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August 24, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, August 28, 2014 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes where at 11 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Salvatore R. Del Corso, Jr., age 88 of Toms River and formerly of Paterson, died peacefully on Sunday, August 24, 2014.
Born and raised in Paterson, Sal attended Central High School and joined the U.S. Army when World War II broke out. He proudly served throughout the European Theatre before returning home in 1946. Upon returning home, Sal went right back to Central High to earn his diploma. He had the good fortune of meeting the love of his life; a beautiful young girl named Gloria Ryan. They fell in love and were married on June 17, 1949, followed by a honeymoon at Niagara Falls. They lived in Paterson and N. Haledon before retiring to the Lake Ridge Adult Community, Toms River, in 1997. They were devoted to one another and enjoyed a wonderful relationship like the best of friends. They were married nearly sixty years when Gloria passed in 2009 and it broke Sal’s heart to lose her.
Professionally, Sal was a Master Plumber, having been introduced to the trade by his father-in-law during the earliest years of his courtship with Gloria. He excelled at his trade and was proud to serve as Secretary of the NJ Master Plumbers Association and as Treasurer of the Paterson Master Plumbers Association. He operated his own company, “Del’s Plumbing and Heating” for many years and became a plumbing inspector in Fairfield, Caldwell and Lakewood during his later years. He was well respected among his professional peers.
Sal was a charismatic guy, always the life of the party and full of energy. He was never one to sit still and continued working up until the age of 85. He loved to travel and had been to Aruba more than a dozen times with his beloved Gloria. A great story teller, Sal had a habit of making a long story even longer, sometimes a little too long, but he knew how to keep your interest. He was a very proud member of the John Raad American Legion Post #438 in Paterson, having served as Commander there where he enjoyed the loyal friendship of many fellow veterans. He will be dearly missed by many.
Sal is survived by his two loving daughters; Geri Maturo and her husband Patrick of Pompton Plains, and Sally Wilkins and her husband Bob of Wayne, three granddaughters; Nicole Wilkins of Wayne, and Traci Maturo and Michelle Maturo, both of Pompton Plains. He was predeceased by his dear wife Gloria in 2009, by his young son Richard who passed in 1951, and by three brothers and two sisters.
Memorial donations in Sal’s honor would be appreciated. Please consider the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or the Disabled American Veterans, PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, August 28, 2014 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes where at 11 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
August 24, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, August 28, 2014 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes where at 11 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Salvatore R. Del Corso, Jr., age 88 of Toms River and formerly of Paterson, died peacefully on Sunday, August 24, 2014.
Born and raised in Paterson, Sal attended Central High School and joined the U.S. Army when World War II broke out. He proudly served throughout the European Theatre before returning home in 1946. Upon returning home, Sal went right back to Central High to earn his diploma. He had the good fortune of meeting the love of his life; a beautiful young girl named Gloria Ryan. They fell in love and were married on June 17, 1949, followed by a honeymoon at Niagara Falls. They lived in Paterson and N. Haledon before retiring to the Lake Ridge Adult Community, Toms River, in 1997. They were devoted to one another and enjoyed a wonderful relationship like the best of friends. They were married nearly sixty years when Gloria passed in 2009 and it broke Sal’s heart to lose her.
Professionally, Sal was a Master Plumber, having been introduced to the trade by his father-in-law during the earliest years of his courtship with Gloria. He excelled at his trade and was proud to serve as Secretary of the NJ Master Plumbers Association and as Treasurer of the Paterson Master Plumbers Association. He operated his own company, “Del’s Plumbing and Heating” for many years and became a plumbing inspector in Fairfield, Caldwell and Lakewood during his later years. He was well respected among his professional peers.
Sal was a charismatic guy, always the life of the party and full of energy. He was never one to sit still and continued working up until the age of 85. He loved to travel and had been to Aruba more than a dozen times with his beloved Gloria. A great story teller, Sal had a habit of making a long story even longer, sometimes a little too long, but he knew how to keep your interest. He was a very proud member of the John Raad American Legion Post #438 in Paterson, having served as Commander there where he enjoyed the loyal friendship of many fellow veterans. He will be dearly missed by many.
Sal is survived by his two loving daughters; Geri Maturo and her husband Patrick of Pompton Plains, and Sally Wilkins and her husband Bob of Wayne, three granddaughters; Nicole Wilkins of Wayne, and Traci Maturo and Michelle Maturo, both of Pompton Plains. He was predeceased by his dear wife Gloria in 2009, by his young son Richard who passed in 1951, and by three brothers and two sisters.
Memorial donations in Sal’s honor would be appreciated. Please consider the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or the Disabled American Veterans, PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301.
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