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December 9, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday December 12, 2014 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at Saturday 9AM from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church 45 Urban Club Rd, Wayne where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
Patrick J. Franco age 89 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 9, 2014 with his loving family by his side.
Patrick was born in Hoboken, was raised and lived throughout the Hudson County area until moving to Wayne 21 years ago. He was a Master Plumber, self-employed for many years, and the proprietor of Franco Plumbing in Weehawken. He later became a Plumbing and Heating Inspector, working for the cities of Jersey City, Union City, and Weehawken. This is the position Patrick would hold until his retirement in 1992.
Patrick was called to serve his country during WWII and enlisted in United States Marine Corp. Patrick served very proudly in the Marines and saw combat in the Pacific Theater. He was at the battle of Peleliu, where the US Marines met with ferocious resistance from the Japanese. The controversial attack on Peleliu resulted in a higher casualty toll than any other amphibious assault in the US military history. It was here where Patrick was wounded and would receive the Purple Heart as a result.
After the war, Patrick returned home and married Ruth Frantz, his now late wife. During that time together they raised their two children, Laura and Suzanne.
After Ruth’s passing, Patrick would marry Rosemarie Merlino. They too would raise two children of their own, Patrick Jr. and Traci.
Patrick loved to travel to places such as Hawaii, Australia, loved to take cruises to the Caribbean and enjoyed countess other vacations. He had a great talent for landscaping and an enduring love for animals. He was an extremely devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He was dedicated to his Catholic Faith, and his family remembers him having a special saying, “I believe in God, Country, and my Family.” He was a member of the Master Plumbers Association as well as the VFW in Weehawken. Patrick was an extremely special person who touched many lives and will be missed by all who knew him.
Patrick is survived by his wife Rosemarie (nee Merlino), Children; Laura Durando and her husband Ron Coccaro of Monroe, NY, Suzanne Rizzo and her partner Rafael Cabrera of Mahwah, Patrick J Franco Jr. and his wife Carrie of Hoboken, and Traci Franco and her partner Bobby Mauro of Lyndhurst, Sister; Marie Poerio and her husband Dominic of Edison, Grandchildren; Jocelyne Greco and her husband Matthew, Gregory Coccaro and his wife Melinda, Anthony Coccaro, Patrick Franco III, Julian Franco, Nicolas Mauro, Great-grandchild; Landon Coccaro. He was pre-deceased by his late wife Ruth Franco and his brothers Joseph, Vincent, Anthony and his sister Madeline Franco.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Patrick’s name are asked to consider Alzheimer’s Association 400 Morris Ave Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or Wounded Warriors Project PO Box 758517 Topeka, KS 66675.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday December 12, 2014 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at Saturday 9AM from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church 45 Urban Club Rd, Wayne where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
December 9, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday December 12, 2014 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at Saturday 9AM from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church 45 Urban Club Rd, Wayne where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
Patrick J. Franco age 89 of Wayne passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 9, 2014 with his loving family by his side.
Patrick was born in Hoboken, was raised and lived throughout the Hudson County area until moving to Wayne 21 years ago. He was a Master Plumber, self-employed for many years, and the proprietor of Franco Plumbing in Weehawken. He later became a Plumbing and Heating Inspector, working for the cities of Jersey City, Union City, and Weehawken. This is the position Patrick would hold until his retirement in 1992.
Patrick was called to serve his country during WWII and enlisted in United States Marine Corp. Patrick served very proudly in the Marines and saw combat in the Pacific Theater. He was at the battle of Peleliu, where the US Marines met with ferocious resistance from the Japanese. The controversial attack on Peleliu resulted in a higher casualty toll than any other amphibious assault in the US military history. It was here where Patrick was wounded and would receive the Purple Heart as a result.
After the war, Patrick returned home and married Ruth Frantz, his now late wife. During that time together they raised their two children, Laura and Suzanne.
After Ruth’s passing, Patrick would marry Rosemarie Merlino. They too would raise two children of their own, Patrick Jr. and Traci.
Patrick loved to travel to places such as Hawaii, Australia, loved to take cruises to the Caribbean and enjoyed countess other vacations. He had a great talent for landscaping and an enduring love for animals. He was an extremely devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He was dedicated to his Catholic Faith, and his family remembers him having a special saying, “I believe in God, Country, and my Family.” He was a member of the Master Plumbers Association as well as the VFW in Weehawken. Patrick was an extremely special person who touched many lives and will be missed by all who knew him.
Patrick is survived by his wife Rosemarie (nee Merlino), Children; Laura Durando and her husband Ron Coccaro of Monroe, NY, Suzanne Rizzo and her partner Rafael Cabrera of Mahwah, Patrick J Franco Jr. and his wife Carrie of Hoboken, and Traci Franco and her partner Bobby Mauro of Lyndhurst, Sister; Marie Poerio and her husband Dominic of Edison, Grandchildren; Jocelyne Greco and her husband Matthew, Gregory Coccaro and his wife Melinda, Anthony Coccaro, Patrick Franco III, Julian Franco, Nicolas Mauro, Great-grandchild; Landon Coccaro. He was pre-deceased by his late wife Ruth Franco and his brothers Joseph, Vincent, Anthony and his sister Madeline Franco.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Patrick’s name are asked to consider Alzheimer’s Association 400 Morris Ave Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or Wounded Warriors Project PO Box 758517 Topeka, KS 66675.
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