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Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from the funeral home then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Stephen J. Iczkowski, Sr. age 85 of Wayne passed peacefully on Sunday, April 5, 2015.
He was born and raised in Donora, PA and when he was just four years old his mother passed away. He was raised by his father and his aunt Catherine. After graduating from Donora High School with the Class of 1947 he began working at the local steel mill and soon enlisted in the United States Navy. Stephen served in the Medical Corps and spent much of his service time aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore D. Roosevelt during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1953.
After his military service Stephen lived with his sister Victoria in Paterson, NJ. He attended William Paterson College in Wayne having attained his undergraduate and masters degrees under the GI Bill. His first job after college was with the Rochelle Park Midland School teaching math and science there for four years before moving to the Wayne Board of Education. He was a teacher, known as “Mr. I,” for the Wayne Schools for thirty-five years having taught at Theunis Dey School, Colfax School, and finally the George Washington Junior High School before retiring in 1992. He will be remembered as a well-liked teacher who had a reserved, quiet, calm, easy going, “go with the flow” personality. He enjoyed bowling, horse shoes, tennis, fishing, and traveling to Europe.
Stephen and his wife Frances were founding parishioners of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church in Wayne. He was a Third Degree member of the Knights of Columbus Marian Council #3801 in Pompton Lakes for many years.
Stephen and Frances met when she was sweeping her sidewalk and driveway in Paterson. He was carrying groceries home when one of the local girls tried to catch his affection offering to have him over for coffee. He took notice of Frances and they soon fell in love. After receiving his undergraduate degree from William Paterson College Frances’ mother had a small family get together to celebrate. As all were eating at the table Stephen pulled a blue velvet box from his pocket and put it partway between himself and Frances. After a few minutes he said “well open the box” and inside was an engagement ring. They married on May 30, 1958 at Saint Marys RC Church in Paterson and honeymooned in Washington DC. They have enjoyed fifty-seven years of a loving and dedicated marriage.
He was the loving husband of Frances Iczkowski; devoted father of Jeanne Spinosa and her husband Richard of Succasunna; Stephen J. Iczkowski, Jr. and his wife Lorrie of Murrells Inlet, SC, Edward F. Iczkowski of Rockaway, and Daniel R. Iczkowski of Morris Plains; cherished grandfather of Brandon and Noelle Spinosa, and Matthew and Melissa Iczkowski.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Saint Judes Children’s Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 or the Little Sister’s of the Poor, 140 Shepherds Ln., Totowa, NJ 07512 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from the funeral home then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from the funeral home then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Stephen J. Iczkowski, Sr. age 85 of Wayne passed peacefully on Sunday, April 5, 2015.
He was born and raised in Donora, PA and when he was just four years old his mother passed away. He was raised by his father and his aunt Catherine. After graduating from Donora High School with the Class of 1947 he began working at the local steel mill and soon enlisted in the United States Navy. Stephen served in the Medical Corps and spent much of his service time aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore D. Roosevelt during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1953.
After his military service Stephen lived with his sister Victoria in Paterson, NJ. He attended William Paterson College in Wayne having attained his undergraduate and masters degrees under the GI Bill. His first job after college was with the Rochelle Park Midland School teaching math and science there for four years before moving to the Wayne Board of Education. He was a teacher, known as “Mr. I,” for the Wayne Schools for thirty-five years having taught at Theunis Dey School, Colfax School, and finally the George Washington Junior High School before retiring in 1992. He will be remembered as a well-liked teacher who had a reserved, quiet, calm, easy going, “go with the flow” personality. He enjoyed bowling, horse shoes, tennis, fishing, and traveling to Europe.
Stephen and his wife Frances were founding parishioners of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church in Wayne. He was a Third Degree member of the Knights of Columbus Marian Council #3801 in Pompton Lakes for many years.
Stephen and Frances met when she was sweeping her sidewalk and driveway in Paterson. He was carrying groceries home when one of the local girls tried to catch his affection offering to have him over for coffee. He took notice of Frances and they soon fell in love. After receiving his undergraduate degree from William Paterson College Frances’ mother had a small family get together to celebrate. As all were eating at the table Stephen pulled a blue velvet box from his pocket and put it partway between himself and Frances. After a few minutes he said “well open the box” and inside was an engagement ring. They married on May 30, 1958 at Saint Marys RC Church in Paterson and honeymooned in Washington DC. They have enjoyed fifty-seven years of a loving and dedicated marriage.
He was the loving husband of Frances Iczkowski; devoted father of Jeanne Spinosa and her husband Richard of Succasunna; Stephen J. Iczkowski, Jr. and his wife Lorrie of Murrells Inlet, SC, Edward F. Iczkowski of Rockaway, and Daniel R. Iczkowski of Morris Plains; cherished grandfather of Brandon and Noelle Spinosa, and Matthew and Melissa Iczkowski.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Saint Judes Children’s Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 or the Little Sister’s of the Poor, 140 Shepherds Ln., Totowa, NJ 07512 would be appreciated.
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