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May 31, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Monday, June 4, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road in Wayne where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Michael S. Stevens age 79 of Wayne died peacefully at home on Thursday, May 31, 2012.
He was born in New York City and raised in Bronx New York having graduated from Gompers High School with the Class of 1950. He took a job as an ambulance driver for St. Clare’s Hospital in New York where he worked from 1951 through 1952. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corp and served during the Korean War. During his service he was a boxer for the 1st Marine Division. He received the National Defense Service Ribbon, Korean Service Ribbon, United Nations Service Ribbon and the Good Conduct Medal.
He met the love of his life Lois Wingrove on a blind date where they went to a movie and dinner. When he enlisted in the Marines he gave Lois a picture of himself which she used to stave off advances but never intended to date let alone marry Michael after his service. When Michael returned from the Marine Corps he went to visit Lois in Schenectady New York as she was caring for her grandmother. The family fell in love with him immediately and Lois’ love for him soon followed. They married at Saint Adalbert’s RC Church in Schenectady on April 14, 1956. Neither Michael nor Lois had any money for a honeymoon so they stayed in the Bronx New York. They have enjoyed a wonderful marriage for fifty-six years and can truly say they never had cross words with each other.
Upon completing his service in the Marine Corps Michael took a job with the Service Sign Erectors Company in New York where he worked for thirty-five years before retiring in 1990. Michael installed signs on many New York City landmarks and set up the Christmas decorations on the exterior of Macy’s and for many of the suburban towns of New York and New Jersey.
Michael was dedicated to his Catholic faith and was a parishioner and member of the Holy Name Society of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne.
He was the loving husband of Lois (nee Wingrove) Stevens; devoted father of Tracy Campbell and her husband John Wanczowski of Wayne, Michael Stevens of Toms River, and Matthew Stevens and his wife Danielle of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Corey Stevens, Courtney, Christopher and Kyle Campbell; five brothers Frank, Anthony, Casimer, Peter, Paul, and one sister Mary survive him; siblings John, Stanley, Diane(Josephine), and Bertha(Bobbie) predeceased him.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Eva’s Kitchen, 393 Main Street, Paterson 07501 or the Salvation Army, 545 West Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07522 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Monday, June 4, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road in Wayne where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
May 31, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Monday, June 4, 2012 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road in Wayne where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Michael S. Stevens age 79 of Wayne died peacefully at home on Thursday, May 31, 2012.
He was born in New York City and raised in Bronx New York having graduated from Gompers High School with the Class of 1950. He took a job as an ambulance driver for St. Clare’s Hospital in New York where he worked from 1951 through 1952. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corp and served during the Korean War. During his service he was a boxer for the 1st Marine Division. He received the National Defense Service Ribbon, Korean Service Ribbon, United Nations Service Ribbon and the Good Conduct Medal.
He met the love of his life Lois Wingrove on a blind date where they went to a movie and dinner. When he enlisted in the Marines he gave Lois a picture of himself which she used to stave off advances but never intended to date let alone marry Michael after his service. When Michael returned from the Marine Corps he went to visit Lois in Schenectady New York as she was caring for her grandmother. The family fell in love with him immediately and Lois’ love for him soon followed. They married at Saint Adalbert’s RC Church in Schenectady on April 14, 1956. Neither Michael nor Lois had any money for a honeymoon so they stayed in the Bronx New York. They have enjoyed a wonderful marriage for fifty-six years and can truly say they never had cross words with each other.
Upon completing his service in the Marine Corps Michael took a job with the Service Sign Erectors Company in New York where he worked for thirty-five years before retiring in 1990. Michael installed signs on many New York City landmarks and set up the Christmas decorations on the exterior of Macy’s and for many of the suburban towns of New York and New Jersey.
Michael was dedicated to his Catholic faith and was a parishioner and member of the Holy Name Society of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne.
He was the loving husband of Lois (nee Wingrove) Stevens; devoted father of Tracy Campbell and her husband John Wanczowski of Wayne, Michael Stevens of Toms River, and Matthew Stevens and his wife Danielle of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Corey Stevens, Courtney, Christopher and Kyle Campbell; five brothers Frank, Anthony, Casimer, Peter, Paul, and one sister Mary survive him; siblings John, Stanley, Diane(Josephine), and Bertha(Bobbie) predeceased him.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Eva’s Kitchen, 393 Main Street, Paterson 07501 or the Salvation Army, 545 West Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07522 would be appreciated.
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