Michael Fusco, age 42, of Livingston passed suddenly and unexpectedly on Saturday, January 27, 2018.

He was born and raised in Wayne having attended Wayne Valley High School and later Livingston High School. He was a natural athlete and excelled at baseball in both high schools. He was a graduate of Lincoln Technical School with a degree in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning.

He will be remembered for always having a joke, making up stories and rhymes, being silly with his sister and mimicking all kinds of stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kermit the Frog. He loved to laugh, was a daredevil and prankster at heart, and a fast and agile runner. As a young man playing baseball his coach once said his on base percentage was “always.” He enjoyed horror movies, loved Halloween, swimming in the family pool where he would jump off the roof into the shallow end all the time. In his youth he enjoyed family trips to the Jersey Shore with his cousins and getting ice cream at The Sandbar.  Mike had a huge heart, was extremely forgiving, loved animals, was kind, sensitive, and never held a grudge. A memory his mother will cherish is their shared love of baseball and how they would talk on the phone during every Yankee game.  It brought forth alot of laughter as well as some colorful words for the opposing team.  Most of all he will be remembered for his love of his son Dylan.

Michael was the loving son of Peter Fusco of Livingston and Helen Yselonia and her husband John of Wayne. He was the cherished brother of Cara Zaranski and her husband Pete of Wayne, and their children Ava and Declan, and his step-sister Jackie Yselonia of Forked River.

For those considering a memorial donation please send them to Shatterproof, 135 W. 41st Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036 www.shatterproof.org, or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959 www.stjude.org.