ridge, Pequannock, and Paterson.
Joe’s family will tell you that he loved to cook. You never had to ask what he was cooking – because it was most certainly going to include garlic, and lots of it! He was a ‘grill master’, cooking just about everything on the grill. His dream was to retire and open up an Italian restaurant and deli.
Joe’s daughters recall childhood vacations with their dad to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina where they would go camping. More recently, Joe would travel to Florida to visit his grandchildren, often three times per year. He loved taking his grandsons to the beach, and always treated them to donuts. When the boys heard that “Pop-Pop” was coming, they would wait by the door for him, waiting to go to the donut shop. Christmas time in Florida were trips that created “lots of wonderful memories” for his two girls, memories that they are sure to cherish their whole lives. Joe loved life to its fullest. He loved riding the open road on his RoadKing Classic. This passion took him to all parts of the country from the Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota to Bike Week in Daytona, FL. Joe’s love for travel had recently taken him to Italy and Greece where he and his girlfriend, Barbara, shared many special memories.
You could always count on Joe to lift your spirits with his sense of humor and his infectious laugh. He loved his friends, he loved his work, and he loved his family. He was a tough-guy of sorts, but soft-hearted, kind, generous, and funny to the end. He will be sadly missed.
He is survived by his two loving daughters; Jennifer Seymour and her husband Brian of St. Augustine, Florida, and Jacalyn Campione of Stockholm, New Jersey, two grandsons; Alex and Dustin Seymour, both of Florida, one brother Ronald Campione and his wife Carolyn of Basking Ridge, and two sisters; Lillian Percey of Wayne and Deborah Spiotti of Nutley. He was predeceased by his brother Carl of Ringwood in 1983, brother-in-law William Percey and both of his parents; Joseph and Evelyn Campione.
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