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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, August 11, 2016 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, August 12 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Nicholas Lepore, age 90, of Wayne, passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, August 9, 2016.
Born and raised in Jersey City, Nick attended W.L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City where he graduated with the Class of 1943. In 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and proudly served in the European Theater while attaining the rank of Corporal in the 974th Air Engineer Squadron. For his service, Nick was awarded the Army of Occupation Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
With the war over, Nick returned home to his family in December, 1946, just in time to celebrate Christmas. He began working full-time as a union mason. Then, in 1950, he was hired by Paradiso-Rosen, Inc. of Englewood Cliffs as a superintendent. An extremely organized man, He enjoyed his work and the camaraderie of his fellow workers during a thirty year career there, retiring in 1981. Nick may have retired but he wasn’t ready to quit working all-together. Instead, he took a job with the Township of Wayne as their building inspector. He served the town in this capacity for ten years before fully retiring in 1991.
Nick met his wife Rosalie in 1950 at a Thanksgiving celebration. They were married a year later and settled initially in Weehawken. They were blessed with two sons – Thomas and Richard, and one daughter – Janine. In 1963, they made the move to what seemed like country living when they relocated to Wayne. They quickly joined Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church which was a parish that had been started in 1960 near their home to provide for the hundreds of new families moving into new homes on land that had previously been farmland. Nick and Rosalie were married for 54 years until her passing in 2005 and they both remained residents of Wayne until their respective passings.
As a young father, Nick served as a Wayne little league coach with his two sons on his team and, as the boys were growing up, he loved to take them to Shea Stadium to see his favorite baseball team – the Mets. Nick also like to spend leisure times fresh-water fishing in Ringwood’s Erskine Lake, hunting small game, and league bowling with his buddies.
Nick’s family is grateful for his life and that he was able to live it fully with no lingering suffering in his later years. Always nurturing and supportive of his children and grandchildren, he was a good father and grandfather who will be truly missed.
Nick is survived by his son Thomas and wife Lynn Lepore of Flemington; his daughter Janine Regan and companion David Marienthal of Bloomingdale; four grandchildren: Richard, Mike, and Ashley Lepore, and Brian Regan; and his brother Gaetano and wife Lee Lepore of Edgewater, FL. In addition to his wife Rosalie L. (nee Ferrare), he was predeceased by his son Richard Lepore, Sr. in 2006 and his sister Ann Mangin.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Nicholas’ name are asked to consider the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675
(www.WoundedWarriorProject.org).
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, August 11, 2016 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, August 12 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, August 11, 2016 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, August 12 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Nicholas Lepore, age 90, of Wayne, passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, August 9, 2016.
Born and raised in Jersey City, Nick attended W.L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City where he graduated with the Class of 1943. In 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and proudly served in the European Theater while attaining the rank of Corporal in the 974th Air Engineer Squadron. For his service, Nick was awarded the Army of Occupation Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
With the war over, Nick returned home to his family in December, 1946, just in time to celebrate Christmas. He began working full-time as a union mason. Then, in 1950, he was hired by Paradiso-Rosen, Inc. of Englewood Cliffs as a superintendent. An extremely organized man, He enjoyed his work and the camaraderie of his fellow workers during a thirty year career there, retiring in 1981. Nick may have retired but he wasn’t ready to quit working all-together. Instead, he took a job with the Township of Wayne as their building inspector. He served the town in this capacity for ten years before fully retiring in 1991.
Nick met his wife Rosalie in 1950 at a Thanksgiving celebration. They were married a year later and settled initially in Weehawken. They were blessed with two sons – Thomas and Richard, and one daughter – Janine. In 1963, they made the move to what seemed like country living when they relocated to Wayne. They quickly joined Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church which was a parish that had been started in 1960 near their home to provide for the hundreds of new families moving into new homes on land that had previously been farmland. Nick and Rosalie were married for 54 years until her passing in 2005 and they both remained residents of Wayne until their respective passings.
As a young father, Nick served as a Wayne little league coach with his two sons on his team and, as the boys were growing up, he loved to take them to Shea Stadium to see his favorite baseball team – the Mets. Nick also like to spend leisure times fresh-water fishing in Ringwood’s Erskine Lake, hunting small game, and league bowling with his buddies.
Nick’s family is grateful for his life and that he was able to live it fully with no lingering suffering in his later years. Always nurturing and supportive of his children and grandchildren, he was a good father and grandfather who will be truly missed.
Nick is survived by his son Thomas and wife Lynn Lepore of Flemington; his daughter Janine Regan and companion David Marienthal of Bloomingdale; four grandchildren: Richard, Mike, and Ashley Lepore, and Brian Regan; and his brother Gaetano and wife Lee Lepore of Edgewater, FL. In addition to his wife Rosalie L. (nee Ferrare), he was predeceased by his son Richard Lepore, Sr. in 2006 and his sister Ann Mangin.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Nicholas’ name are asked to consider the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675
(www.WoundedWarriorProject.org).
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