Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Calls outside of office hours? No worries! Our team will respond within 10–15 minutes.
February 4, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday February 8, 2009 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 6 PM on Sunday February 8, 2009 at the funeral home.
Robert C. Lacan, age 59 of Wyckoff, died on Wednesday February 4, 2009 at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, after a long courageous battle with diabetes. His loving family was by his side.
Born in Jersey City, NJ, Bob grew up in Wayne. He was in the first graduating class from the new Wayne Hills High School in 1968.
He had been employed by several horticultural firms over the years, primarily performing interior landscaping in office buildings, hotel lobbies and shopping malls. He worked for several years with Tropic Greenhouses of East Hanover and Living Rooms of Parsippany. He was particularly proud of his work for Ms. Diane King of King World Productions. He did much of the maintenance on her interior plantings at her home, as well as in the offices of King World.
Bob's hobbies included photography, which he was extremely good at, and he was a big fan of Ansel Adams' work. He also enjoyed reading and printed mazes – he had a special knack for seeing his way through a maze before he even put his pencil to the paper. He was a real "character", through and through. He had a great sense of humor and you could rely on him for a practical joke or prank, and it was always good, clean fun. Sometimes his humor was a little "twisted" but that's what we loved about him.
For many years, Bob would go camping with his family at Paulinskill Lake up in Newton, NJ. It started out as tent camping, and progressed to a pop-up and then a trailer on a waterfront site. Bob bought a boat and would take all the kids at the campground water skiing and tubing. The next thing you know, he had built a dock and a tire swing, Then he built stairs up to the trailer, and eventually a screened-in porch complete with electricity. With all the flowers and plants he put in, he really made it a second home. The family has many memories of the good times and friends they made there. They also took annual summer trips to Wildwood, NJ.
Bob met his wife, Joanne, at the golf range that used to be on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, where K-Mart is now. Bob worked there and was driving the tractor to pick up the balls on the range, while Joanne was throwing golf balls at him! They married in 1970 and enjoyed thirty eight years of "fun" marriage together.
Bob is survived by his loving wife Joanne (nee Dorigatti), four children; Scott of Cliffside Park, NJ, Robert and his girlfriend Lee of Maple Shade, NJ, Nicole and her boyfriend John Coro of Hawthorne, NJ, and Cory at home in Wyckoff; one grandson; Jason Coro of Hawthorne, NJ, two sisters; Lenore Cialone and her husband Joe of Boynton Beach, Fl, and Nancy Lacan of Wharton, NJ, Joanne's parents, Carol & Leonard Dorigatti, two brothers in law, Leonard Dorigatti of Mineral, VA., and Kenneth Dorigatti of Hawthorne, as well as many nieces, nephews and loving friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Cory Lacan, to support his education, would be appreciated. Please make checks payable to Cory Lacan and send care of the Vander May Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday February 8, 2009 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 6 PM on Sunday February 8, 2009 at the funeral home.
February 4, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday February 8, 2009 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 6 PM on Sunday February 8, 2009 at the funeral home.
Robert C. Lacan, age 59 of Wyckoff, died on Wednesday February 4, 2009 at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, after a long courageous battle with diabetes. His loving family was by his side.
Born in Jersey City, NJ, Bob grew up in Wayne. He was in the first graduating class from the new Wayne Hills High School in 1968.
He had been employed by several horticultural firms over the years, primarily performing interior landscaping in office buildings, hotel lobbies and shopping malls. He worked for several years with Tropic Greenhouses of East Hanover and Living Rooms of Parsippany. He was particularly proud of his work for Ms. Diane King of King World Productions. He did much of the maintenance on her interior plantings at her home, as well as in the offices of King World.
Bob's hobbies included photography, which he was extremely good at, and he was a big fan of Ansel Adams' work. He also enjoyed reading and printed mazes – he had a special knack for seeing his way through a maze before he even put his pencil to the paper. He was a real "character", through and through. He had a great sense of humor and you could rely on him for a practical joke or prank, and it was always good, clean fun. Sometimes his humor was a little "twisted" but that's what we loved about him.
For many years, Bob would go camping with his family at Paulinskill Lake up in Newton, NJ. It started out as tent camping, and progressed to a pop-up and then a trailer on a waterfront site. Bob bought a boat and would take all the kids at the campground water skiing and tubing. The next thing you know, he had built a dock and a tire swing, Then he built stairs up to the trailer, and eventually a screened-in porch complete with electricity. With all the flowers and plants he put in, he really made it a second home. The family has many memories of the good times and friends they made there. They also took annual summer trips to Wildwood, NJ.
Bob met his wife, Joanne, at the golf range that used to be on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, where K-Mart is now. Bob worked there and was driving the tractor to pick up the balls on the range, while Joanne was throwing golf balls at him! They married in 1970 and enjoyed thirty eight years of "fun" marriage together.
Bob is survived by his loving wife Joanne (nee Dorigatti), four children; Scott of Cliffside Park, NJ, Robert and his girlfriend Lee of Maple Shade, NJ, Nicole and her boyfriend John Coro of Hawthorne, NJ, and Cory at home in Wyckoff; one grandson; Jason Coro of Hawthorne, NJ, two sisters; Lenore Cialone and her husband Joe of Boynton Beach, Fl, and Nancy Lacan of Wharton, NJ, Joanne's parents, Carol & Leonard Dorigatti, two brothers in law, Leonard Dorigatti of Mineral, VA., and Kenneth Dorigatti of Hawthorne, as well as many nieces, nephews and loving friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Cory Lacan, to support his education, would be appreciated. Please make checks payable to Cory Lacan and send care of the Vander May Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.
Guestbook