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September 27, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday October 3, 2013 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Robert “Sonny” Macrone, age 65 died peacefully on Friday, September 27, 2013.
Born in New York City, Bob spent his early childhood growing up in West Hempstead, Long Island before moving to the Packanack Lake section of Wayne where he resided for the past 52 years.
A 1966 graduate of Wayne Valley High School Bob went on to further studies at William Paterson College where in 1972, he earned a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in education. He did some teaching but, realizing quickly that this was not his calling, he eventually settled into a long career as a master carpenter. When old enough, his son Gabe joined him and Bob proudly taught him everything he knew about the trade. Most recently, he worked as sales representative with Jan Fence in Wayne where he earned the 2012 Salesperson of the Year award.
While in high school, Bob heard that there was this girl named Elizabeth “Jane” Meng that thought he was kinda cute, but who was just a little too shy to tell him herself. Jane got a friend to make sure that Bob knew she was interested. Their first date was to Preakness Theater where they saw The Pink Panther. Bob was cracking up throughout the whole movie and Jane got her first glimpse of this fun-loving, happy-go-lucky man. That night was the beginning of many years of happy times and the couple married in 1970, honeymooning in Cape Cod because they both loved the ocean and Bob enjoyed fishing for bluefish and surf casting.
For many years he played in the Waterfront and Wayne Sunday Softball Leagues where Bob usually chased down fly balls in left or center field. As a family, Bob, Jane and the kids loved to spend vacation time down at Long Beach Island, and one time, he and Jane enjoyed a wonderful two-week trip together to Switzerland where Bob served as best man in a friend’s wedding.
To Bob, life was a party! Always happy and optimistic, he loved good conversation and music, especially the sounds of Motown and jazz. He was always available for his children, and his grandchildren always knew he was just a call away. To all of them he was as much a friend as he was a father and grandfather. Bob absolutely loved being a grandfather and expressing the “big kid” side of himself. One time, just to be goofy, he put on a long-haired Rapunzel-like wig. While his grandkids got a huge kick out of that, it was even funnier when they asked “Pops” to go with them for a walk through town and Bob joined them with the wig still on his head, puffing on a nice fat cigar gripped between his teeth! They will also have many happy memories of “Pops” playing wiffle-ball games, writing crazy stuff with chalk on the driveway and street, and doing other things that would only prompt Bob to say “don’t tell your grandmother about this!”.
Bob is survived by his dearly-loved wife of forty-three years, Elizabeth “Jane” (nee Meng), his three dear children: Jessica Scarpa, Gabriel Macrone and wife Donna, and Marie Macrone, all of Wayne; his five adored grandchildren: Mia, Isabella, Emma, Gabriel and Olivia; and his brother Michael Macrone and wife Marisol of Pequannock. Bob was predeceased by his sister Wendy Coveney in 2009.
Also surviving to miss this affable man are his many friends who he’d do anything for, and his dear dog Annie.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday October 3, 2013 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
September 27, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday October 3, 2013 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Robert “Sonny” Macrone, age 65 died peacefully on Friday, September 27, 2013.
Born in New York City, Bob spent his early childhood growing up in West Hempstead, Long Island before moving to the Packanack Lake section of Wayne where he resided for the past 52 years.
A 1966 graduate of Wayne Valley High School Bob went on to further studies at William Paterson College where in 1972, he earned a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in education. He did some teaching but, realizing quickly that this was not his calling, he eventually settled into a long career as a master carpenter. When old enough, his son Gabe joined him and Bob proudly taught him everything he knew about the trade. Most recently, he worked as sales representative with Jan Fence in Wayne where he earned the 2012 Salesperson of the Year award.
While in high school, Bob heard that there was this girl named Elizabeth “Jane” Meng that thought he was kinda cute, but who was just a little too shy to tell him herself. Jane got a friend to make sure that Bob knew she was interested. Their first date was to Preakness Theater where they saw The Pink Panther. Bob was cracking up throughout the whole movie and Jane got her first glimpse of this fun-loving, happy-go-lucky man. That night was the beginning of many years of happy times and the couple married in 1970, honeymooning in Cape Cod because they both loved the ocean and Bob enjoyed fishing for bluefish and surf casting.
For many years he played in the Waterfront and Wayne Sunday Softball Leagues where Bob usually chased down fly balls in left or center field. As a family, Bob, Jane and the kids loved to spend vacation time down at Long Beach Island, and one time, he and Jane enjoyed a wonderful two-week trip together to Switzerland where Bob served as best man in a friend’s wedding.
To Bob, life was a party! Always happy and optimistic, he loved good conversation and music, especially the sounds of Motown and jazz. He was always available for his children, and his grandchildren always knew he was just a call away. To all of them he was as much a friend as he was a father and grandfather. Bob absolutely loved being a grandfather and expressing the “big kid” side of himself. One time, just to be goofy, he put on a long-haired Rapunzel-like wig. While his grandkids got a huge kick out of that, it was even funnier when they asked “Pops” to go with them for a walk through town and Bob joined them with the wig still on his head, puffing on a nice fat cigar gripped between his teeth! They will also have many happy memories of “Pops” playing wiffle-ball games, writing crazy stuff with chalk on the driveway and street, and doing other things that would only prompt Bob to say “don’t tell your grandmother about this!”.
Bob is survived by his dearly-loved wife of forty-three years, Elizabeth “Jane” (nee Meng), his three dear children: Jessica Scarpa, Gabriel Macrone and wife Donna, and Marie Macrone, all of Wayne; his five adored grandchildren: Mia, Isabella, Emma, Gabriel and Olivia; and his brother Michael Macrone and wife Marisol of Pequannock. Bob was predeceased by his sister Wendy Coveney in 2009.
Also surviving to miss this affable man are his many friends who he’d do anything for, and his dear dog Annie.
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