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February 25, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Rd., Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, February 28, 2010 from 2-5 PM and Monday, March 1, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in St. Nicholas Cemetery, Lodi.
Michael P. Zarella age 89 of Wayne died Thursday, February 25, 2010.
Michael P. Zarella age 89 of Wayne died Thursday, February 25, 2010.
He was born in Passaic, NJ the son of Mary (Griffin) and Michael Zarella. He was employed at Curtiss Wright Aeronautical Corporation in Woodbridge, NJ for 23 years as Purchasing Agent for Production and Experimental.
After proudly serving his country during WWII in the 20th Air Force, in Guam, he returned to Curtiss Wright and then attended Rutgers University and Fordham University.
He worked at Mack Trucks, Inc. and retired at the end of 1982 as a member of the Board of Directors, Executive Vice President of Administration, Personnel, Labor Relations and Purchasing. Upon Retiring , he was honored for his achievements by the Signal Companies of California.
He lived in Hagerstown, Maryland for five years and Allentown, Pennsylvania for fifteen years, where he was active in community services, serving on the Board of Allentown Hospital and the Salvation Army where he was made a Life Time Member. He was a member of the Lehigh Country Club in Allentown, Pennsylvania, President for five years of the Eastpointe County Club, in Palm Beach Gardens Florida and President of the Wyndemere County Club in Naples Florida.
He is survived by his daughter, Darleen Rankin and her husband, Donald, grandchildren, Michael and Julie Rankin, and Jill and Edward Cisneros, and two great grandchildren, Anthony Michael Rankin and Robert Donald Cisneros. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Dorothy, his son Michael, and his sister, Marie Viviano.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to: Guiding Eyes for the Blind, 611 Granite Springs Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598-3499 or the St. Josephs Dialysis Fund, c/o Foundation Office, 703 Main St., Paterson, NJ 07503 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Rd., Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, February 28, 2010 from 2-5 PM and Monday, March 1, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in St. Nicholas Cemetery, Lodi.
February 25, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Rd., Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, February 28, 2010 from 2-5 PM and Monday, March 1, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in St. Nicholas Cemetery, Lodi.
Michael P. Zarella age 89 of Wayne died Thursday, February 25, 2010.
Michael P. Zarella age 89 of Wayne died Thursday, February 25, 2010.
He was born in Passaic, NJ the son of Mary (Griffin) and Michael Zarella. He was employed at Curtiss Wright Aeronautical Corporation in Woodbridge, NJ for 23 years as Purchasing Agent for Production and Experimental.
After proudly serving his country during WWII in the 20th Air Force, in Guam, he returned to Curtiss Wright and then attended Rutgers University and Fordham University.
He worked at Mack Trucks, Inc. and retired at the end of 1982 as a member of the Board of Directors, Executive Vice President of Administration, Personnel, Labor Relations and Purchasing. Upon Retiring , he was honored for his achievements by the Signal Companies of California.
He lived in Hagerstown, Maryland for five years and Allentown, Pennsylvania for fifteen years, where he was active in community services, serving on the Board of Allentown Hospital and the Salvation Army where he was made a Life Time Member. He was a member of the Lehigh Country Club in Allentown, Pennsylvania, President for five years of the Eastpointe County Club, in Palm Beach Gardens Florida and President of the Wyndemere County Club in Naples Florida.
He is survived by his daughter, Darleen Rankin and her husband, Donald, grandchildren, Michael and Julie Rankin, and Jill and Edward Cisneros, and two great grandchildren, Anthony Michael Rankin and Robert Donald Cisneros. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Dorothy, his son Michael, and his sister, Marie Viviano.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to: Guiding Eyes for the Blind, 611 Granite Springs Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598-3499 or the St. Josephs Dialysis Fund, c/o Foundation Office, 703 Main St., Paterson, NJ 07503 would be appreciated.
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