July 28, 2013

Michael Fattal

Wayne

Services

Friends may visit with the family from 4-9 PM on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at St Ann Melkite Catholic Church, 802 Rifle Camp Road, Woodland Park.

Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at the church.

Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.

Michael Fattal age 90 of Wayne passed peacefully on Sunday, July 28, 2013 with the comfort of his family by his side.

He was born and raised in Aleppo, Syria where he was a baker. Michael moved to the United States in 1968 to try and make a better life for his family. He was sponsored by George Gibney and his mother Antoinette Gibney. Once in the United States he, along with his wife Odette and son Edmond, started Fattals’ Syrian Bakery in Paterson. In 1980 his son in law Norman Khawam became a partner in the family bakery that still operates in the original location today.

Michael was a good father to his family, loved life, and was always saying “God Bless You”. Michael was a member of St Ann Melkite Catholic Church in Woodland Park.

He was the loving husband of 48 years to the late Odette (Kerbaja) Fattal(1994) and twelve years to the late Linda (Hatem) Fattal(2012); devoted father of George Fattal and his wife Ellen, Edmond Fattal and his wife Maribeth, Amal Khawam and her husband Norman, Edma Chidiak and her husband Pierre all of Wayne, and the late Albert Fattal(2000); cherished grandfather of 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; he was predeceased by 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Ann Melkite Catholic Church, 802 Rifle Camp Road, Woodland Park, NJ 07424 to help the poor in Aleppo Syria would be greatly appreciated.

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Services

Friends may visit with the family from 4-9 PM on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at St Ann Melkite Catholic Church, 802 Rifle Camp Road, Woodland Park.

Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at the church.

Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.

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