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September 3, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 5-9 PM.
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, September 9, 2017, beginning at 10:00 AM at the funeral home. Entombment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Kenneth Arnold Virula, age 38, of Wayne, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 3, 2017.
Kenny was born in North Bergen and raised in Paterson until moving to Wayne with his parents and two sisters in 1994. As a young boy, he always enjoyed athletics. Consequently, for much of his childhood, he actively participated in a traveling baseball league. He attended DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne where he starred as a point guard for the DePaul Spartans basketball team.
Following high school graduation in 1997, Kenny attended college before going to work full-time. In 2004 he was working for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioner contractor. Kenny was doing an installation for a customer who had an employee named Jennifer Mass. While he was working there Jen was immediately struck by Kenny’s good looks, describing him as “hotty po-totty”. He liked her too and later called the customer so he could ask for Jen’s phone number. Their first date together was to a Halloween party at Jen’s sister Jaime’s house.
For the past ten years Ken was employed by Lehmann Pools and Spas in Mahwah. He loved his job as a service manager and, because of his dedicated work ethic, he enjoyed the respect of his customers and colleagues.
When he wasn’t at work, Kenny enjoyed watching his favorite sport teams – the New York Yankees and Giants, or taking in eighteen holes of golf at the Preakness Valley County Golf Course in Wayne. Above all, his all-time favorite thing to do was to spend time with his four children – Isabella, Sophia, KJ and Mia. While it really didn’t matter what they did, he especially liked to take them for rides on his quad and play with them in the swimming pool at home and at the Crystal Springs Resort in Vernon. He truly adored his children and loved calling them by affectionate names often referring to Isabella as “Jelly Belly”, Sophia as “So-So-Delicious”, Mia as “Mia Mia”, and his son K.J. as “Mr. JJ Man.”
Kenny, or “Ken Dog” as he was known to many, will be remembered for his magnetic personality and larger-than-life presence. To many of his family and friends, he was often described as one of the funniest people they knew. Already as a kid, he was always pulling pranks like playing hide-and-seek with his sister Melissa. He’d show her where to hide then just leave her there while she patiently waited for him to “find her.” He used to set up ramps for his bike to jump over and have Melissa lay between the ramps. Kenny: everyone is going to miss your big smile! You are loved!
Surviving are Kenny’s four cherished children: Isabella, Sophia, and Kenneth “KJ” Mass Virula, and Mia Virula; his loving parents: Arnoldo and Aura Virula of Wayne; and his two dear sisters: Sylvia Virula of Wayne and Melissa Virula of Pompton Lakes.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Ken’s name are asked to consider a gift to help with future college expenses for his four children. Thank you for giving online at gofundme.com/bella-sophia-kj-mia.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 5-9 PM.
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, September 9, 2017, beginning at 10:00 AM at the funeral home. Entombment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
September 3, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 5-9 PM.
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, September 9, 2017, beginning at 10:00 AM at the funeral home. Entombment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Kenneth Arnold Virula, age 38, of Wayne, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 3, 2017.
Kenny was born in North Bergen and raised in Paterson until moving to Wayne with his parents and two sisters in 1994. As a young boy, he always enjoyed athletics. Consequently, for much of his childhood, he actively participated in a traveling baseball league. He attended DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne where he starred as a point guard for the DePaul Spartans basketball team.
Following high school graduation in 1997, Kenny attended college before going to work full-time. In 2004 he was working for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioner contractor. Kenny was doing an installation for a customer who had an employee named Jennifer Mass. While he was working there Jen was immediately struck by Kenny’s good looks, describing him as “hotty po-totty”. He liked her too and later called the customer so he could ask for Jen’s phone number. Their first date together was to a Halloween party at Jen’s sister Jaime’s house.
For the past ten years Ken was employed by Lehmann Pools and Spas in Mahwah. He loved his job as a service manager and, because of his dedicated work ethic, he enjoyed the respect of his customers and colleagues.
When he wasn’t at work, Kenny enjoyed watching his favorite sport teams – the New York Yankees and Giants, or taking in eighteen holes of golf at the Preakness Valley County Golf Course in Wayne. Above all, his all-time favorite thing to do was to spend time with his four children – Isabella, Sophia, KJ and Mia. While it really didn’t matter what they did, he especially liked to take them for rides on his quad and play with them in the swimming pool at home and at the Crystal Springs Resort in Vernon. He truly adored his children and loved calling them by affectionate names often referring to Isabella as “Jelly Belly”, Sophia as “So-So-Delicious”, Mia as “Mia Mia”, and his son K.J. as “Mr. JJ Man.”
Kenny, or “Ken Dog” as he was known to many, will be remembered for his magnetic personality and larger-than-life presence. To many of his family and friends, he was often described as one of the funniest people they knew. Already as a kid, he was always pulling pranks like playing hide-and-seek with his sister Melissa. He’d show her where to hide then just leave her there while she patiently waited for him to “find her.” He used to set up ramps for his bike to jump over and have Melissa lay between the ramps. Kenny: everyone is going to miss your big smile! You are loved!
Surviving are Kenny’s four cherished children: Isabella, Sophia, and Kenneth “KJ” Mass Virula, and Mia Virula; his loving parents: Arnoldo and Aura Virula of Wayne; and his two dear sisters: Sylvia Virula of Wayne and Melissa Virula of Pompton Lakes.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Ken’s name are asked to consider a gift to help with future college expenses for his four children. Thank you for giving online at gofundme.com/bella-sophia-kj-mia.
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