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September 20, 2011
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Saturday from 1- 5 PM. For a photo and more information visit www.vandermay.com.
Louis B. Ricci age 87 of Wayne died on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. His passing was quiet and peaceful while he received the loving care of his wife and daughter who were at his bedside.
He was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania where he spent his youthful years. He received his formal education at Ambridge Grammar School and at Ambridge High School graduating with the Class of 1942.
Shortly after graduating from High School he received his draft notice to serve in the United States Army. He signed up in Pittsburgh and was trained as an antiaircraft gunner. His specialty was skills at using an Azimuth Instrument to get accurate bearing on airplanes for his antiaircraft gun installation. He served in the Western Pacific known as the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of the War. Lou received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with one Bronze Star and the World War II Victory Medal.
In 1946 he attended a cousins wedding in Paterson, NJ and met a beautiful girl by the name of Rose Balistrieri and after a three year courtship he was talking to her on the telephone and he popped the question "will you marry me?". He got a positive reply and on June 27, 1948 Lou and Rose tied the knot in marriage. The end result was that they had sixty-three years of "good and loving marriage".
He was one of nine siblings and in those days everyone had to find a job and help with the greater family. Louis started his work life as a youngster partnering with his brother Pat Ricci. Somehow he learned an early lesson finding out that his brother kept the money earned.
After his Army service he went to a trade school in Pittsburgh and learned the skills of a machinist. He then moved to Paterson where he obtained a job with the Morrision Machine Company as a lathe operator. He spent thirty-five years on that job and finally retired in 1981.
Lou was gifted with a quiet and reserved personality and became more outgoing in his senior years.
Perhaps the finest dedication and joy in his life was maintaining a garden patch of vegetables and flowers at his home. He simply loved his garden and spent many hours of enjoyment there. He also enjoyed bowling.
Surviving him are his loving wife Rose (nee Balistrieri) Ricci; one daughter Barbara Van De Giesen and her husband Nick of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania; Two granddaughters Lauren Marks and Alyson Davis and her husband Terry; three great grandchildren Alexandra and Reed Marks and Amelia Davis. Two sisters, Anne Gerardi from Bayville, NJ and Josephine Ricci from Ambridge, PA.
He was predeceased by his brothers Edward, Tom, Patrick, Herman, Anthony and Franklin Ricci.
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Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Saturday from 1- 5 PM. For a photo and more information visit www.vandermay.com.
September 20, 2011
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Saturday from 1- 5 PM. For a photo and more information visit www.vandermay.com.
Louis B. Ricci age 87 of Wayne died on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. His passing was quiet and peaceful while he received the loving care of his wife and daughter who were at his bedside.
He was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania where he spent his youthful years. He received his formal education at Ambridge Grammar School and at Ambridge High School graduating with the Class of 1942.
Shortly after graduating from High School he received his draft notice to serve in the United States Army. He signed up in Pittsburgh and was trained as an antiaircraft gunner. His specialty was skills at using an Azimuth Instrument to get accurate bearing on airplanes for his antiaircraft gun installation. He served in the Western Pacific known as the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of the War. Lou received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with one Bronze Star and the World War II Victory Medal.
In 1946 he attended a cousins wedding in Paterson, NJ and met a beautiful girl by the name of Rose Balistrieri and after a three year courtship he was talking to her on the telephone and he popped the question "will you marry me?". He got a positive reply and on June 27, 1948 Lou and Rose tied the knot in marriage. The end result was that they had sixty-three years of "good and loving marriage".
He was one of nine siblings and in those days everyone had to find a job and help with the greater family. Louis started his work life as a youngster partnering with his brother Pat Ricci. Somehow he learned an early lesson finding out that his brother kept the money earned.
After his Army service he went to a trade school in Pittsburgh and learned the skills of a machinist. He then moved to Paterson where he obtained a job with the Morrision Machine Company as a lathe operator. He spent thirty-five years on that job and finally retired in 1981.
Lou was gifted with a quiet and reserved personality and became more outgoing in his senior years.
Perhaps the finest dedication and joy in his life was maintaining a garden patch of vegetables and flowers at his home. He simply loved his garden and spent many hours of enjoyment there. He also enjoyed bowling.
Surviving him are his loving wife Rose (nee Balistrieri) Ricci; one daughter Barbara Van De Giesen and her husband Nick of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania; Two granddaughters Lauren Marks and Alyson Davis and her husband Terry; three great grandchildren Alexandra and Reed Marks and Amelia Davis. Two sisters, Anne Gerardi from Bayville, NJ and Josephine Ricci from Ambridge, PA.
He was predeceased by his brothers Edward, Tom, Patrick, Herman, Anthony and Franklin Ricci.
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