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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, October 24, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 11 AM on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 868 Ringwood Ave. in Haskell.
Joseph J. Rubiski, age 84, of Haskell, passed peacefully on Thursday, October 20, 2016.
He was born in the family home at 14 Camden Street in Paterson. He was raised here and graduated from Saint Johns High School in Paterson with the Class of 1950.
On June 1, 1951 Joseph enlisted in the US Navy where he proudly served aboard the USS Albert T. Harris, a destroyer escort. He was honorably discharged on May 31, 1955 having attained the rank of Electrician’s Mate First Class.
After his service in the US Navy he worked at the A&P distribution warehouse in Fair Lawn for many years. Once the facility closed he found work as a custodian for the Haskell Board of Education having worked at the Haskell Elementary School before retiring in 1997.
Joseph was living on Taylor Street in Clifton when he met the love of his life Betty Townsley while at J&J’s Tavern on Mary Street in Paterson. They fell in love and married on September 26, 1959 at Saint Agnes RC Church in Paterson and honeymooned at Niagara Falls, New York. They loved to dance together and would often traverse the dance floor doing the Jitterbug or dancing to Polka’s. They enjoyed fifty-two years of a loving and devoted marriage before Betty's passing in 2011.
He will be remembered as a funny, quiet, smart, easy going guy who showed up at a family graduation party bare chested and wearing a tie. Joseph always loved the water and especially enjoyed swimming in the ocean. The problem with his ocean swims was he twice lost his teeth in the water. One time they found them the next day at the edge of the water and the other time they spotted a little girl digging in the sand at the surfs edge with his teeth. Again, he did love the water and the family even has a photo of him, at age 83, riding a WaveRunner on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Joseph had many fond memories of trips to Atlantic City with his sister Elaine. The entire family has great memories of day trips to Aunt Mary and Uncle George’s Jersey Shore house and an Auto Train trip to Florida visiting West Palm Beach and Disney World. His favorite thing of all was spending time at home, in his swimming pool, with family around.
He was the loving husband of the late Betty Townsley (2011); devoted father of Joseph Rubiski and his wife Sharon of Vernon, Diane Lane and her husband Bob of Vernon, Leslie Vitale of Haskell, Carl Vitale and his wife Jackie of Kinnelon, and Mike Vitale and his wife Irene of Haskell; he was the cherished grandfather of six grandchildren Chrissie, Sean, Melissa, Michelee, Carl and Alicia and four great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, October 24, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 11 AM on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 868 Ringwood Ave. in Haskell.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, October 24, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 11 AM on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 868 Ringwood Ave. in Haskell.
Joseph J. Rubiski, age 84, of Haskell, passed peacefully on Thursday, October 20, 2016.
He was born in the family home at 14 Camden Street in Paterson. He was raised here and graduated from Saint Johns High School in Paterson with the Class of 1950.
On June 1, 1951 Joseph enlisted in the US Navy where he proudly served aboard the USS Albert T. Harris, a destroyer escort. He was honorably discharged on May 31, 1955 having attained the rank of Electrician’s Mate First Class.
After his service in the US Navy he worked at the A&P distribution warehouse in Fair Lawn for many years. Once the facility closed he found work as a custodian for the Haskell Board of Education having worked at the Haskell Elementary School before retiring in 1997.
Joseph was living on Taylor Street in Clifton when he met the love of his life Betty Townsley while at J&J’s Tavern on Mary Street in Paterson. They fell in love and married on September 26, 1959 at Saint Agnes RC Church in Paterson and honeymooned at Niagara Falls, New York. They loved to dance together and would often traverse the dance floor doing the Jitterbug or dancing to Polka’s. They enjoyed fifty-two years of a loving and devoted marriage before Betty's passing in 2011.
He will be remembered as a funny, quiet, smart, easy going guy who showed up at a family graduation party bare chested and wearing a tie. Joseph always loved the water and especially enjoyed swimming in the ocean. The problem with his ocean swims was he twice lost his teeth in the water. One time they found them the next day at the edge of the water and the other time they spotted a little girl digging in the sand at the surfs edge with his teeth. Again, he did love the water and the family even has a photo of him, at age 83, riding a WaveRunner on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Joseph had many fond memories of trips to Atlantic City with his sister Elaine. The entire family has great memories of day trips to Aunt Mary and Uncle George’s Jersey Shore house and an Auto Train trip to Florida visiting West Palm Beach and Disney World. His favorite thing of all was spending time at home, in his swimming pool, with family around.
He was the loving husband of the late Betty Townsley (2011); devoted father of Joseph Rubiski and his wife Sharon of Vernon, Diane Lane and her husband Bob of Vernon, Leslie Vitale of Haskell, Carl Vitale and his wife Jackie of Kinnelon, and Mike Vitale and his wife Irene of Haskell; he was the cherished grandfather of six grandchildren Chrissie, Sean, Melissa, Michelee, Carl and Alicia and four great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be appreciated.
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