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October 21, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 9 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 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Modesto “Al” Albarez age 78 passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at home. His loving family was at his bedside. His death came after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma cancer. His passing was graciously peaceful as he past into the hands of his creator who gave him the wonderful gift of life.
He was born in Bronx, New York and he lived his childhood years in Newark, NJ. He received his formal education at Ann Street Grammar School and then at Eastside High School in Newark where he was active in Track and Football teams graduating with the Class of 1950.
Al enrolled at the Newark College of Engineering which is known today as The New Jersey Institute of Technology. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1957.
His first work experience was at Newark Leather Company and later as a leather finishing engineer for Seton Leather Company . He retired from work in 1997.
He was gifted with a strong personality that when it was presented with someone in need flowed with compassion and caring for others. He was always very generous with his time and talents especially for those less fortunate than himself.
Al met the love of his life MaryAnn Mrocka at a social event. The story of their introduction started with Mary Ann stumbling and Al saving her day. From then on it was a natural, meant to be engagement and marriage. They married on November 27, 1965 honeymooned in Florida and have had forty five years of “loving and committed” marriage together.
The finest dedication of his life was commitment to family. He was especially close to his brother and sister and when he had his own wife and family his love for everything family was carried with loving intensity to all of those relationships. The arrival of grandchildren was especially joyous for him and he loved them with all of his heart.
In 2007 great sadness entered his life journey when his sister Margaret Basmajian died.
He was a parishioner of the Immaculate Heart of Mary R C Church in Wayne.
Surviving are his loving wife MaryAnn (nee Mrocka) Albarez; two daughters Marianne Albarez-Hester and her husband Brian of Wayne, Lauren Rodriquez and her husband Alex of Doylestown, Pennsylvania; one son Richard Albarez and his wife Jacqueline of Short Hills; six wonderful grandchildren Matthew and Alicia Hester, Michael and Anna Rodriquez, Izzy and Mark Albarez; one brother Manny Albarez and his wife Mary of Spring Lake Heights, brother in law Frank Mrocka and his wife Debbie.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in “Al’s” memory are asked to consider the Hospice of New Jersey, 400 Broad Acres Dr., 4th Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 or The Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834.
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Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 9 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 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
October 21, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 9 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 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Modesto “Al” Albarez age 78 passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at home. His loving family was at his bedside. His death came after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma cancer. His passing was graciously peaceful as he past into the hands of his creator who gave him the wonderful gift of life.
He was born in Bronx, New York and he lived his childhood years in Newark, NJ. He received his formal education at Ann Street Grammar School and then at Eastside High School in Newark where he was active in Track and Football teams graduating with the Class of 1950.
Al enrolled at the Newark College of Engineering which is known today as The New Jersey Institute of Technology. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1957.
His first work experience was at Newark Leather Company and later as a leather finishing engineer for Seton Leather Company . He retired from work in 1997.
He was gifted with a strong personality that when it was presented with someone in need flowed with compassion and caring for others. He was always very generous with his time and talents especially for those less fortunate than himself.
Al met the love of his life MaryAnn Mrocka at a social event. The story of their introduction started with Mary Ann stumbling and Al saving her day. From then on it was a natural, meant to be engagement and marriage. They married on November 27, 1965 honeymooned in Florida and have had forty five years of “loving and committed” marriage together.
The finest dedication of his life was commitment to family. He was especially close to his brother and sister and when he had his own wife and family his love for everything family was carried with loving intensity to all of those relationships. The arrival of grandchildren was especially joyous for him and he loved them with all of his heart.
In 2007 great sadness entered his life journey when his sister Margaret Basmajian died.
He was a parishioner of the Immaculate Heart of Mary R C Church in Wayne.
Surviving are his loving wife MaryAnn (nee Mrocka) Albarez; two daughters Marianne Albarez-Hester and her husband Brian of Wayne, Lauren Rodriquez and her husband Alex of Doylestown, Pennsylvania; one son Richard Albarez and his wife Jacqueline of Short Hills; six wonderful grandchildren Matthew and Alicia Hester, Michael and Anna Rodriquez, Izzy and Mark Albarez; one brother Manny Albarez and his wife Mary of Spring Lake Heights, brother in law Frank Mrocka and his wife Debbie.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in “Al’s” memory are asked to consider the Hospice of New Jersey, 400 Broad Acres Dr., 4th Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 or The Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834.
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