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March 16, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Monday, March 19, 2012 from 4-7 PM and on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will begin 9 AM at the funeral home on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 then to Saint Anthony’s RC Church, 65 Bartholdi Avenue, Butler where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Joseph Montemarano, age 78 of Kinnelon, passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012 at home. His passing was graciously peaceful with his loving family attentively caring for him. He had bravely fought pancreatic cancer for more than two years.
Joe lived in Kinnelon for the past fifteen years and Bloomingdale for thirty five years before that.
Joe was a construction official for more than thirty years, serving in Riverdale, Butler, Oakland, Mountain Lakes, Wharton, Rockaway, and several other towns. He was one of the founders of Montemarano & Pellosie, Inc. Professional Builders of Midland Park and later having offices in the Broadway Bank Building in Paterson. He also taught a course on building codes at the Bergen County Community College and founded the Peer Review with the DCA (Department of Community Affairs) in Trenton. Joe was very well known and liked throughout the State and widely respected by his peers. His knowledge of construction building codes earned him the nick name “The Godfather”, as he seemed to know it all. Joe was a mentor to many of his students who went on to become inspectors and construction officials themselves, and they often called him for advice or with questions. In fact, as he was lying in the hospital recently, undergoing a procedure, he was taking phone calls from other State officials and still working. He loved what he did and considered it a hobby more so than a job. He will be deeply missed among the entire construction community in New Jersey.
Joe was born and raised in Paterson, growing up right near Hinchcliffe stadium. He met Diane Mongeau at one of their local hangouts. He found himself drafted into the U.S. Army shortly thereafter, but they kept in touch, writing letters when they could. Joe asked her to come visit him in Louisiana and when she showed up, he proposed to her. They were married there in 1953 and have enjoyed nearly sixty years together. She loved his personality, his laugh, and most of his jokes.
Joe was a devoted member of St. Anthony’s Parish in Butler. He raised his family in the church and his Catholic faith was his foundation.
Joe is survived by his loving wife Diane, his three children; Karen Scialla and her husband John of Kinnelon, Carolyn Fantozzi and her husband John of Kinnelon, Jeffery Montemarano and his wife Jennifer of Kinnelon, eight grandchildren; John Joseph Scialla of Kinnelon, Rick Scialla and his wife Arlette of Kinnelon, Brittany, Shelby, Taylor and Johnny Fantozzi all of Kinnelon, Gabriella and Francesca Montemarano of Kinnelon, and three great-grandchildren; Alexia, Rocco, and Marco Scialla of Kinnelon.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Joseph’s name are asked to consider The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714, www.lustgarten.org
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Monday, March 19, 2012 from 4-7 PM and on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will begin 9 AM at the funeral home on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 then to Saint Anthony’s RC Church, 65 Bartholdi Avenue, Butler where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
March 16, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Monday, March 19, 2012 from 4-7 PM and on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will begin 9 AM at the funeral home on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 then to Saint Anthony’s RC Church, 65 Bartholdi Avenue, Butler where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Joseph Montemarano, age 78 of Kinnelon, passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012 at home. His passing was graciously peaceful with his loving family attentively caring for him. He had bravely fought pancreatic cancer for more than two years.
Joe lived in Kinnelon for the past fifteen years and Bloomingdale for thirty five years before that.
Joe was a construction official for more than thirty years, serving in Riverdale, Butler, Oakland, Mountain Lakes, Wharton, Rockaway, and several other towns. He was one of the founders of Montemarano & Pellosie, Inc. Professional Builders of Midland Park and later having offices in the Broadway Bank Building in Paterson. He also taught a course on building codes at the Bergen County Community College and founded the Peer Review with the DCA (Department of Community Affairs) in Trenton. Joe was very well known and liked throughout the State and widely respected by his peers. His knowledge of construction building codes earned him the nick name “The Godfather”, as he seemed to know it all. Joe was a mentor to many of his students who went on to become inspectors and construction officials themselves, and they often called him for advice or with questions. In fact, as he was lying in the hospital recently, undergoing a procedure, he was taking phone calls from other State officials and still working. He loved what he did and considered it a hobby more so than a job. He will be deeply missed among the entire construction community in New Jersey.
Joe was born and raised in Paterson, growing up right near Hinchcliffe stadium. He met Diane Mongeau at one of their local hangouts. He found himself drafted into the U.S. Army shortly thereafter, but they kept in touch, writing letters when they could. Joe asked her to come visit him in Louisiana and when she showed up, he proposed to her. They were married there in 1953 and have enjoyed nearly sixty years together. She loved his personality, his laugh, and most of his jokes.
Joe was a devoted member of St. Anthony’s Parish in Butler. He raised his family in the church and his Catholic faith was his foundation.
Joe is survived by his loving wife Diane, his three children; Karen Scialla and her husband John of Kinnelon, Carolyn Fantozzi and her husband John of Kinnelon, Jeffery Montemarano and his wife Jennifer of Kinnelon, eight grandchildren; John Joseph Scialla of Kinnelon, Rick Scialla and his wife Arlette of Kinnelon, Brittany, Shelby, Taylor and Johnny Fantozzi all of Kinnelon, Gabriella and Francesca Montemarano of Kinnelon, and three great-grandchildren; Alexia, Rocco, and Marco Scialla of Kinnelon.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Joseph’s name are asked to consider The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714, www.lustgarten.org
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