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August 11, 2008
Services
A memorial funeral service will be held 4 PM on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne and will be officiated by Michael’s step-son John Gatti, Jr.
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday from 1-4PM at the funeral home prior to the 4 PM memorial service.
Michael J. O’Brien age 56 of Paterson died peacefully on Monday, August 11, 2008 at home after a courageous two year battle with prostate cancer.
He was born in Newark and lived in the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne for many years before moving to Paterson three years ago.
Michael graduated from Wayne Valley High School, Wayne with the class of 1969.
His wife Kathleen met and pursued the “man with the silver hair” fourteen years ago. He was her “knight in shining armor” and held the key to her heart.
He was a roadside assistance technician for Mercedes Benz of Montvale for the past six years.
He enjoyed fishing, motorcycles and anyplace where there was water. The “best day of his life” was when the Maybach car company treated him and his wife like royalty, with a ride in one of their chauffer driven sedans, to an Eagles concert at Madison Square Garden.
He is the beloved husband of Kathleen (Terwilliger) O’Brien; loving son of George and Margaret(nee Kimber) O’Brien of Brunswick, ME; loving father of John Gatti, Jr. of Boonton, Casey and his wife Sheila of Hawthorne, Dawn and Megan Klutsarits of Paterson; cherished grandfather of John Matthew Gatti, III and David Christopher Gatti both of Boston and Matthew Louis Klutsarits of Paterson; loved brother of Anne E. O’Brien of Oregon and much loved by many uncles, aunts and cousins.
Memorial donations to the World Wildlife Fund 1250 Twenty-Fourth Street, N.W. P.O. Box 97180 Washington, DC 20090-7180 (202) 293-4800 would be appreciated. Please click on the "print donation form" button and be sure to include this form with your donation.
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A memorial funeral service will be held 4 PM on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne and will be officiated by Michael’s step-son John Gatti, Jr.
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday from 1-4PM at the funeral home prior to the 4 PM memorial service.
August 11, 2008
Services
A memorial funeral service will be held 4 PM on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne and will be officiated by Michael’s step-son John Gatti, Jr.
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday from 1-4PM at the funeral home prior to the 4 PM memorial service.
Michael J. O’Brien age 56 of Paterson died peacefully on Monday, August 11, 2008 at home after a courageous two year battle with prostate cancer.
He was born in Newark and lived in the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne for many years before moving to Paterson three years ago.
Michael graduated from Wayne Valley High School, Wayne with the class of 1969.
His wife Kathleen met and pursued the “man with the silver hair” fourteen years ago. He was her “knight in shining armor” and held the key to her heart.
He was a roadside assistance technician for Mercedes Benz of Montvale for the past six years.
He enjoyed fishing, motorcycles and anyplace where there was water. The “best day of his life” was when the Maybach car company treated him and his wife like royalty, with a ride in one of their chauffer driven sedans, to an Eagles concert at Madison Square Garden.
He is the beloved husband of Kathleen (Terwilliger) O’Brien; loving son of George and Margaret(nee Kimber) O’Brien of Brunswick, ME; loving father of John Gatti, Jr. of Boonton, Casey and his wife Sheila of Hawthorne, Dawn and Megan Klutsarits of Paterson; cherished grandfather of John Matthew Gatti, III and David Christopher Gatti both of Boston and Matthew Louis Klutsarits of Paterson; loved brother of Anne E. O’Brien of Oregon and much loved by many uncles, aunts and cousins.
Memorial donations to the World Wildlife Fund 1250 Twenty-Fourth Street, N.W. P.O. Box 97180 Washington, DC 20090-7180 (202) 293-4800 would be appreciated. Please click on the "print donation form" button and be sure to include this form with your donation.
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