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September 4, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, September 6, 2013 from 3-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul will be celebrated 11 AM at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church in Wayne on Saturday, September 7, 2013.
Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Butler.
Robert C. Scharf, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013 with the comfort of his wife MaryAnn by his side.
Born November 9, 1923, in Belleville, NJ., son of Nicholas and Frances Scharf, brother of William J. Scharf, Columbus, Ohio(deceased), Rev. Joseph Scharf S.J., Cleveland, Ohio (deceased), Anne Smith, Cleveland, Ohio, and Alberta Nieberding, Lakewood, Ohio; husband of Mary Ann (Greco) Scharf, father of Stacy Ann, foster-father of Thuy Dinh and Duyen Pham. He was received into the Franciscan Order in 1943. Ordained a priest in 1950, he spent the first three years of his ministry working in the Franciscan Byzantine Commissariat, located in New Canaan, CT. He was subsequently assigned to Rome as secretary to the Minister General of the Franciscan Order. Returning to the United States he taught at St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary, Callicoon, N.Y. He then studied at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and obtained his Licentiate in Sacred Theology. This was followed by further study at the Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy, and the Studium Franciscanum in Jerusalem where he earned his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture. He taught Scripture Studies at Holy Name College, Washington, D.C., and Christ the King Seminary, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY. In 1968 he sought and obtained a dispensation from his priestly and religious obligations. Returned to the lay state by Pope Paul VI, he married Mary Ann Greco of West Orange, NJ on January 18, 1969 in a private ceremony conducted by the Most Reverend Thomas A Boland, Archbishop of Newark. Subsequently Mr. Scharf earned a graduated degree in accounting from LaSalle Extension University and was certified in the field of Law and Taxation by New York University. He was employed by the American Red cross of Greater New York as Director of Financial Development, a post he held for seventeen years.
Upon retiring from the Red Cross, he taught Religion and Social Studies at St. Aloysius Academy in Jersey City, NJ. As a member of Annunciation Parish in Wayne, NJ he was an active Lector, Eucharistic Minister and occasional Catechetical Lecturer. His last years were spent at home with his family and friends for whom he had a quiet and unquestioned love. He lived and died in the faith and communion of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
In lieu of flowers donations for Masses should be directed to: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne, NJ, 07470, and would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Friday, September 6, 2013 from 3-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul will be celebrated 11 AM at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church in Wayne on Saturday, September 7, 2013.
Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Butler.
September 4, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, September 6, 2013 from 3-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul will be celebrated 11 AM at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church in Wayne on Saturday, September 7, 2013.
Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Butler.
Robert C. Scharf, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013 with the comfort of his wife MaryAnn by his side.
Born November 9, 1923, in Belleville, NJ., son of Nicholas and Frances Scharf, brother of William J. Scharf, Columbus, Ohio(deceased), Rev. Joseph Scharf S.J., Cleveland, Ohio (deceased), Anne Smith, Cleveland, Ohio, and Alberta Nieberding, Lakewood, Ohio; husband of Mary Ann (Greco) Scharf, father of Stacy Ann, foster-father of Thuy Dinh and Duyen Pham. He was received into the Franciscan Order in 1943. Ordained a priest in 1950, he spent the first three years of his ministry working in the Franciscan Byzantine Commissariat, located in New Canaan, CT. He was subsequently assigned to Rome as secretary to the Minister General of the Franciscan Order. Returning to the United States he taught at St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary, Callicoon, N.Y. He then studied at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and obtained his Licentiate in Sacred Theology. This was followed by further study at the Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy, and the Studium Franciscanum in Jerusalem where he earned his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture. He taught Scripture Studies at Holy Name College, Washington, D.C., and Christ the King Seminary, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY. In 1968 he sought and obtained a dispensation from his priestly and religious obligations. Returned to the lay state by Pope Paul VI, he married Mary Ann Greco of West Orange, NJ on January 18, 1969 in a private ceremony conducted by the Most Reverend Thomas A Boland, Archbishop of Newark. Subsequently Mr. Scharf earned a graduated degree in accounting from LaSalle Extension University and was certified in the field of Law and Taxation by New York University. He was employed by the American Red cross of Greater New York as Director of Financial Development, a post he held for seventeen years.
Upon retiring from the Red Cross, he taught Religion and Social Studies at St. Aloysius Academy in Jersey City, NJ. As a member of Annunciation Parish in Wayne, NJ he was an active Lector, Eucharistic Minister and occasional Catechetical Lecturer. His last years were spent at home with his family and friends for whom he had a quiet and unquestioned love. He lived and died in the faith and communion of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
In lieu of flowers donations for Masses should be directed to: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne, NJ, 07470, and would be greatly appreciated.
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