February 25, 2010

Ralph F. Crossley

Pompton Plains

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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, March 8, 2010 from 10 AM to 12 Noon.  A funeral service will be held at 12 Noon, immediately following the visiting hours, at the funeral home.  Burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Totowa, NJ.

Ralph F. Crossley, age 92 of Pompton Plains died on February 25, 2010 at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ.

He was born in Paterson, NJ  grew up in Fair Lawn and lived in Paterson as an adult before moving to Pompton Plains fifty years ago.

Ralph was a Jacquard Card Cutter for Arrow Woven Label in Paterson for fifty-eight years before his retirement in 1977.  His previous employment was at Wright Aeronautical in Paterson during World War II as a machinist for precision airplane parts and later as a quality control inspector in the same department.  Because of his skills as a precision machinist he was granted a leave of absence from regular military duty to continue his war effort work at Wrights.

While waiting on line for a bus, as a teenager, he met a beautiful girl by the name of Genevieve Frields and after three years of courtship they married and had seventy years of  “wonderful loving “ marriage together.

He was gifted with a likable private and quiet personality.

Ralph was a member of the Jacksonville Chapel in Lincoln Park.

His hobbies included photography, oil painting, gardening, reading, and playing the accordion.

He is survived by his loving wife, Genevieve Frields Crossley who now resides in Park Ridge, NJ and also several nieces and nephews.

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Services

Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, March 8, 2010 from 10 AM to 12 Noon.  A funeral service will be held at 12 Noon, immediately following the visiting hours, at the funeral home.  Burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery, Totowa, NJ.

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