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March 23, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, March 27, 2009 from 4-8 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 28, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Robert (Bob) Guarino age 67 of Bluffton, SC, formerly of Wayne, died Monday, March 23, 2009 peacefully at home with his loving wife at his side.
Bob was born in Newark and raised in Nutley. He moved to Wayne in 1965 where he and Carol raised their girls. Bob along with Carol started the Pre-Cana program at IHM Church in 1990 and were involved with Marriage Encounter in the area for many years. He retired to Bluffton, SC six years ago.
Robert graduated from Nutley High School in 1959 and joined the United States Navy. He then became an apprentice marble/stone mason and was a member of the Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, NYC as well as the International Union. Along with his father and brother, they formed a family business called Marble Unlimited in Belleville where he worked for almost 40 years as a cutter and setter before retiring in 2003.
He met Carol through a mutual friend and went on a blind date. They fell in love and were married on September 28, 1963 at St. Joseph's Church in Maplewood, NJ and have enjoyed forty-five years of a marriage that is best described as loving and devoted. Carol will tell you they were “best friends” and that he was the “love of her life”.
Robert was a craftsman that was said to have “hands of gold”. He could fix just about anything and was always given a “daddy do list” when visiting his children. He loved getting those lists and completed them as an expression of love. His skills varied from making furniture or toyboxes, to building fireplaces or additions to homes of friends. Another passion of Bob's was making good Italian red wine with his Dad, brother and nephew for many years. His palate for picking the correct grapes will be missed but the memories of the fun in making it will live in the hearts of all. As his friends will attest to, he was very proud of his wine and shared it abundantly with anyone who wanted to taste it.
In his retirement years in Bluffton, SC he donated his skills to Habitat for Humanity and also to helping the poor by building ramps, repairing steps, and fixing their homes. All done with love through the KOC of his church. He also helped the Sun City Theatre Group by designing and building sets for their productions.
He is the beloved husband of Carol Guarino (Bukwich) of Bluffton, SC; devoted father of Annemarie Cash of Cliffside Park, Michele Rubino and her husband Tony of Pompton Plains and Dawn Ksiazek and her husband Greg of Clarks Summit, PA; devoted son of Mary Guarino (Castronova) of Wayne and the late Dominick Guarino(2006); cherished grandfather of Emily Cash, Anthony, Kaleigh and Jenna Rubino and Nicholas and James Ksiazek; loving brother of Donald Guarino and his wife Rosemarie of Wayne, Connie Renn and her husband Frank of Costa Mesa, CA and Annamae DeFuria of Las Vegas, NV.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 14 Commerce Drive, Suite 301, Cranford, NJ 07016.or or the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack NJ 07601
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Friends may visit with the family on Friday, March 27, 2009 from 4-8 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 28, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
March 23, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, March 27, 2009 from 4-8 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 28, 2009 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Robert (Bob) Guarino age 67 of Bluffton, SC, formerly of Wayne, died Monday, March 23, 2009 peacefully at home with his loving wife at his side.
Bob was born in Newark and raised in Nutley. He moved to Wayne in 1965 where he and Carol raised their girls. Bob along with Carol started the Pre-Cana program at IHM Church in 1990 and were involved with Marriage Encounter in the area for many years. He retired to Bluffton, SC six years ago.
Robert graduated from Nutley High School in 1959 and joined the United States Navy. He then became an apprentice marble/stone mason and was a member of the Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, NYC as well as the International Union. Along with his father and brother, they formed a family business called Marble Unlimited in Belleville where he worked for almost 40 years as a cutter and setter before retiring in 2003.
He met Carol through a mutual friend and went on a blind date. They fell in love and were married on September 28, 1963 at St. Joseph's Church in Maplewood, NJ and have enjoyed forty-five years of a marriage that is best described as loving and devoted. Carol will tell you they were “best friends” and that he was the “love of her life”.
Robert was a craftsman that was said to have “hands of gold”. He could fix just about anything and was always given a “daddy do list” when visiting his children. He loved getting those lists and completed them as an expression of love. His skills varied from making furniture or toyboxes, to building fireplaces or additions to homes of friends. Another passion of Bob's was making good Italian red wine with his Dad, brother and nephew for many years. His palate for picking the correct grapes will be missed but the memories of the fun in making it will live in the hearts of all. As his friends will attest to, he was very proud of his wine and shared it abundantly with anyone who wanted to taste it.
In his retirement years in Bluffton, SC he donated his skills to Habitat for Humanity and also to helping the poor by building ramps, repairing steps, and fixing their homes. All done with love through the KOC of his church. He also helped the Sun City Theatre Group by designing and building sets for their productions.
He is the beloved husband of Carol Guarino (Bukwich) of Bluffton, SC; devoted father of Annemarie Cash of Cliffside Park, Michele Rubino and her husband Tony of Pompton Plains and Dawn Ksiazek and her husband Greg of Clarks Summit, PA; devoted son of Mary Guarino (Castronova) of Wayne and the late Dominick Guarino(2006); cherished grandfather of Emily Cash, Anthony, Kaleigh and Jenna Rubino and Nicholas and James Ksiazek; loving brother of Donald Guarino and his wife Rosemarie of Wayne, Connie Renn and her husband Frank of Costa Mesa, CA and Annamae DeFuria of Las Vegas, NV.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 14 Commerce Drive, Suite 301, Cranford, NJ 07016.or or the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack NJ 07601
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