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May 9, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday, May 12, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Lawrence Thomas Fette “Larry” age 71 of Wayne died Friday, May 9, 2008 at Hospice of New Jersey, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Wayne. Throughout his fight with peritoneal mesothelioma, the cancer caused by asbestos exposure, he had the comfort, love and support of his family, who were always at his bedside.
He was born in Passaic, lived his formative years in Clifton, and moved to the Packanack Lake section of Wayne forty-eight years ago.
Larry received his formal education at Clifton High School graduating with the Class of 1954. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration.
He was a parishioner and formerly served as a trustee of Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne. Larry was a past president of the Serra Club, which is dedicated to the encouragement of priestly vocations and for thirty-seven years made an annual retreat at the Loyola Retreat House of Morristown.
Larry was the president of Fette Ford in Clifton; founded by his father Henry Fette and celebrating fifty-five years in business. Among Larry’s past services to the auto industry are: NJCAR member and board chairman, Ford Dealer Alliance chairman, president of Ford Dealer Advertising Fund of the tri-state region, board president of Wholesale Auto Supply, was the 2003 NJ Nominee for the Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award and was a member of the Dealer Advisory Board of Valley National Bank, Wayne.
His favorite charities were Eva’s Village, Paterson, Several Sources Shelters, and Covenant House.
He lived in Packanack Lake, Wayne for forty-three years and was a member of the Packanack Lake Club, the Upper Montclair Country Club, the Bay Head Yacht Club, the Mantoloking Yacht Club and The Moorings Club of Vero Beach, FL.
Larry is best described as an elegant man who was respected and loved by all he met. His favorite respite from work was cruising in his boat “Nan-Sea”- named after his wife. One memorable trip was a two week cruise to Cuba with Moorings friends.
Surviving are his loving wife of fifty years, Nancy (nee Stark) Fette; four daughters Carolen Amarante and her husband Tony of Wayne, Lauren Tiers of Wayne, Anne Russomano and her husband Jim of Glen Ridge and Julie Fette of Houston, Texas; one son John L. Fette and his wife Kristin of Wayne; grandfather of thirteen cherished grandchildren Matthew, Carrie and Thomas Amarante, Lane, Lindsey and Twells Tiers, Alexandra, Jimmy, Amie and Michelle Russomano, Dan and Hart Fette, Talia Cohen-Fette; two sisters Dolores Richert of Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, Maryanne DiLella and her husband Al of Vero Beach, Florida and Green Pond, NJ, and one brother Henry “Bud” Fette and his wife June of Pawley’s Island, South Carolina.
He was predeceased by his parents Anne and Henry Fette, his parents-in-law Helen and Carroll Stark; his son-in-law Bill Tiers and his brother-in-law Jack Richert.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Larry’s memory are asked to consider the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, www.marf.org, PO Box 91840, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1840.
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Funeral services will be held Tuesday 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday, May 12, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
May 9, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday, May 12, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Lawrence Thomas Fette “Larry” age 71 of Wayne died Friday, May 9, 2008 at Hospice of New Jersey, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Wayne. Throughout his fight with peritoneal mesothelioma, the cancer caused by asbestos exposure, he had the comfort, love and support of his family, who were always at his bedside.
He was born in Passaic, lived his formative years in Clifton, and moved to the Packanack Lake section of Wayne forty-eight years ago.
Larry received his formal education at Clifton High School graduating with the Class of 1954. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration.
He was a parishioner and formerly served as a trustee of Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne. Larry was a past president of the Serra Club, which is dedicated to the encouragement of priestly vocations and for thirty-seven years made an annual retreat at the Loyola Retreat House of Morristown.
Larry was the president of Fette Ford in Clifton; founded by his father Henry Fette and celebrating fifty-five years in business. Among Larry’s past services to the auto industry are: NJCAR member and board chairman, Ford Dealer Alliance chairman, president of Ford Dealer Advertising Fund of the tri-state region, board president of Wholesale Auto Supply, was the 2003 NJ Nominee for the Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award and was a member of the Dealer Advisory Board of Valley National Bank, Wayne.
His favorite charities were Eva’s Village, Paterson, Several Sources Shelters, and Covenant House.
He lived in Packanack Lake, Wayne for forty-three years and was a member of the Packanack Lake Club, the Upper Montclair Country Club, the Bay Head Yacht Club, the Mantoloking Yacht Club and The Moorings Club of Vero Beach, FL.
Larry is best described as an elegant man who was respected and loved by all he met. His favorite respite from work was cruising in his boat “Nan-Sea”- named after his wife. One memorable trip was a two week cruise to Cuba with Moorings friends.
Surviving are his loving wife of fifty years, Nancy (nee Stark) Fette; four daughters Carolen Amarante and her husband Tony of Wayne, Lauren Tiers of Wayne, Anne Russomano and her husband Jim of Glen Ridge and Julie Fette of Houston, Texas; one son John L. Fette and his wife Kristin of Wayne; grandfather of thirteen cherished grandchildren Matthew, Carrie and Thomas Amarante, Lane, Lindsey and Twells Tiers, Alexandra, Jimmy, Amie and Michelle Russomano, Dan and Hart Fette, Talia Cohen-Fette; two sisters Dolores Richert of Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, Maryanne DiLella and her husband Al of Vero Beach, Florida and Green Pond, NJ, and one brother Henry “Bud” Fette and his wife June of Pawley’s Island, South Carolina.
He was predeceased by his parents Anne and Henry Fette, his parents-in-law Helen and Carroll Stark; his son-in-law Bill Tiers and his brother-in-law Jack Richert.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Larry’s memory are asked to consider the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, www.marf.org, PO Box 91840, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1840.
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