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February 20, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, February 27, 2009 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Interment will be in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton.
Richard S Hrinya age 65 of Wayne died at home on Friday, February 20, 2009 after a brief illness.
He was born in Passaic, raised in Clifton having graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1962. Richard continued his education at Rutgers University, New Brunswick where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering with the class of 1966. He pursued and attained his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University- NYU.
He admired the "girl across the street" and asked her to accompany him to NYU to drop off a paper. This first date resulted in a thirty-eight year loving marriage to Ruth-Ann Guenther, whom he married on September 4, 1971 at St. Johns RO Church, Passaic. They honeymooned in Quebec, Canada and Booth Bay Harbor, ME.
Having lived in Wayne for the past thirty-two years, Richard was active as a youth soccer coach for the Wayne PAL, Wayne Soccer Club, and Wayne Boys and Girls Club during his children's formative years. Being an avid sports fan he enjoyed his time on the golf course and especially enjoyed his time in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Richard was an Electrical Engineer for B.A.E. Systems, Wayne for over forty years before retiring in 2006.
He was the beloved husband of thirty-eight years to Ruth-Ann(Guenther) Hrinya; loving father of Katie Suter and her husband Jason of Wayne and Gregory Hrinya a student at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY; loved brother of Dorothy Nieradka and her husband Roy of Clifton; cherished uncle of one niece and three nephews; and prospective grandfather.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Lustgarten Foundation For Pancreatic Cancer Research, 1111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714 or St. Judes Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-2729 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, February 27, 2009 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Interment will be in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton.

February 20, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, February 27, 2009 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Interment will be in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton.
Richard S Hrinya age 65 of Wayne died at home on Friday, February 20, 2009 after a brief illness.
He was born in Passaic, raised in Clifton having graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1962. Richard continued his education at Rutgers University, New Brunswick where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering with the class of 1966. He pursued and attained his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University- NYU.
He admired the "girl across the street" and asked her to accompany him to NYU to drop off a paper. This first date resulted in a thirty-eight year loving marriage to Ruth-Ann Guenther, whom he married on September 4, 1971 at St. Johns RO Church, Passaic. They honeymooned in Quebec, Canada and Booth Bay Harbor, ME.
Having lived in Wayne for the past thirty-two years, Richard was active as a youth soccer coach for the Wayne PAL, Wayne Soccer Club, and Wayne Boys and Girls Club during his children's formative years. Being an avid sports fan he enjoyed his time on the golf course and especially enjoyed his time in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Richard was an Electrical Engineer for B.A.E. Systems, Wayne for over forty years before retiring in 2006.
He was the beloved husband of thirty-eight years to Ruth-Ann(Guenther) Hrinya; loving father of Katie Suter and her husband Jason of Wayne and Gregory Hrinya a student at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY; loved brother of Dorothy Nieradka and her husband Roy of Clifton; cherished uncle of one niece and three nephews; and prospective grandfather.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Lustgarten Foundation For Pancreatic Cancer Research, 1111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714 or St. Judes Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-2729 would be appreciated.
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