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October 25, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, November 2, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, November 3, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Onelio “Neil” Socarras, age 58 of Wanaque, died on Thursday, October 25, 2018.
Neil was born in Havana, Cuba during the earliest years of the Castro regime. Some of his family had already emigrated from Cuba to the United States, and in 1969, when he was just eight years old, his family was permitted to join them. They settled in Hoboken, NJ and Neil went on to graduate from Hoboken High School. He was an active kid who just couldn’t sit still. Living in Hoboken suited him just fine and being so close to the Hudson River allowed him to go fishing often; his favorite pastime. After high school, Neil began working at St. Mary’s Hospital in Hoboken, and he never left. Now known as the Hoboken University Medical Center, Neil has been there for forty years and worked his way up to management.
It was at the hospital in Hoboken that Neil met a nurse named Judy Hahn. They discovered their mutual love of the Jersey Shore and this ultimately brought them together. Of course, Judy loved the beach, and Neil loved the fishing! Nonetheless, they began dating and after a rather lengthy courtship, Neil proposed and they were married in 1996. They settled in Wanaque and traveled all over, including the Florida Keys, Cayman Islands, St. Maarten, Costa Rica, Cape Cod, Napa Valley, and Lake George. Neil particularly liked visiting places where he could fish, and he took several salmon trips up to Canada, went deep-sea fishing off of New Jersey, and he loved fishing at Lake George. Safe to say, their freezer was never lacking for fish. They have enjoyed twenty-two years together and Judy will miss him dearly.
Neil is survived by his beloved wife Judy of Wanaque, his parents; Jose and Delfina Socarras of Hialeah, Florida, his sister; Mary Quintero and her husband Benny of Hialeah, Florida, his sister-in-law; Betty Ann Schenck and her husband Art of Pompton Lakes, nieces; Kimberly and Kaitlin Quintero of Hialeah, FL, niece Justine Schenck of Philadelphia, PA, and nephew Kyle Schenck of Pompton Lakes.
Neil was a true animal lover, especially of his toy poodle; Holly. Donations in his memory would be greatly appreciated to St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center, PO Box 159, 575 Woodland Ave., Madison, NJ 07940, www.sthuberts.org, or to the Humane Society, 1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC 20037, www.humanesociety.org, or any animal-rescue related charity that is dear to you.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, November 2, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, November 3, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
October 25, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, November 2, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, November 3, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Onelio “Neil” Socarras, age 58 of Wanaque, died on Thursday, October 25, 2018.
Neil was born in Havana, Cuba during the earliest years of the Castro regime. Some of his family had already emigrated from Cuba to the United States, and in 1969, when he was just eight years old, his family was permitted to join them. They settled in Hoboken, NJ and Neil went on to graduate from Hoboken High School. He was an active kid who just couldn’t sit still. Living in Hoboken suited him just fine and being so close to the Hudson River allowed him to go fishing often; his favorite pastime. After high school, Neil began working at St. Mary’s Hospital in Hoboken, and he never left. Now known as the Hoboken University Medical Center, Neil has been there for forty years and worked his way up to management.
It was at the hospital in Hoboken that Neil met a nurse named Judy Hahn. They discovered their mutual love of the Jersey Shore and this ultimately brought them together. Of course, Judy loved the beach, and Neil loved the fishing! Nonetheless, they began dating and after a rather lengthy courtship, Neil proposed and they were married in 1996. They settled in Wanaque and traveled all over, including the Florida Keys, Cayman Islands, St. Maarten, Costa Rica, Cape Cod, Napa Valley, and Lake George. Neil particularly liked visiting places where he could fish, and he took several salmon trips up to Canada, went deep-sea fishing off of New Jersey, and he loved fishing at Lake George. Safe to say, their freezer was never lacking for fish. They have enjoyed twenty-two years together and Judy will miss him dearly.
Neil is survived by his beloved wife Judy of Wanaque, his parents; Jose and Delfina Socarras of Hialeah, Florida, his sister; Mary Quintero and her husband Benny of Hialeah, Florida, his sister-in-law; Betty Ann Schenck and her husband Art of Pompton Lakes, nieces; Kimberly and Kaitlin Quintero of Hialeah, FL, niece Justine Schenck of Philadelphia, PA, and nephew Kyle Schenck of Pompton Lakes.
Neil was a true animal lover, especially of his toy poodle; Holly. Donations in his memory would be greatly appreciated to St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center, PO Box 159, 575 Woodland Ave., Madison, NJ 07940, www.sthuberts.org, or to the Humane Society, 1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC 20037, www.humanesociety.org, or any animal-rescue related charity that is dear to you.
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