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January 5, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, January 11, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Richard Iapoce, “Buddy”, age 80 of Wayne, died on Saturday, January 5, 2013.
Buddy grew up in Long Island City, New York. While in his 20’s, Buddy was on vacation in the Berkshires and met Kathleen Cummings, who was from the Bronx, and the two began dating. Buddy traveled back and forth to the Bronx on the subway to see her as often as he could. They were married on May 19, 1962 and enjoyed a honeymoon in the Pocono’s. They first settled down in North Bellmore, Long Island before Buddy took a job in New Jersey and they moved to Wayne in 1967.
Buddy was always an insightful person and when his career exposed him to computers and punch cards in the mid 1960’s, he saw the future coming his way. He became an Information Technology Manager with Globe Products in Clifton and built his career around computers. Even after his retirement in 1990, Buddy kept up with technology as best as he could and was currently using his iPad almost every day to check the stock market.
Buddy and Kay loved to travel and with friends. They would drive cross-country in the car and travel for five or six weeks at a time. They’ve been all over the United States, coast to coast. Usually their plans would involve finding a casino or two, and if they found an area they liked, they would stay for a few days before venturing on. He also traveled to Disney World nearly every year with his grandchildren, giving them many wonderful memories to cherish for their lifetimes.
His nick name “Buddy” was very fitting for him. If you met him you could not help but be his friend. He would venture out to the grocery store to pick up a couple of items and be gone for hours. He had a knack for meeting strangers in the store and they would leave as friends. He made those around him feel better and was always the voice of reason.
Buddy is survived by his wife of fifty years; Kay, his three children; Michael Iapoce and his wife Suzanne of Lincoln Park, Mary LaBarre and her husband Edward of Wayne, and Rick Iapoce and his wife Diane of Wayne, seven grandchildren; Kevin, Connor, Kieran Iapoce of Lincoln Park, Alyssa, Casey and Gregory LaBarre of Wayne, and Ricky Iapoce of Wayne, his dear sister-in-law; Mary Cummings of the Bronx, and two brothers; John Iapoce of South Carolina and Thomas Iapoce of Kingston, New York. He was predeceased by one grandson; Kyle Patrick Iapoce in 1996, as well as his parents; Joseph and Filomena Piscopo.
Memorial donations to the Preakness Volunteer Fire Company # 4, 1739 Ratzer Road, Wayne would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, January 11, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
January 5, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, January 11, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Richard Iapoce, “Buddy”, age 80 of Wayne, died on Saturday, January 5, 2013.
Buddy grew up in Long Island City, New York. While in his 20’s, Buddy was on vacation in the Berkshires and met Kathleen Cummings, who was from the Bronx, and the two began dating. Buddy traveled back and forth to the Bronx on the subway to see her as often as he could. They were married on May 19, 1962 and enjoyed a honeymoon in the Pocono’s. They first settled down in North Bellmore, Long Island before Buddy took a job in New Jersey and they moved to Wayne in 1967.
Buddy was always an insightful person and when his career exposed him to computers and punch cards in the mid 1960’s, he saw the future coming his way. He became an Information Technology Manager with Globe Products in Clifton and built his career around computers. Even after his retirement in 1990, Buddy kept up with technology as best as he could and was currently using his iPad almost every day to check the stock market.
Buddy and Kay loved to travel and with friends. They would drive cross-country in the car and travel for five or six weeks at a time. They’ve been all over the United States, coast to coast. Usually their plans would involve finding a casino or two, and if they found an area they liked, they would stay for a few days before venturing on. He also traveled to Disney World nearly every year with his grandchildren, giving them many wonderful memories to cherish for their lifetimes.
His nick name “Buddy” was very fitting for him. If you met him you could not help but be his friend. He would venture out to the grocery store to pick up a couple of items and be gone for hours. He had a knack for meeting strangers in the store and they would leave as friends. He made those around him feel better and was always the voice of reason.
Buddy is survived by his wife of fifty years; Kay, his three children; Michael Iapoce and his wife Suzanne of Lincoln Park, Mary LaBarre and her husband Edward of Wayne, and Rick Iapoce and his wife Diane of Wayne, seven grandchildren; Kevin, Connor, Kieran Iapoce of Lincoln Park, Alyssa, Casey and Gregory LaBarre of Wayne, and Ricky Iapoce of Wayne, his dear sister-in-law; Mary Cummings of the Bronx, and two brothers; John Iapoce of South Carolina and Thomas Iapoce of Kingston, New York. He was predeceased by one grandson; Kyle Patrick Iapoce in 1996, as well as his parents; Joseph and Filomena Piscopo.
Memorial donations to the Preakness Volunteer Fire Company # 4, 1739 Ratzer Road, Wayne would be greatly appreciated.
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