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December 25, 2024
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-6 PM on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held 9:30am on Monday, December 30, 2024 from the the funeral home, then to St Mary's RC Church, 17 Pompton Rd, Pompton Lakes, NJ where at 10:30am a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, 340 Ridge Road, North Arlington.
Matthew Elia Tavaglione, 77, died on Christmas day, December 25, 2024.
Matthew was born to Anna (nee Fischetti) & Matthew Tavaglione, in Hoboken, New Jersey on November 10, 1947. He graduated from Hoboken High School and later earned a Bachelors Degree from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City.
The majority of Matty’s career was at Maxwell House Coffee in Hoboken and he started in the mailroom at age 19. Over several decades, he held various positions & worked to advance both his education & career in the fields of logistics & purchasing. When the Hoboken plant was closed, he stayed with the company & transferred to the plant in Jacksonville, Florida. He ended his career with the parent company, Kraft, in the Nabisco division and retired in 2008.
Matty was an incredibly friendly guy who never met a stranger. He was a bit mischievious, loved to crack a joke & made others laugh wherever he went. He had a passion for New York sports and Sunday dinners were always scheduled around the Giants game. He was an avid golfer & he did so as much as possible, with friends, his grandson & in a senior league.
Matty met the love of his life, Karen, when he was just 17 & she was 13. They were high school sweethearts, who went on to marry soon after she graduated. They recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in November. Matty was a devoted husband and father to his daughters, Liese & Jen. There was nothing he wouldn’t do for all three of his girls and eventually for his grandchildren, Izzie & Cal too. He loved attending all their games & events in Pompton Lakes & rooting for the Cardinals.
Matthew leaves behind his beloved wife Karen (nee Federico), his daughters, Anneliese & Jennifer, his grandchildren Isabella & Calvin, his sister in law, Anne Federico, his brother in law Mark Federico (Lori), his sister in law Christina Stites (Stephen Brattoli), & many nieces & nephews. He is predeceased by his parents Matthew and Anna Tavaglione, his brother Nicholas, and his sisters Lucille Nisler (Charles) & Flora Amato (Michael).
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Tunnels to Towers Foundation would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-6 PM on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held 9:30am on Monday, December 30, 2024 from the the funeral home, then to St Mary's RC Church, 17 Pompton Rd, Pompton Lakes, NJ where at 10:30am a funeral mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, 340 Ridge Road, North Arlington.
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