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May 18, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, May 22, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Interment will be at the Forsyth Memorial Park Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Michael Steven Cantore age 58 of Wayne died Monday, May 18, 2009, peacefully, while holding the hands of his wife and daughter.
Michael was born in Hoboken and raised in Lyndhurst before moving to Wayne thirty-two years ago.
He graduated from Bergen Technical High School, Teterboro with the class of 1969 and continued his education having graduated from Peru State College, Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Arts Education. He played high school football and went on to get a football scholarship to Peru State College.
Mr. Cantore was a carpentry teacher for the Bayonne Board of Education for the past thirty-six years. In 1992 he was awarded “Teacher of the Year” at Bayonne High School, in recognition of his outstanding talent.
Michael is best described as a loving man who was outgoing, friendly, giving, dependable, loyal, and fun loving. He was extremely talented with his hands and used those skills as a local kitchen and bath remodeler. A true craftsman, his cabinet making was second to none. He was the designer and manufacturer of a display cabinet that commemorates the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The cabinet will be displayed at the World Trade Center Museum, NYC.
Mike also loved assisting with the various Packanack sports teams that his children were on, as well as supporting their Scouting activities. He’s provided his children with many fond memories to be cherished for years to come.
He met his wife when he went with a friend to help a girl whose car had been stolen. They really “hit it off” and enjoyed a first date that consisted of a trip to the bowling alley and Rutt’s Hut in Clifton. They married on June 21, 1975 at Holy Rosary RC Church, Bronx, NY.
He is the beloved husband of thirty-four years to Joan Marie (Hudek) Cantore; devoted father of Jacquelyn M. Pane and her husband Mark Anthony of Arcadia, NC and Mark Kristofer Cantore of Wayne; cherished son of Dorothy (Peters) Cantore and the late Joseph Cantore(1967); loving brother of Robert Cantore and his wife Laura of Clifton and Diane Cantore of Denham Springs, LA.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Tomorrow’s Childrens Fund, 30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, May 22, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Interment will be at the Forsyth Memorial Park Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
May 18, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, May 22, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Interment will be at the Forsyth Memorial Park Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Michael Steven Cantore age 58 of Wayne died Monday, May 18, 2009, peacefully, while holding the hands of his wife and daughter.
Michael was born in Hoboken and raised in Lyndhurst before moving to Wayne thirty-two years ago.
He graduated from Bergen Technical High School, Teterboro with the class of 1969 and continued his education having graduated from Peru State College, Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Arts Education. He played high school football and went on to get a football scholarship to Peru State College.
Mr. Cantore was a carpentry teacher for the Bayonne Board of Education for the past thirty-six years. In 1992 he was awarded “Teacher of the Year” at Bayonne High School, in recognition of his outstanding talent.
Michael is best described as a loving man who was outgoing, friendly, giving, dependable, loyal, and fun loving. He was extremely talented with his hands and used those skills as a local kitchen and bath remodeler. A true craftsman, his cabinet making was second to none. He was the designer and manufacturer of a display cabinet that commemorates the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The cabinet will be displayed at the World Trade Center Museum, NYC.
Mike also loved assisting with the various Packanack sports teams that his children were on, as well as supporting their Scouting activities. He’s provided his children with many fond memories to be cherished for years to come.
He met his wife when he went with a friend to help a girl whose car had been stolen. They really “hit it off” and enjoyed a first date that consisted of a trip to the bowling alley and Rutt’s Hut in Clifton. They married on June 21, 1975 at Holy Rosary RC Church, Bronx, NY.
He is the beloved husband of thirty-four years to Joan Marie (Hudek) Cantore; devoted father of Jacquelyn M. Pane and her husband Mark Anthony of Arcadia, NC and Mark Kristofer Cantore of Wayne; cherished son of Dorothy (Peters) Cantore and the late Joseph Cantore(1967); loving brother of Robert Cantore and his wife Laura of Clifton and Diane Cantore of Denham Springs, LA.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Tomorrow’s Childrens Fund, 30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be appreciated.
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