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August 11, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, August 16, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Paterson where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, August 15, 2010 from 2-6 PM at the funeral home.
Joseph Varcardipone age 78 of Ocean City, MD, died peacefully with his family at his bedside in West Milford, NJ.
He was born in Totowa, NJ at a farmhouse on Minnisink Road and was raised on Marcellus Avenue in West Paterson, also having lived in Paterson, Wayne, returning to West Paterson before moving to Ocean City, MD over ten years ago.
Joseph graduated from Passaic Valley High School, Little Falls with the Class of 1948. He continued his education at William Paterson University, Wayne where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Safety with the Class of 1976 and later received his Masters Degree in Urban Education and Community Affairs.
He was a veteran of the United States Navy.
He was a Captain with the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department where he worked for twenty five years before retiring. He was a member of PBA Local 600, retired member of PBA Local 197, member of the International Association of Identification (IAI) and the New Jersey IAI, the New Jersey Honor Legion, and the Italian American Police Officers Association. Joe received a Certificate of Merit from the PBA for “Excellence in Police Service Performed” after saving a young girl who was trying to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge on Route 80. He worked with the Drug Enforcement Administration for two years and was awarded their “Outstanding Contribution to Law Enforcement” award.
Joseph was active with the Knights of Columbus for many years and was most recently a member of Council 9053 in Ocean City, MD.
He is best described as a soft, gentle, kind person who never raised his voice and relished in the accomplishments of his children and grandchildren. Joe simply loved life! He enjoyed making his own wine, deep sea fishing, golf, gardening, and fastidiously taking care of his lawn, flowers and shrubs. And the Yankees – anything to do with the Yankees, Joe was a huge fan. If anyone even said the word “Yankees”, Joe was on it. There wasn’t a player, past or present, that he couldn’t recite their statistics, all of them. He was a walking Yankees encyclopedia.
He met the love of his life, Ellen Glover, while working at his television repair shop in Park Ridge. Their first date was to a car-hop on Route 46 in Clifton. They married at St. Mary’s RC Church, Paterson with Msgr. Vincent Puma officiating. On the day of their wedding, Ellen had to walk into church with a beach umbrella as it was raining so hard. They honeymooned in Miami Beach, FL, during a hurricane, and stayed at the Castaways hotel. Despite all that, they enjoyed fifty years of joyful marriage together.
Joseph was the beloved husband of Ellen (nee Glover) Varcardipone; loving father of Jill Stagg and her husband George of West Milford, and Joi Ellen Mann of Little Falls; cherished grandfather of Christian Stagg, Erik Stagg, Mackenzie Mann, Cameron Mann and Delaney Mann; one of ten children he is survived by his sister Mildred Rafferty of Little Falls.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Compassionate Care Hospice, 6 Prospect Village Plaza, Suite 200, Clifton, NJ 07103 or, in honor of Dr. Lawrence Barnet, Joe’s family would appreciate donations to support the Barnet House, a group home for the developmentally disabled. Donations to the Barnet House should be made to DPD, 1 Catholic Charities Way, Oak Ridge, NJ 07438.
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Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, August 16, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Paterson where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, August 15, 2010 from 2-6 PM at the funeral home.
August 11, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, August 16, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Paterson where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, August 15, 2010 from 2-6 PM at the funeral home.
Joseph Varcardipone age 78 of Ocean City, MD, died peacefully with his family at his bedside in West Milford, NJ.
He was born in Totowa, NJ at a farmhouse on Minnisink Road and was raised on Marcellus Avenue in West Paterson, also having lived in Paterson, Wayne, returning to West Paterson before moving to Ocean City, MD over ten years ago.
Joseph graduated from Passaic Valley High School, Little Falls with the Class of 1948. He continued his education at William Paterson University, Wayne where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Safety with the Class of 1976 and later received his Masters Degree in Urban Education and Community Affairs.
He was a veteran of the United States Navy.
He was a Captain with the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department where he worked for twenty five years before retiring. He was a member of PBA Local 600, retired member of PBA Local 197, member of the International Association of Identification (IAI) and the New Jersey IAI, the New Jersey Honor Legion, and the Italian American Police Officers Association. Joe received a Certificate of Merit from the PBA for “Excellence in Police Service Performed” after saving a young girl who was trying to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge on Route 80. He worked with the Drug Enforcement Administration for two years and was awarded their “Outstanding Contribution to Law Enforcement” award.
Joseph was active with the Knights of Columbus for many years and was most recently a member of Council 9053 in Ocean City, MD.
He is best described as a soft, gentle, kind person who never raised his voice and relished in the accomplishments of his children and grandchildren. Joe simply loved life! He enjoyed making his own wine, deep sea fishing, golf, gardening, and fastidiously taking care of his lawn, flowers and shrubs. And the Yankees – anything to do with the Yankees, Joe was a huge fan. If anyone even said the word “Yankees”, Joe was on it. There wasn’t a player, past or present, that he couldn’t recite their statistics, all of them. He was a walking Yankees encyclopedia.
He met the love of his life, Ellen Glover, while working at his television repair shop in Park Ridge. Their first date was to a car-hop on Route 46 in Clifton. They married at St. Mary’s RC Church, Paterson with Msgr. Vincent Puma officiating. On the day of their wedding, Ellen had to walk into church with a beach umbrella as it was raining so hard. They honeymooned in Miami Beach, FL, during a hurricane, and stayed at the Castaways hotel. Despite all that, they enjoyed fifty years of joyful marriage together.
Joseph was the beloved husband of Ellen (nee Glover) Varcardipone; loving father of Jill Stagg and her husband George of West Milford, and Joi Ellen Mann of Little Falls; cherished grandfather of Christian Stagg, Erik Stagg, Mackenzie Mann, Cameron Mann and Delaney Mann; one of ten children he is survived by his sister Mildred Rafferty of Little Falls.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Compassionate Care Hospice, 6 Prospect Village Plaza, Suite 200, Clifton, NJ 07103 or, in honor of Dr. Lawrence Barnet, Joe’s family would appreciate donations to support the Barnet House, a group home for the developmentally disabled. Donations to the Barnet House should be made to DPD, 1 Catholic Charities Way, Oak Ridge, NJ 07438.
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