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March 7, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Stephen Karbach age 90 of Wayne died peacefully on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at the St. Josephs Wayne Hospital, Wayne.
He was born in Hoboken and had lived on his family’s farm in Lincoln Park later living in Pompton Lakes before moving to Wayne forty-nine years ago.
Mr. Karbach was Lieutenant First Class with the New Jersey State Police and Deputy Commander of the New Jersey Parkway branch of the department where he worked for twenty-five years before his retirement in 1974. He was very proud of his badge No. 988 which in the perspective of the present day is a very low number. Stephen was very skilled with his mind in placing names and faces together and being very observant as to details in criminal investigations.
He had a special gift of personality that was always reaching out to others. He was formerly a volunteer fireman on the Lincoln Park Fire Company, he really believed in his heart that his goal was to “Serve the People” around him.
He was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather. His family was very important to him and Stephen and Regina had a very happy and loving marriage together for fifty-seven years. His daughters will always remember that whatever they needed was “No Problem” to accomplish or provide. He was always there for them and even to the extent of going out early in the morning and cleaning the snow off of their cars and warming up the engine.
He received his formal education at Boonton High School graduating with the Class of 1937.
Stephen served in the United States Navy during World War II.
He was a parishioner of Saint Mary’s RC Church in Pompton Lakes and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council at the church.
He was a member of the Knights Bowling League, the American Legion Post 174 in Wayne and the Pompton Lakes Elks Lodge 1895.
Loving husband of fifty-seven years to the late Regina (Metelski) Karbach(2006); devoted father of Geralyne Dickinson and her husband Philip of Pequannock, Gail Kohan and her husband Gary of Howell, and Dianne Thumann and her husband Richard of Pompton Plains; brother of John “Danny” Karback of Little River, SC and the late William Karback; cherished grandfather of Jason, Christopher and Jonathan Sanzari; Ryan, Shane and Dylan Kohan; and Krystal, Tiffany and Michael Thumann.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, ATTN: Tribute Gifts, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780 would be appreciated
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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
March 7, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Stephen Karbach age 90 of Wayne died peacefully on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at the St. Josephs Wayne Hospital, Wayne.
He was born in Hoboken and had lived on his family’s farm in Lincoln Park later living in Pompton Lakes before moving to Wayne forty-nine years ago.
Mr. Karbach was Lieutenant First Class with the New Jersey State Police and Deputy Commander of the New Jersey Parkway branch of the department where he worked for twenty-five years before his retirement in 1974. He was very proud of his badge No. 988 which in the perspective of the present day is a very low number. Stephen was very skilled with his mind in placing names and faces together and being very observant as to details in criminal investigations.
He had a special gift of personality that was always reaching out to others. He was formerly a volunteer fireman on the Lincoln Park Fire Company, he really believed in his heart that his goal was to “Serve the People” around him.
He was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather. His family was very important to him and Stephen and Regina had a very happy and loving marriage together for fifty-seven years. His daughters will always remember that whatever they needed was “No Problem” to accomplish or provide. He was always there for them and even to the extent of going out early in the morning and cleaning the snow off of their cars and warming up the engine.
He received his formal education at Boonton High School graduating with the Class of 1937.
Stephen served in the United States Navy during World War II.
He was a parishioner of Saint Mary’s RC Church in Pompton Lakes and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council at the church.
He was a member of the Knights Bowling League, the American Legion Post 174 in Wayne and the Pompton Lakes Elks Lodge 1895.
Loving husband of fifty-seven years to the late Regina (Metelski) Karbach(2006); devoted father of Geralyne Dickinson and her husband Philip of Pequannock, Gail Kohan and her husband Gary of Howell, and Dianne Thumann and her husband Richard of Pompton Plains; brother of John “Danny” Karback of Little River, SC and the late William Karback; cherished grandfather of Jason, Christopher and Jonathan Sanzari; Ryan, Shane and Dylan Kohan; and Krystal, Tiffany and Michael Thumann.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, ATTN: Tribute Gifts, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780 would be appreciated
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