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October 27, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-9 PM (please note: the newspaper will say the visitation hours are 4-8 PM but the family has decided to extended the hours until 9 PM) on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM on Thursday, October 31, 2013 at the funeral home.
Robert P. "Mousey" Martello age 73 of Wayne died peacefully on Sunday, October 27, 2013. He was born and raised in Paterson having graduated from Paterson Technical High School, Paterson with the Class of 1958.
During high school he trained to be a draftsman and was soon working for the Bendix Corporation as a draftsman. He worked there for thirty years before retiring in 1989. He was also a partner at Johnny & Hanges on River Street in Paterson for over ten years.
Robert was a member for more than fifty years of the Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps where he played the French horn. For many years he took dance instruction and was accomplished in many styles of dance including Soft-shoe, Tap, and Ballroom. He also loved trips to Atlantic City where he would play Blackjack for hours on end. Blackjack was a game he taught his grandchildren. Annual family vacations to the Jersey Shore in Lavallette with trips to the beach, and salt water fishing are at the core of those cherished memories. A witty, very likable, kind person he will be remembered most for his devotion to his grandchildren. He made it to every game and followed all of their accomplishments with great pride. Many will remember his astounding ability to repair most anything with duct tape. He passed a scrutinizing motor vehicle inspection with an artful application of red to his car’s taillight, hung his car’s dangling muffler, and recently adapted his heart monitor, all with his favorite fix-all. He also enjoyed volunteering time to assist the Bloomingdale Fire Dept. with their many beefsteaks and ziti dinner fund raisers.
He was the loving father of Patricia Smith and her husband Thomas of Bloomingdale, Robert W. Martello and his wife Carolann of Wayne,, Debra Duncan and her husband Joseph of Wayne, Tina Parr and her husband John of Wayne, and their mother Carole Walther; cherished Pop-Pop of Joseph and Ryan Smith, Kayla and Kristina Martello, Joseph, Anthony, Nicholas, and Alexis Duncan, JP, Shane, Macie and Gracin Parr; dear brother of Marie Elwood and her husband John of Micco, FL; and will be missed by many loving nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Twp. Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-9 PM (please note: the newspaper will say the visitation hours are 4-8 PM but the family has decided to extended the hours until 9 PM) on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM on Thursday, October 31, 2013 at the funeral home.
October 27, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-9 PM (please note: the newspaper will say the visitation hours are 4-8 PM but the family has decided to extended the hours until 9 PM) on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM on Thursday, October 31, 2013 at the funeral home.
Robert P. "Mousey" Martello age 73 of Wayne died peacefully on Sunday, October 27, 2013. He was born and raised in Paterson having graduated from Paterson Technical High School, Paterson with the Class of 1958.
During high school he trained to be a draftsman and was soon working for the Bendix Corporation as a draftsman. He worked there for thirty years before retiring in 1989. He was also a partner at Johnny & Hanges on River Street in Paterson for over ten years.
Robert was a member for more than fifty years of the Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps where he played the French horn. For many years he took dance instruction and was accomplished in many styles of dance including Soft-shoe, Tap, and Ballroom. He also loved trips to Atlantic City where he would play Blackjack for hours on end. Blackjack was a game he taught his grandchildren. Annual family vacations to the Jersey Shore in Lavallette with trips to the beach, and salt water fishing are at the core of those cherished memories. A witty, very likable, kind person he will be remembered most for his devotion to his grandchildren. He made it to every game and followed all of their accomplishments with great pride. Many will remember his astounding ability to repair most anything with duct tape. He passed a scrutinizing motor vehicle inspection with an artful application of red to his car’s taillight, hung his car’s dangling muffler, and recently adapted his heart monitor, all with his favorite fix-all. He also enjoyed volunteering time to assist the Bloomingdale Fire Dept. with their many beefsteaks and ziti dinner fund raisers.
He was the loving father of Patricia Smith and her husband Thomas of Bloomingdale, Robert W. Martello and his wife Carolann of Wayne,, Debra Duncan and her husband Joseph of Wayne, Tina Parr and her husband John of Wayne, and their mother Carole Walther; cherished Pop-Pop of Joseph and Ryan Smith, Kayla and Kristina Martello, Joseph, Anthony, Nicholas, and Alexis Duncan, JP, Shane, Macie and Gracin Parr; dear brother of Marie Elwood and her husband John of Micco, FL; and will be missed by many loving nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Twp. Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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