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August 2, 2006
Services
Funeral services will be held (meeting at church) Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 9:30 AM at Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Friday from 4- 8 PM.
Rocco Michael Mancini age 82 of Wayne died Wednesday, August 02, 2006 at the Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson. Just prior to his passing each family member visited him at his bedside and each expressed their love and assurance that for him it was ok to let go. He died quietly and peacefully with his family's love in his heart.
He was born in Garfield and had lived there and Lodi before moving to Wayne forty-five years ago.
He received his formal education at the Mark Twain Grammar School in Garfield and later at Garfield High School graduating with the Class of 1942. He then went on to study at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering with the Class of 1946.
He served in the Army during World War II as a Technician Fifth Grade in the 384th Ordnance Tank Maintenance Company. He received the World War II Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal.
Rocco was employed as a Mechanical Engineer at Bechtel Corporation in New York City for twenty-four years before his retirement in 1986.
He enjoyed studying mathematics, astronomy, playing bridge and was especially interested in golf.
Rocco was gifted with a selfless personality that was playful, caring and humorous. Always worried about others above himself. He would often attend the local library, having fun, trying to work out complex mathematical problems that stimulated his mind.
Rocco and Anna had a “loyal and devoted” marriage together for fifty-five years.
Surviving are his loving wife Anna (nee Albano) Mancini; two sons Lawrence Mancini and his wife Trina of Weston, Florida, and John Mancini and his wife Janice Honymar of Westfield; one daughter Phyllisann Pernia and her husband Michael of Saddle Brook; one grandson Max Mancini.
He is also survived by his faithful companions Edy and Stanley.
His grandson Luke Mancini predeceased him in 1989 and his brother Michael Mancini died in November 2005.
Those planning an expression of sympathy, in Rocco’s memory, are asked to consider the Children’s Hospital at Saint Josephs, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Funeral services will be held (meeting at church) Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 9:30 AM at Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Friday from 4- 8 PM.
August 2, 2006
Services
Funeral services will be held (meeting at church) Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 9:30 AM at Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Friday from 4- 8 PM.
Rocco Michael Mancini age 82 of Wayne died Wednesday, August 02, 2006 at the Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson. Just prior to his passing each family member visited him at his bedside and each expressed their love and assurance that for him it was ok to let go. He died quietly and peacefully with his family's love in his heart.
He was born in Garfield and had lived there and Lodi before moving to Wayne forty-five years ago.
He received his formal education at the Mark Twain Grammar School in Garfield and later at Garfield High School graduating with the Class of 1942. He then went on to study at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering with the Class of 1946.
He served in the Army during World War II as a Technician Fifth Grade in the 384th Ordnance Tank Maintenance Company. He received the World War II Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal.
Rocco was employed as a Mechanical Engineer at Bechtel Corporation in New York City for twenty-four years before his retirement in 1986.
He enjoyed studying mathematics, astronomy, playing bridge and was especially interested in golf.
Rocco was gifted with a selfless personality that was playful, caring and humorous. Always worried about others above himself. He would often attend the local library, having fun, trying to work out complex mathematical problems that stimulated his mind.
Rocco and Anna had a “loyal and devoted” marriage together for fifty-five years.
Surviving are his loving wife Anna (nee Albano) Mancini; two sons Lawrence Mancini and his wife Trina of Weston, Florida, and John Mancini and his wife Janice Honymar of Westfield; one daughter Phyllisann Pernia and her husband Michael of Saddle Brook; one grandson Max Mancini.
He is also survived by his faithful companions Edy and Stanley.
His grandson Luke Mancini predeceased him in 1989 and his brother Michael Mancini died in November 2005.
Those planning an expression of sympathy, in Rocco’s memory, are asked to consider the Children’s Hospital at Saint Josephs, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503.
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