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Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 3-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Thursday, February 26, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Thomas E. Triolo, age 72 of Wayne, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, February 21, 2015, with his daughters at his bedside after fighting a courageous battle with cancer
Tom was a beautician for nearly forty years. He owned and operated the “Hair Designers” salon on Livingston Rd. in Clifton for thirty years before selling it in 2004. He absolutely loved his career and he continued working at the salon for ten more years after selling it.
Growing up in Rochelle Park, Tom’s father sold beauty supplies and hair product. At an early age, Tom learned that women loved to look and feel beautiful and he went off to beautician school, learning how to do it all. Throughout his career, nothing brought him more joy than making countless people feel beautiful and happy. Buying his own salon in 1975 was a big step and his wife Lorraine joined him as the receptionist and bookkeeper. Tom loved his clients and made a concerted effort to truly get to know them. He not only knew all their names, but their spouses name, their children’s names, grandchildren, pets, favorite color, and just about everything else! He had an amazing memory, sure, but he genuinely cared about people and was sincerely interested in getting to know them all. He was compassionate and often made house calls, even a few hospital calls, to clients who just couldn’t make it in to the salon, because he knew just how important it was for them to feel good about how they looked. His clients were meant so much to him and he truly loved them all like they were family.
Tom met his wife Lorraine (nee Adobody) when she entered his salon, looking to get her hair done for an upcoming wedding. For Tom, it was love at first sight. After making her look beautiful, he asked her out on a date, right then and there. They went out for dinner to the China Paradise in Wayne and that first date lasted until 4 AM. They were each smitten and marriage came on April 18, 1971. They enjoyed thirty three years together until her passing in 2005.
Tom loved to golf as often as he could and he didn’t necessarily have a favorite course; anywhere he could golf was perfect for him. Of course, spending some time in the casino at Atlantic City or Mr. Airy was a close second as far as favorites go. He loved card games, especially when his friends would gather at his home and they would play into the wee hours of the night. Tom was devoted member of the Passaic Valley Chapter of UNICO National and he credits his fellow members with helping him through his grief after the loss of his wife Lorraine in 2004. His friends there were some of the best people he could have hoped to have around him a time like that and he is forever grateful to each of them for their love and loyalty to him. Tom was also a charter member of the Coccia Foundation of Saddle Brook, dedicated to preserving Italian culture here in the U.S. and to say that Tom was a proud Italian would be a serious understatement.
Tom’s grandchildren also meant the world to him. They too are credited with helping through the tragic loss of his love, Lorraine. He poured his heart into those kids and was involved with them on a daily basis. He made every game, every practice, every party, every birthday. He was one of the loudest voices on the sidelines, cheering on his grandchildren at their games! He got to know all the other kids too, and their parents, and would cheer for each of the kids by name. Many of his grandchildren’s friends got to know him as “Tom” and they loved having him there at their games. He just loved being around the kids, and the energy that they all gave him could never be found anywhere else.
Tom is survived by his loving daughters; Kimberley Wilderson and her husband Duane of Wayne, Michele Murray and her husband Bryan of Pompton Plains, four grandchildren; Matthew and Nicholas Wilderson of Wayne, and Aidan and Colin Murray of Pompton Plains, his mother-in-law; Regina Adobody of Ridgefield Park, his dear cousin; Marilyn Bongiorno of Garfield, his sister-in-law; Helen Triolo of Basking Ridge, as well as his nieces, nephews and many dear friends. He was predeceased by his loving wife Lorraine in 2005, by his brother Joseph Triolo of Basking Ridge in 2002, and by his parents; Mario and Josephine Triolo.
Memorial donations in Tom’s memory would be greatly appreciated to Passaic Valley UNICO, PO Box 341, Little Falls, NJ 07424, or to the Coccia Foundation, 23 Leswing Avenue, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 3-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Thursday, February 26, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 3-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Thursday, February 26, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Thomas E. Triolo, age 72 of Wayne, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, February 21, 2015, with his daughters at his bedside after fighting a courageous battle with cancer
Tom was a beautician for nearly forty years. He owned and operated the “Hair Designers” salon on Livingston Rd. in Clifton for thirty years before selling it in 2004. He absolutely loved his career and he continued working at the salon for ten more years after selling it.
Growing up in Rochelle Park, Tom’s father sold beauty supplies and hair product. At an early age, Tom learned that women loved to look and feel beautiful and he went off to beautician school, learning how to do it all. Throughout his career, nothing brought him more joy than making countless people feel beautiful and happy. Buying his own salon in 1975 was a big step and his wife Lorraine joined him as the receptionist and bookkeeper. Tom loved his clients and made a concerted effort to truly get to know them. He not only knew all their names, but their spouses name, their children’s names, grandchildren, pets, favorite color, and just about everything else! He had an amazing memory, sure, but he genuinely cared about people and was sincerely interested in getting to know them all. He was compassionate and often made house calls, even a few hospital calls, to clients who just couldn’t make it in to the salon, because he knew just how important it was for them to feel good about how they looked. His clients were meant so much to him and he truly loved them all like they were family.
Tom met his wife Lorraine (nee Adobody) when she entered his salon, looking to get her hair done for an upcoming wedding. For Tom, it was love at first sight. After making her look beautiful, he asked her out on a date, right then and there. They went out for dinner to the China Paradise in Wayne and that first date lasted until 4 AM. They were each smitten and marriage came on April 18, 1971. They enjoyed thirty three years together until her passing in 2005.
Tom loved to golf as often as he could and he didn’t necessarily have a favorite course; anywhere he could golf was perfect for him. Of course, spending some time in the casino at Atlantic City or Mr. Airy was a close second as far as favorites go. He loved card games, especially when his friends would gather at his home and they would play into the wee hours of the night. Tom was devoted member of the Passaic Valley Chapter of UNICO National and he credits his fellow members with helping him through his grief after the loss of his wife Lorraine in 2004. His friends there were some of the best people he could have hoped to have around him a time like that and he is forever grateful to each of them for their love and loyalty to him. Tom was also a charter member of the Coccia Foundation of Saddle Brook, dedicated to preserving Italian culture here in the U.S. and to say that Tom was a proud Italian would be a serious understatement.
Tom’s grandchildren also meant the world to him. They too are credited with helping through the tragic loss of his love, Lorraine. He poured his heart into those kids and was involved with them on a daily basis. He made every game, every practice, every party, every birthday. He was one of the loudest voices on the sidelines, cheering on his grandchildren at their games! He got to know all the other kids too, and their parents, and would cheer for each of the kids by name. Many of his grandchildren’s friends got to know him as “Tom” and they loved having him there at their games. He just loved being around the kids, and the energy that they all gave him could never be found anywhere else.
Tom is survived by his loving daughters; Kimberley Wilderson and her husband Duane of Wayne, Michele Murray and her husband Bryan of Pompton Plains, four grandchildren; Matthew and Nicholas Wilderson of Wayne, and Aidan and Colin Murray of Pompton Plains, his mother-in-law; Regina Adobody of Ridgefield Park, his dear cousin; Marilyn Bongiorno of Garfield, his sister-in-law; Helen Triolo of Basking Ridge, as well as his nieces, nephews and many dear friends. He was predeceased by his loving wife Lorraine in 2005, by his brother Joseph Triolo of Basking Ridge in 2002, and by his parents; Mario and Josephine Triolo.
Memorial donations in Tom’s memory would be greatly appreciated to Passaic Valley UNICO, PO Box 341, Little Falls, NJ 07424, or to the Coccia Foundation, 23 Leswing Avenue, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663.
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