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September 14, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 6:30 – 9 PM on Monday, September 17, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral Services will be held 10 AM on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the funeral home.
Paul S. Florida age 94 of Oak Ridge, formerly of Toms River and Wayne died peacefully at home on Friday, September 14, 2012.
He was born in New Britain, Connecticut and had lived in Paterson, Wayne for twenty-seven years, Toms River for twenty-one years before moving to Oak Ridge eight years ago.
Mr. Florida was a Security Guard at Hoffman LaRoche Corporation in Nutley for twenty years before his retirement in 1980.
He served in the Army during World War II as a Heavy Machine Gunner in Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons Islands. He received the American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal and the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal.
He was a member of, past president of, and three times commander of the American Legion Post 174 in Wayne. He was also a member and honorary life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1931 in Wayne. He was also a member of the Military Order of the Kooties.
Paul was a parishioner of Annunciation RC Church in Wayne.
Paul was the loving husband of the late Frances (nee Puglise) Florida (1983), and the late Lucille Schofield Florida (2004); devoted father of Mary Florida of Clearwater, Florida, Connie Florida and her husband Joseph Chiapperini of Bushkill, Pennsylvania, Vincent Florida and his wife Floriam of Bayonne, and Andrea Drzyzga and her husband Michael of Oak Ridge; cherished grandfather of Paul Harnett and his wife Mary, the late Patricia Harnett (1999), Adrienne and Stanley Kansiewicz, Jon-Vincent Florida, Joanna Florida, Tatjana Drzyzga, Johanna Drzyzga, and Alanna Drzyzga; dear great-grandfather of Eugene Harnett, Justin Paul Florida, and Mickaela Lynn O’Grady; beloved step father of Stanley Schofield, Michela (Schofield) DeTrizio and her husband Nicholas; adored step-grandfather of Nicholas DeTrizio, Jr. and his wife Stephanie, and Michael and his wife Tracy DeTrizio; loved step-great-grandfather of Aiden, Christopher, and Michael DeTrizio,
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 6:30 – 9 PM on Monday, September 17, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral Services will be held 10 AM on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the funeral home.
September 14, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 6:30 – 9 PM on Monday, September 17, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral Services will be held 10 AM on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the funeral home.
Paul S. Florida age 94 of Oak Ridge, formerly of Toms River and Wayne died peacefully at home on Friday, September 14, 2012.
He was born in New Britain, Connecticut and had lived in Paterson, Wayne for twenty-seven years, Toms River for twenty-one years before moving to Oak Ridge eight years ago.
Mr. Florida was a Security Guard at Hoffman LaRoche Corporation in Nutley for twenty years before his retirement in 1980.
He served in the Army during World War II as a Heavy Machine Gunner in Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons Islands. He received the American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal and the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal.
He was a member of, past president of, and three times commander of the American Legion Post 174 in Wayne. He was also a member and honorary life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1931 in Wayne. He was also a member of the Military Order of the Kooties.
Paul was a parishioner of Annunciation RC Church in Wayne.
Paul was the loving husband of the late Frances (nee Puglise) Florida (1983), and the late Lucille Schofield Florida (2004); devoted father of Mary Florida of Clearwater, Florida, Connie Florida and her husband Joseph Chiapperini of Bushkill, Pennsylvania, Vincent Florida and his wife Floriam of Bayonne, and Andrea Drzyzga and her husband Michael of Oak Ridge; cherished grandfather of Paul Harnett and his wife Mary, the late Patricia Harnett (1999), Adrienne and Stanley Kansiewicz, Jon-Vincent Florida, Joanna Florida, Tatjana Drzyzga, Johanna Drzyzga, and Alanna Drzyzga; dear great-grandfather of Eugene Harnett, Justin Paul Florida, and Mickaela Lynn O’Grady; beloved step father of Stanley Schofield, Michela (Schofield) DeTrizio and her husband Nicholas; adored step-grandfather of Nicholas DeTrizio, Jr. and his wife Stephanie, and Michael and his wife Tracy DeTrizio; loved step-great-grandfather of Aiden, Christopher, and Michael DeTrizio,
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