Louis Lamandri

Louis Lamandri, age 60, of Wayne passed Saturday, November 2, 2019.

He was born in Newark and raised in Bloomfield and lived in Manahawkin before moving to Wayne over fifteen years ago but was often heard saying “YOU CAN NEVER TAKE THE NEWARK OUT OF ME!”

As a young man he worked at the Savoy Deli in Newark his Aunt Anna’s Delicatessen. This first job led to many years of working in the food preparation industry. Louis has worked for companies including: ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Jersey Mikes, Tiff’s, Macaroni Grill, and Panera. His main career was with the UPS Corporation where he worked for over twenty-five years.  He worked through the ranks at UPS having sorted packages, packed trucks, and finally took over a route delivering in North Bergen and Union City.

Louis will be lovingly remembered for his mayor like personality. He was very outgoing, sociable, and just loved to talk with just about anybody. He was an avid saltwater fisherman. He could often be found on the party boats the Elaine B, The Fisherman, and The Prowler out of Atlantic Highlands. For a while he owned his own boat “My Girls” a Bayliner with twin Mercury outboards. He loved that boat and was always fishing Barnegat Bay with it. He loved professional sports and was an avid NJ Devils, NY Mets, and Minnesota Vikings fan. Most of all Louis loved his yellow lab Rocky who was always by his side and loved to go on the boat fishing with him.

Louis is survived by his companion Victoria Gastulo who he lovingly called “My Bonita,” he is the son of Margaret Trento of Wayne and her late husband Michael; he was the father of Margaret Lamandri of South Portland, ME; brother of Anna Winick and her husband Eric of Wayne, and the late Michael and Rosemarie Lamandri; he was the uncle of Jessica and Gio Siracusa, Daniel Winick, Joshua Winick, and Mark Winick; two aunts Anna Icona and Sophie Florio both of Bloomfield; several loving cousins and his BEST friend Donny “Green.”