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May 21, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the funeral home and entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
Matthew D’Acierno, age 94 of Paterson, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 21, 2014.
Matthew was a lifelong resident of Paterson, growing up on 21st Avenue and attended Public School #25 grammar school and East Side High School. As a young boy of just 10 years old, he was struck by a car while playing ball in the street. His injuries were severe, suffering a broken leg which kept him from joining the military during the war. He did his part for the war effort as a machinist with Wright Aeronautical Corporation.
In his younger years, Matthew was an avid body builder. He played on many local sports teams and never forgot his friend Stanley. whose life he saved after he fell through a hole at the local ice pond. He enjoyed Sinatra music and dancing with his wife, Nancy, at the Meadowbrook. Matthew served the community as proprietor of a well-known confectionary store on the corner of 21st Avenue and East 23rd Street for seven years during which time he owned a pet Doberman pinscher, named Allah.
He later returned to the aerospace industry in 1957 and joined Singer-Kearfott,Woodland Park in the Manufacturing and Design department. As a machinist, Matthew dedicated himself to working on many ‘classified’ projects during his career. He was involved in developing state of the art equipment for the space program, as well as for many aircraft and weapon systems. He retired in 1987 after a very long career.
Matthew grew up in a traditional Italian household, in the People’s Park section of Paterson. He put family before everything else and was always willing to lend a helping hand He loved to cook with his wife, Nancy, and there was nothing better than a delicious, home cooked Italian meal to make him happy. His mechanical skills made him the “fix-it” guy around the house. He could fix just about anything. When his grandchildren came along, they too brought him much enjoyment and pleasure. Grandpa was always ready to babysit and he loved to take his grandsons to the park and watch them play. As they grew, he shared his hobby of coin-collecting with them, teaching them about what to look for in different coins as well as which coins were valuable. Matthew always gave his grandsons great advice about how to be successful in business while always keeping the customers satisfied.
Matthew met his beloved wife Nancy (nee Scancarella) while singing in the church choir of St. Anthony’s RC Church in Passaic. The two of them hit it off and were married on October 7, 1951. They enjoyed a honeymoon in Niagara Falls before settling into their own home in Paterson. They enjoyed 59 years of marriage together before Nancy passed in 2010.
Matthew is survived by his two devoted daughters: Nancy D’Acierno and Joy Cornwell, two grandsons; Kevin and Nicholas Cornwell, one brother. Leo and his wife Victoria and many nieces and nephews as well as dear friends, Margie Cornwell, Pamala Sodden and Joe Gizzi. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Nancy in 2010, his loving son-in-law, Kevin Cornwell (1997) and his sisters Marie DiMauro (2010) and Emily Bakos (2012).
Memorial donations to the Chordoma Foundation, P.O. Box 2127, Durham, NC 27702-2127 in Matthew’s memory would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the funeral home and entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
May 21, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the funeral home and entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
Matthew D’Acierno, age 94 of Paterson, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 21, 2014.
Matthew was a lifelong resident of Paterson, growing up on 21st Avenue and attended Public School #25 grammar school and East Side High School. As a young boy of just 10 years old, he was struck by a car while playing ball in the street. His injuries were severe, suffering a broken leg which kept him from joining the military during the war. He did his part for the war effort as a machinist with Wright Aeronautical Corporation.
In his younger years, Matthew was an avid body builder. He played on many local sports teams and never forgot his friend Stanley. whose life he saved after he fell through a hole at the local ice pond. He enjoyed Sinatra music and dancing with his wife, Nancy, at the Meadowbrook. Matthew served the community as proprietor of a well-known confectionary store on the corner of 21st Avenue and East 23rd Street for seven years during which time he owned a pet Doberman pinscher, named Allah.
He later returned to the aerospace industry in 1957 and joined Singer-Kearfott,Woodland Park in the Manufacturing and Design department. As a machinist, Matthew dedicated himself to working on many ‘classified’ projects during his career. He was involved in developing state of the art equipment for the space program, as well as for many aircraft and weapon systems. He retired in 1987 after a very long career.
Matthew grew up in a traditional Italian household, in the People’s Park section of Paterson. He put family before everything else and was always willing to lend a helping hand He loved to cook with his wife, Nancy, and there was nothing better than a delicious, home cooked Italian meal to make him happy. His mechanical skills made him the “fix-it” guy around the house. He could fix just about anything. When his grandchildren came along, they too brought him much enjoyment and pleasure. Grandpa was always ready to babysit and he loved to take his grandsons to the park and watch them play. As they grew, he shared his hobby of coin-collecting with them, teaching them about what to look for in different coins as well as which coins were valuable. Matthew always gave his grandsons great advice about how to be successful in business while always keeping the customers satisfied.
Matthew met his beloved wife Nancy (nee Scancarella) while singing in the church choir of St. Anthony’s RC Church in Passaic. The two of them hit it off and were married on October 7, 1951. They enjoyed a honeymoon in Niagara Falls before settling into their own home in Paterson. They enjoyed 59 years of marriage together before Nancy passed in 2010.
Matthew is survived by his two devoted daughters: Nancy D’Acierno and Joy Cornwell, two grandsons; Kevin and Nicholas Cornwell, one brother. Leo and his wife Victoria and many nieces and nephews as well as dear friends, Margie Cornwell, Pamala Sodden and Joe Gizzi. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Nancy in 2010, his loving son-in-law, Kevin Cornwell (1997) and his sisters Marie DiMauro (2010) and Emily Bakos (2012).
Memorial donations to the Chordoma Foundation, P.O. Box 2127, Durham, NC 27702-2127 in Matthew’s memory would be greatly appreciated.
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