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November 19, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Marys RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family on Monday, November 23, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Garden of Memories Mausoleum, Washington Township.
Patrick “Pat” Talbot O’Donnell age 70 of Wayne died Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, with the comfort of his family by his side.
He was born in Bronx, NY and was raised in the Astoria section of Queens, NY. He graduated from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Astoria and went to Rice High School, Harlem, NY with the Class of 1957.
After school and on the weekends Pat worked at Barricini Candy in Long Island City, NY. He later got a job at the NY Daily News as a copy boy and advanced into the printing department having worked here for forty-seven years before retiring in 2002; he was a member of the International Typographical Union 6.
He met his wife at McCaffrey & Burke’s on 31st and Grand Ave., Astoria Queens and went on their first date to the Hoffbrau Restaurant, Woodside Queens, NY. Pat proposed to Patricia at the Merry-Go-Round bar in Queens, NY but his request went unanswered as she felt he had too much to drink. He later asked her to marry him on the phone and she said yes. They married on October 19, 1968 at Our Lady of Precious Blood, Astoria, NY and honeymooned in Puerto Rico. They settled into a home at 2572 43rd Street in Astoria Queens, NY and began their family. They moved to the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne NJ in 1973 and have lived there for the past thirty-six years.
He was dedicated to his Catholic faith having been a member of the Knights of Columbus as a Fourth Degree Knight with council 6954. He was the Chairman of the St. Patricks Day Party at Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne during the late 70’s and early 80’s and most recently was an active parishioner of St. Marys RC Church, Pompton Lakes.
Pat was active in the Packanack Lake Athletic Association having played softball for the “Klorpz” and coached youth baseball and soccer teams.
He was the beloved husband of forty-one years to Patricia (nee Battersby) O’Donnell; loving father of Ellen O’Donnell of Wayne and Bill O’Donnell and his wife Nicole of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Nicole Serio, Erin O’Donnell and Caileigh O’Donnell all of Wayne; much loved uncle of five nieces and three nephews; loved brother of James O’Donnell and his wife Patricia of Ackworth, GA and the late John P. O’Donnell(1991).
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Heart Assoc., 1 Union St., Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Marys RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family on Monday, November 23, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Garden of Memories Mausoleum, Washington Township.
November 19, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to St. Marys RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family on Monday, November 23, 2009 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Garden of Memories Mausoleum, Washington Township.
Patrick “Pat” Talbot O’Donnell age 70 of Wayne died Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, with the comfort of his family by his side.
He was born in Bronx, NY and was raised in the Astoria section of Queens, NY. He graduated from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Astoria and went to Rice High School, Harlem, NY with the Class of 1957.
After school and on the weekends Pat worked at Barricini Candy in Long Island City, NY. He later got a job at the NY Daily News as a copy boy and advanced into the printing department having worked here for forty-seven years before retiring in 2002; he was a member of the International Typographical Union 6.
He met his wife at McCaffrey & Burke’s on 31st and Grand Ave., Astoria Queens and went on their first date to the Hoffbrau Restaurant, Woodside Queens, NY. Pat proposed to Patricia at the Merry-Go-Round bar in Queens, NY but his request went unanswered as she felt he had too much to drink. He later asked her to marry him on the phone and she said yes. They married on October 19, 1968 at Our Lady of Precious Blood, Astoria, NY and honeymooned in Puerto Rico. They settled into a home at 2572 43rd Street in Astoria Queens, NY and began their family. They moved to the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne NJ in 1973 and have lived there for the past thirty-six years.
He was dedicated to his Catholic faith having been a member of the Knights of Columbus as a Fourth Degree Knight with council 6954. He was the Chairman of the St. Patricks Day Party at Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne during the late 70’s and early 80’s and most recently was an active parishioner of St. Marys RC Church, Pompton Lakes.
Pat was active in the Packanack Lake Athletic Association having played softball for the “Klorpz” and coached youth baseball and soccer teams.
He was the beloved husband of forty-one years to Patricia (nee Battersby) O’Donnell; loving father of Ellen O’Donnell of Wayne and Bill O’Donnell and his wife Nicole of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Nicole Serio, Erin O’Donnell and Caileigh O’Donnell all of Wayne; much loved uncle of five nieces and three nephews; loved brother of James O’Donnell and his wife Patricia of Ackworth, GA and the late John P. O’Donnell(1991).
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Heart Assoc., 1 Union St., Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 would be appreciated.
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