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July 22, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10:30AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Matthew Bufardeci age 91, a fifty-six year resident of Wayne, died peacefully on Sunday, July 22, 2012.
He was born and raised in Paterson having attended Eastside High School and graduating from Paterson Technical High School.
After graduating from high school Matt got a job with the Leslie Company as a tool and die maker. After a few years he enlisted in the US Navy. Most of his service with the Navy was spent in Mayport, Florida where he was an engineman on a crash boat. There was a Navy Pilot Training Facility in Mayport and his boat was responsible for rescuing downed pilots. He received the WWII Victory Medal and the American Theatre Medal for his service before being honorably discharged in 1946.
After his service Matt worked for the Eisen Metal Company in Lodi for several years before returning to the Leslie Company in Parsippany where he retired as a Tool Designer in 1985. After retiring, he assisted as a consultant to the company for several months when it relocated to Tampa, Florida.
Matt met his future wife, Jessie Nicoletti, through Jessie’s brother Jim. Matt attended Paterson Technical High School with Jim and they were friends. Matt and Jessie dated for several years and before Matt went off to the Navy, they became engaged. When he returned in 1946 they set the wedding date for September 29, 1946. They were married in St. Anthony’s Church in Paterson and honeymooned in Canada.
Matt was the devoted husband to Jessie Bufardeci (Nicoletti) and loving father of Linda DeFranco and her husband Roy of West Milford, and Andrea Sykes of West Long Branch; cherished grandfather of Roy DeFranco Jr., Matthew DeFranco and his wife Camille DeFranco, and Amanda Haring; loved brother of Frances Sunday of Prospect Park and the late Michael and Peter Bufardeci and Santa DelCucco.
Matt will be remembered as a kind, quiet, compassionate, family minded man. He had several hobbies including bowling, golf, gardening and watching the New York Yankees. One of the first people to own a video camera, Matt was also an avid amateur photographer taking hundreds of photos and movies of his family and especially his grandchildren. Matt and Jessie also enjoyed traveling. Throughout the years they accompanied their children and grandchildren on many family vacations to Cape Cod, the Jersey Shore, The Bahamas, Las Vegas and Florida. Later in life Matt and Jessie often accompanied Jessie’s brother Jim and his wife Marion on day trips to various local places and Atlantic City.
Matt had a good aptitude for making and fixing things and liked to tinker with just about anything. He was always there to lend a helping hand to anyone in need. His compassion and willingness to help others was a shining example for everyone. Matt was a founding parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the charity of your choosing would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10:30AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
July 22, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10:30AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Matthew Bufardeci age 91, a fifty-six year resident of Wayne, died peacefully on Sunday, July 22, 2012.
He was born and raised in Paterson having attended Eastside High School and graduating from Paterson Technical High School.
After graduating from high school Matt got a job with the Leslie Company as a tool and die maker. After a few years he enlisted in the US Navy. Most of his service with the Navy was spent in Mayport, Florida where he was an engineman on a crash boat. There was a Navy Pilot Training Facility in Mayport and his boat was responsible for rescuing downed pilots. He received the WWII Victory Medal and the American Theatre Medal for his service before being honorably discharged in 1946.
After his service Matt worked for the Eisen Metal Company in Lodi for several years before returning to the Leslie Company in Parsippany where he retired as a Tool Designer in 1985. After retiring, he assisted as a consultant to the company for several months when it relocated to Tampa, Florida.
Matt met his future wife, Jessie Nicoletti, through Jessie’s brother Jim. Matt attended Paterson Technical High School with Jim and they were friends. Matt and Jessie dated for several years and before Matt went off to the Navy, they became engaged. When he returned in 1946 they set the wedding date for September 29, 1946. They were married in St. Anthony’s Church in Paterson and honeymooned in Canada.
Matt was the devoted husband to Jessie Bufardeci (Nicoletti) and loving father of Linda DeFranco and her husband Roy of West Milford, and Andrea Sykes of West Long Branch; cherished grandfather of Roy DeFranco Jr., Matthew DeFranco and his wife Camille DeFranco, and Amanda Haring; loved brother of Frances Sunday of Prospect Park and the late Michael and Peter Bufardeci and Santa DelCucco.
Matt will be remembered as a kind, quiet, compassionate, family minded man. He had several hobbies including bowling, golf, gardening and watching the New York Yankees. One of the first people to own a video camera, Matt was also an avid amateur photographer taking hundreds of photos and movies of his family and especially his grandchildren. Matt and Jessie also enjoyed traveling. Throughout the years they accompanied their children and grandchildren on many family vacations to Cape Cod, the Jersey Shore, The Bahamas, Las Vegas and Florida. Later in life Matt and Jessie often accompanied Jessie’s brother Jim and his wife Marion on day trips to various local places and Atlantic City.
Matt had a good aptitude for making and fixing things and liked to tinker with just about anything. He was always there to lend a helping hand to anyone in need. His compassion and willingness to help others was a shining example for everyone. Matt was a founding parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the charity of your choosing would be appreciated.
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