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September 12, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Wednesday from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Joseph Fecsik, age 94 of Toms River and formerly of Wayne, died on Sunday, September 12, 2010 with his two daughters at his side. His passing was peaceful after being diagnosed with cancer just a few weeks ago.
Joe was born in Jersey City and lived there until he was fifty one years old. He graduated from Dickinson High School in Jersey City with the class of 1933. He moved to Wayne in 1966 where he lived before retiring to Silver Ridge Park in Toms River in 1985.
He began working as a welder and plumber in the ship yards in Jersey City and during World War II his position there was considered so critical that he was exempt from having to serve in the armed forces; his skills were necessary to build ships and submarines for the war effort. He was an extremely hard working individual, surely a characteristic passed on to him from of his Czechoslovakian parents. He later began to work for Colgate- Palmolive in Jersey City and remained there for his entire professional career. He attended classes at Rutgers University which earned him his Plumbing Inspectors License and then began also working as a plumbing inspector in Jersey City. He was never one to sit still and the term “workaholic” describes him best.
Joe was a devoted member of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne while living there and was true to his Catholic faith.
Joe was also a big comedian with a terrific sense of humor. He had a personality that allowed him to take over the room at just about any event. His daughter Cheryl took him to a dinner theatre recently in California and before they knew it, “Jersey Joe” became part of the show. He sure knew how to have a good time and he enjoyed travelling. Just this past spring he went on a cruise to Mexico and in June he visited Graceland in Memphis, walking around for nearly nine hours. His favorite vacation was their annual family gathering at the Sunny Hill Resort in the Catskill Mountains. Joe has been going there for nearly thirty five years with his family, taking the train there in the early days, and thoroughly enjoyed the wholesome family atmosphere. He had booked his vacation there this year and was to go for a week starting on September 13.
Joe met his wife Mary (nee Adamchak) in the mid-1930’s. He was driving along in Jersey City when this cute, young girl on roller skates grabbed onto his car and began riding along behind him. As the story goes, Mary fell and Joe stopped to see if she was alright. Love ensued and they were married in 1938. They enjoyed sixty years together before her passing in 1998.
Joe’s daughters recall their father being the best dad they could have ever asked for; he never raised his voice and treated them like his princesses. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren all knew him as “Pop-Pop” and loved him dearly. It would seem that everyone who knew Joe loved him dearly and his passing will leave a difficult void to fill.
Joe is survived by his devoted daughters; Dolores Swetz and her husband Richard of Wayne and Cheryl Bartolini of Laguna Niguel, CA, and one brother; Edward Fecsik of Toms River, five grandchildren; Karen Andruska of Wayne, Kim DeMarco and her husband Jeffrey of Wayne, Robert Bartolini and his wife Ela of Laguna Hills, CA, Lisa Rojas and her husband Brian of Mission Viejo, CA, Jonathan Bartolini of Laguna Niguel, CA and six great-grandchildren; Kaylee and Zachary Andruska of Wayne, Kristina and Nicholas DeMarco of Wayne, Justin Bartolini of Laguna Hills, CA and Mason Rojas of Mission Viejo, CA.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Joe’s memory to Passaic Valley Hospice, 783 Riverview Drive, Totowa, NJ 07512.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Wednesday from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
September 12, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Wednesday from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Joseph Fecsik, age 94 of Toms River and formerly of Wayne, died on Sunday, September 12, 2010 with his two daughters at his side. His passing was peaceful after being diagnosed with cancer just a few weeks ago.
Joe was born in Jersey City and lived there until he was fifty one years old. He graduated from Dickinson High School in Jersey City with the class of 1933. He moved to Wayne in 1966 where he lived before retiring to Silver Ridge Park in Toms River in 1985.
He began working as a welder and plumber in the ship yards in Jersey City and during World War II his position there was considered so critical that he was exempt from having to serve in the armed forces; his skills were necessary to build ships and submarines for the war effort. He was an extremely hard working individual, surely a characteristic passed on to him from of his Czechoslovakian parents. He later began to work for Colgate- Palmolive in Jersey City and remained there for his entire professional career. He attended classes at Rutgers University which earned him his Plumbing Inspectors License and then began also working as a plumbing inspector in Jersey City. He was never one to sit still and the term “workaholic” describes him best.
Joe was a devoted member of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne while living there and was true to his Catholic faith.
Joe was also a big comedian with a terrific sense of humor. He had a personality that allowed him to take over the room at just about any event. His daughter Cheryl took him to a dinner theatre recently in California and before they knew it, “Jersey Joe” became part of the show. He sure knew how to have a good time and he enjoyed travelling. Just this past spring he went on a cruise to Mexico and in June he visited Graceland in Memphis, walking around for nearly nine hours. His favorite vacation was their annual family gathering at the Sunny Hill Resort in the Catskill Mountains. Joe has been going there for nearly thirty five years with his family, taking the train there in the early days, and thoroughly enjoyed the wholesome family atmosphere. He had booked his vacation there this year and was to go for a week starting on September 13.
Joe met his wife Mary (nee Adamchak) in the mid-1930’s. He was driving along in Jersey City when this cute, young girl on roller skates grabbed onto his car and began riding along behind him. As the story goes, Mary fell and Joe stopped to see if she was alright. Love ensued and they were married in 1938. They enjoyed sixty years together before her passing in 1998.
Joe’s daughters recall their father being the best dad they could have ever asked for; he never raised his voice and treated them like his princesses. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren all knew him as “Pop-Pop” and loved him dearly. It would seem that everyone who knew Joe loved him dearly and his passing will leave a difficult void to fill.
Joe is survived by his devoted daughters; Dolores Swetz and her husband Richard of Wayne and Cheryl Bartolini of Laguna Niguel, CA, and one brother; Edward Fecsik of Toms River, five grandchildren; Karen Andruska of Wayne, Kim DeMarco and her husband Jeffrey of Wayne, Robert Bartolini and his wife Ela of Laguna Hills, CA, Lisa Rojas and her husband Brian of Mission Viejo, CA, Jonathan Bartolini of Laguna Niguel, CA and six great-grandchildren; Kaylee and Zachary Andruska of Wayne, Kristina and Nicholas DeMarco of Wayne, Justin Bartolini of Laguna Hills, CA and Mason Rojas of Mission Viejo, CA.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Joe’s memory to Passaic Valley Hospice, 783 Riverview Drive, Totowa, NJ 07512.
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