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Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, May 9, 2016 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Laurel Grove Mausoleum, Totowa.
Ralph A. Fragola, age 97 of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Thursday, May 05, 2016 with the comfort of family by his side.
Beloved Husband, Devoted Father and Loving Grandfather/Great Grandfather.
He was born in the family home at 311 East 109th Street in New York. He completed his education in the Manhattan. Ralph then went on to serve with the 931stSignal Battalion Company B of the United States Army as a Technician Fourth Grade during WWII and received an honorable discharge on December 11, 1945. In 1948 the family moved to Fuller Street in the Bronx. They lived in a four family home with his parents, his brother's family and sister's family. They shared many memorable occasions in an environment that fostered family unity and was the scene of many family memories.
Ralph met Maria in their late teen years hanging out in the neighborhood. Their first date was at a neighborhood dance that Maria's brother orchestrated. Maria caught Ralph’s eye and the love story began to unravel. Ralph adored Maria and enjoyed 73 years of a loving and devoted marriage together.
Before retiring at the age of 58 Ralph was employed with the Atlantic Pacific Tea Company in Queens, New York. For many years Ralph and his family would spend summers in their country home at Lake Peekskill, New York. In 2005 health reasons had Ralph and Maria move from the Bronx to live in Wayne, New Jersey to be close to their daughter Marie.
Ralph will be remembered as a gentle, loving, caring man that was the rock of the family. He learned of the importance of family in that four family home in the Bronx and carried that love of having family close to him for the rest of his life.
He was the loving husband of Maria; devoted father of Michael Fragola and wife Linda of LeGrange, NY, Edyie Grafer and husband Bruce (Deceased) of Garrison, NY, Vito Fragola and wife Virginia of Bergenfield, Ralph Fragola and wife Renee of Closter, and Marie Saracino of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Maria Fragola, Ralphie Fragola and wife Francesca, Michelle Mallett and husband Drew, Brian Grafer and wife Andrea, Donna Dagnino and husband Chris, Kevin Grafer and wife Crystal, Vito, Stephen, Christopher, Kathryn, Anthony, and Rebecca Fragola, John Lando and wife Rebecca; much loved great-grandfather of Ralphie, Zachary, Schuyler, Rayne, Nicholas (Deceased), Brent, Jason, Sarah, Alyssa, Emily, Hunter, Jacklyn, Samantha, Ashley, Jake and Avery; along with extended family grandchildren/great grandchildren John, Addison and Savanna.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be greatly appreciated..
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Friends may visit with the family on Monday, May 9, 2016 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Laurel Grove Mausoleum, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, May 9, 2016 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Entombment will be in Laurel Grove Mausoleum, Totowa.
Ralph A. Fragola, age 97 of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Thursday, May 05, 2016 with the comfort of family by his side.
Beloved Husband, Devoted Father and Loving Grandfather/Great Grandfather.
He was born in the family home at 311 East 109th Street in New York. He completed his education in the Manhattan. Ralph then went on to serve with the 931stSignal Battalion Company B of the United States Army as a Technician Fourth Grade during WWII and received an honorable discharge on December 11, 1945. In 1948 the family moved to Fuller Street in the Bronx. They lived in a four family home with his parents, his brother's family and sister's family. They shared many memorable occasions in an environment that fostered family unity and was the scene of many family memories.
Ralph met Maria in their late teen years hanging out in the neighborhood. Their first date was at a neighborhood dance that Maria's brother orchestrated. Maria caught Ralph’s eye and the love story began to unravel. Ralph adored Maria and enjoyed 73 years of a loving and devoted marriage together.
Before retiring at the age of 58 Ralph was employed with the Atlantic Pacific Tea Company in Queens, New York. For many years Ralph and his family would spend summers in their country home at Lake Peekskill, New York. In 2005 health reasons had Ralph and Maria move from the Bronx to live in Wayne, New Jersey to be close to their daughter Marie.
Ralph will be remembered as a gentle, loving, caring man that was the rock of the family. He learned of the importance of family in that four family home in the Bronx and carried that love of having family close to him for the rest of his life.
He was the loving husband of Maria; devoted father of Michael Fragola and wife Linda of LeGrange, NY, Edyie Grafer and husband Bruce (Deceased) of Garrison, NY, Vito Fragola and wife Virginia of Bergenfield, Ralph Fragola and wife Renee of Closter, and Marie Saracino of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Maria Fragola, Ralphie Fragola and wife Francesca, Michelle Mallett and husband Drew, Brian Grafer and wife Andrea, Donna Dagnino and husband Chris, Kevin Grafer and wife Crystal, Vito, Stephen, Christopher, Kathryn, Anthony, and Rebecca Fragola, John Lando and wife Rebecca; much loved great-grandfather of Ralphie, Zachary, Schuyler, Rayne, Nicholas (Deceased), Brent, Jason, Sarah, Alyssa, Emily, Hunter, Jacklyn, Samantha, Ashley, Jake and Avery; along with extended family grandchildren/great grandchildren John, Addison and Savanna.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be greatly appreciated..
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