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November 11, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Thomas J. Dowd age 85, of Wayne for over thirty-five years, died Friday, November 11, 2011 at the St. Josephs Wayne Hospital.
He was born and raised in West Paterson and worked for the Bogue Electric Company in Paterson as a machinist before enlisting in the US Navy. Tom served in the Navy from 1944 through 1946 and received the American Ribbon and the Victory Medal. After being discharged took employment with the Curtis Wright Corporation in Teterboro. After several years he began working for the Singer Kearfott Corporation first in Clifton and later in Wayne. He worked for Singer Kearfott for over twenty years before retiring in 1987.
Tom enjoyed doing yard work and tending to his tomato, zucchini and pepper garden. Family celebrations were always held in his yard with big barbeques where his hotdogs with chili sauce and french-fries were enjoyed by all. Many, including the Wayne Police, will remember his large garage sales where he would tie up traffic on Ratzer and Valley Roads.
Tom was the loving husband of Carmella “Candy” Gamberalle; devoted father of Thomas John Dowd, Jr. and his wife Donna of Smithville, Joanna Lee Osbun and her husband Lewis of Stockholm, and Brian Douglas Dowd and his wife Betsy of Little Egg Harbor; cherished grandfather of Lori White and her husband Brian, Erin Santoro and her husband John, Jenna Dowd and Tyler Dowd; much loved great-grandfather of Brianna White and Kaitlyn White; dear brother of Joseph Luke Dowd of Paterson, and John Dowd and his wife Nancy of Lanoka Harbor.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Our Lady of the Valley, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
November 11, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Thomas J. Dowd age 85, of Wayne for over thirty-five years, died Friday, November 11, 2011 at the St. Josephs Wayne Hospital.
He was born and raised in West Paterson and worked for the Bogue Electric Company in Paterson as a machinist before enlisting in the US Navy. Tom served in the Navy from 1944 through 1946 and received the American Ribbon and the Victory Medal. After being discharged took employment with the Curtis Wright Corporation in Teterboro. After several years he began working for the Singer Kearfott Corporation first in Clifton and later in Wayne. He worked for Singer Kearfott for over twenty years before retiring in 1987.
Tom enjoyed doing yard work and tending to his tomato, zucchini and pepper garden. Family celebrations were always held in his yard with big barbeques where his hotdogs with chili sauce and french-fries were enjoyed by all. Many, including the Wayne Police, will remember his large garage sales where he would tie up traffic on Ratzer and Valley Roads.
Tom was the loving husband of Carmella “Candy” Gamberalle; devoted father of Thomas John Dowd, Jr. and his wife Donna of Smithville, Joanna Lee Osbun and her husband Lewis of Stockholm, and Brian Douglas Dowd and his wife Betsy of Little Egg Harbor; cherished grandfather of Lori White and her husband Brian, Erin Santoro and her husband John, Jenna Dowd and Tyler Dowd; much loved great-grandfather of Brianna White and Kaitlyn White; dear brother of Joseph Luke Dowd of Paterson, and John Dowd and his wife Nancy of Lanoka Harbor.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Our Lady of the Valley, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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