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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:15 AM on Friday, April 15, 2016 from the funeral home then to Saint Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Manuel “Manny” Avedissian, age 57, of Wayne passed peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
He was born in Paris, France and moved to the United States at the age of three. Manny’s father’s dream was to live in the United States and he brought his family to America. They lived in Newark, New Jersey where Manny graduated from Barringer High School with the Class of 1976. Shortly after high school Manny was often seen on the tennis courts in Branch Brook Park where he competed and often won tournaments. He was also blessed to have family that lived in the South of France and he and his sisters would visit during the summer. Here too he was renowned for his skills on the tennis courts. Just out of high school Manny decided he didn’t want to go to college. His father got him a job at the sheet metal factory where he worked to teach Manny a lesson. Well it worked and soon he was enrolled at Montclair State College where he would graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with the Class of 1982.
After finishing college Manny worked for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark. He played softball on the company team and noticed a coworker named Patricia Pyryt. Their first date was at the Jersey Shore where Manny rode his motorcycle to visit her. They would fall in love, with Manny proposing marriage at the Iberia Restaurant in Newark on New-Years Eve of 1984. They married at Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church in Garfield on June 8, 1986 and honeymooned in Cancun, Mexico. They have had a loving, devoted marriage for the past thirty years.
Manny was a police officer in Bloomfield for several years prior to serving as a Government Contractor for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
If you could look into Manny’s heart you would find that he was all about his family. He was so proud of his three sons and looked on with pride at all their accomplishments. He was especially proud of their achievements in football, baseball, and golf as he never missed his sons' games. Manny was a baseball coach for the Wayne PAL as well as a basketball coach for the Boys and Girls Club. He also had a special place in his heart for France. He enjoyed trips to France and to Canada. Besides loving everything French he was an avid Indianapolis Colts and New York Yankee fan.
Manny was the loving husband of Patricia Avedissian; devoted father of Christian, Jason, and Justin Avedissian; dear brother of Anna Sutton and her husband Paul and Katia Damato and her husband Vincent all of Livingston; he was also the cherished uncle of several loving nieces, nephews and grand-nieces.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:15 AM on Friday, April 15, 2016 from the funeral home then to Saint Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:15 AM on Friday, April 15, 2016 from the funeral home then to Saint Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Manuel “Manny” Avedissian, age 57, of Wayne passed peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
He was born in Paris, France and moved to the United States at the age of three. Manny’s father’s dream was to live in the United States and he brought his family to America. They lived in Newark, New Jersey where Manny graduated from Barringer High School with the Class of 1976. Shortly after high school Manny was often seen on the tennis courts in Branch Brook Park where he competed and often won tournaments. He was also blessed to have family that lived in the South of France and he and his sisters would visit during the summer. Here too he was renowned for his skills on the tennis courts. Just out of high school Manny decided he didn’t want to go to college. His father got him a job at the sheet metal factory where he worked to teach Manny a lesson. Well it worked and soon he was enrolled at Montclair State College where he would graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with the Class of 1982.
After finishing college Manny worked for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark. He played softball on the company team and noticed a coworker named Patricia Pyryt. Their first date was at the Jersey Shore where Manny rode his motorcycle to visit her. They would fall in love, with Manny proposing marriage at the Iberia Restaurant in Newark on New-Years Eve of 1984. They married at Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church in Garfield on June 8, 1986 and honeymooned in Cancun, Mexico. They have had a loving, devoted marriage for the past thirty years.
Manny was a police officer in Bloomfield for several years prior to serving as a Government Contractor for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
If you could look into Manny’s heart you would find that he was all about his family. He was so proud of his three sons and looked on with pride at all their accomplishments. He was especially proud of their achievements in football, baseball, and golf as he never missed his sons' games. Manny was a baseball coach for the Wayne PAL as well as a basketball coach for the Boys and Girls Club. He also had a special place in his heart for France. He enjoyed trips to France and to Canada. Besides loving everything French he was an avid Indianapolis Colts and New York Yankee fan.
Manny was the loving husband of Patricia Avedissian; devoted father of Christian, Jason, and Justin Avedissian; dear brother of Anna Sutton and her husband Paul and Katia Damato and her husband Vincent all of Livingston; he was also the cherished uncle of several loving nieces, nephews and grand-nieces.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142.
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