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March 25, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 9-11 AM. The funeral service will follow beginning at 11:00 AM in the funeral home followed by interment at Ponds Cemetery, Oakland.
Valentin Tuhari, age 71, of Hollywood, FL and formerly of Wayne, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2013.
Valentin was born in Soroca, Romania and raised in the city of Brasov. Following graduation from high school, he continued his education at the Bucharest Construction Institute. While there he met a young woman named Alexandra Nicolescu at a New Year’s Eve party. Valentin asked her if she would like to dance with him and to his delight, she said yes; they continued to date while together they attended school. Valentin ultimately graduated and landed his first job as an engineer with a company that focused on highway and bridge construction. He worked for two years but he and Alexandra’s great desire was to escape the communist regime that ruled Romania. The couple escaped Romania on a train to Hungary. From there they went to Germany and married in 1969. They remained in Germany for some time while paperwork was being processed so that they could immigrate to the United States of America. Valentin and Alexandra found work and stayed in New York City for one-and-a-half years before settling into their new home in the Pines Lake section of Wayne in 1972. Valentin continued in his career as a structural engineer with Traynor and Hansen Construction, Briscoe Corporation, and Turner Construction Company before starting his own business in 1986 as an independent structural engineering consultant.
During this time, he and Alexandra were blessed with three beautiful children: two little girls that they named Julie and Nathalie and a little boy whom they named Shelby. Valentin adored his kids and instilled in them the love he had for the outdoors by taking them downhill skiing pretty soon after they learned to walk. He also started and continued a tradition of taking them fresh-water fishing to Saranac Lake, NY every Memorial Day weekend. Valentin surprised the kids one day by bringing home two beautiful dogs; a basset hound named 5th Ave. and a cocker spaniel named Park Ave. He created a nice story telling his children that those two poor pups were hungry and homeless, walking the streets and their names represented where he found and rescued them. There was a deep sense of family in the Tuhari home and it honored Valentin greatly that his own parents, Nichifor and Lidia were able to live with his family in their home in Pines Lake. Family extended beyond blood lines and Valentin and Alexandra enjoyed the company of many friends and their home was often a place for gatherings and celebrations.
In 1996 Valentin took work in South Korea and China which lasted until 2000 when he returned to the United States, settling in Florida. His most recent achievements in Florida were the Marquis Miami, a seventy story high-rise and the Hard Rock Cafe.
As a young man in high school, Valentin won awards in the long jump skiing competition. One time while jumping, he sustained an injury where the tip of the ski went right through his chin. An avid hunter, Valentin loved to spend time with his father Nichifor hunting for bear and deer in some of North America’s most beautiful regions, including Alaska and Montana. On one particular trip, Valentin caught a great black bear that he had the hide made into a big carpet for the house. Valentin also enjoyed deep sea fishing off of the Atlantic City coast; he once caught a huge trophy sized marlin. During his years at Briscoe Corp. and Turner Construction, a nice sunny day of eighteen holes of golf was a good way to have fun while doing business with professional colleagues. Also, Valentin obtained his pilot’s license enjoying many weekends flying out of and around Atlantic City. He continued this love of being one with the sky when he moved to Florida and spent quite a bit of time flying, often bringing along his canine companion named Soldier.
Valentin will be remembered for being a man who loved life! He always displayed qualities of determination, industriousness, and drive that caused him to work hard, giving his all, but which also allowed him to play hard and enjoy the many beautiful opportunities that life offered for the taking. In the words of Frank Sinatra, Valentin was a man who believed in doing things his way.
Surviving are his two daughters: Julie Tuhari of Hoboken, Nathalie Tuhari-Katz and husband Brian of Hoboken; his son Shelby Tuhari and wife Melanie of Wayne, his three grandchildren: Shelby, Justin and Chelsea; and his former wife Alexandra Shaaban.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Valentin’s memory to The Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517 Topeka, KS 66675.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 9-11 AM. The funeral service will follow beginning at 11:00 AM in the funeral home followed by interment at Ponds Cemetery, Oakland.
March 25, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 9-11 AM. The funeral service will follow beginning at 11:00 AM in the funeral home followed by interment at Ponds Cemetery, Oakland.
Valentin Tuhari, age 71, of Hollywood, FL and formerly of Wayne, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2013.
Valentin was born in Soroca, Romania and raised in the city of Brasov. Following graduation from high school, he continued his education at the Bucharest Construction Institute. While there he met a young woman named Alexandra Nicolescu at a New Year’s Eve party. Valentin asked her if she would like to dance with him and to his delight, she said yes; they continued to date while together they attended school. Valentin ultimately graduated and landed his first job as an engineer with a company that focused on highway and bridge construction. He worked for two years but he and Alexandra’s great desire was to escape the communist regime that ruled Romania. The couple escaped Romania on a train to Hungary. From there they went to Germany and married in 1969. They remained in Germany for some time while paperwork was being processed so that they could immigrate to the United States of America. Valentin and Alexandra found work and stayed in New York City for one-and-a-half years before settling into their new home in the Pines Lake section of Wayne in 1972. Valentin continued in his career as a structural engineer with Traynor and Hansen Construction, Briscoe Corporation, and Turner Construction Company before starting his own business in 1986 as an independent structural engineering consultant.
During this time, he and Alexandra were blessed with three beautiful children: two little girls that they named Julie and Nathalie and a little boy whom they named Shelby. Valentin adored his kids and instilled in them the love he had for the outdoors by taking them downhill skiing pretty soon after they learned to walk. He also started and continued a tradition of taking them fresh-water fishing to Saranac Lake, NY every Memorial Day weekend. Valentin surprised the kids one day by bringing home two beautiful dogs; a basset hound named 5th Ave. and a cocker spaniel named Park Ave. He created a nice story telling his children that those two poor pups were hungry and homeless, walking the streets and their names represented where he found and rescued them. There was a deep sense of family in the Tuhari home and it honored Valentin greatly that his own parents, Nichifor and Lidia were able to live with his family in their home in Pines Lake. Family extended beyond blood lines and Valentin and Alexandra enjoyed the company of many friends and their home was often a place for gatherings and celebrations.
In 1996 Valentin took work in South Korea and China which lasted until 2000 when he returned to the United States, settling in Florida. His most recent achievements in Florida were the Marquis Miami, a seventy story high-rise and the Hard Rock Cafe.
As a young man in high school, Valentin won awards in the long jump skiing competition. One time while jumping, he sustained an injury where the tip of the ski went right through his chin. An avid hunter, Valentin loved to spend time with his father Nichifor hunting for bear and deer in some of North America’s most beautiful regions, including Alaska and Montana. On one particular trip, Valentin caught a great black bear that he had the hide made into a big carpet for the house. Valentin also enjoyed deep sea fishing off of the Atlantic City coast; he once caught a huge trophy sized marlin. During his years at Briscoe Corp. and Turner Construction, a nice sunny day of eighteen holes of golf was a good way to have fun while doing business with professional colleagues. Also, Valentin obtained his pilot’s license enjoying many weekends flying out of and around Atlantic City. He continued this love of being one with the sky when he moved to Florida and spent quite a bit of time flying, often bringing along his canine companion named Soldier.
Valentin will be remembered for being a man who loved life! He always displayed qualities of determination, industriousness, and drive that caused him to work hard, giving his all, but which also allowed him to play hard and enjoy the many beautiful opportunities that life offered for the taking. In the words of Frank Sinatra, Valentin was a man who believed in doing things his way.
Surviving are his two daughters: Julie Tuhari of Hoboken, Nathalie Tuhari-Katz and husband Brian of Hoboken; his son Shelby Tuhari and wife Melanie of Wayne, his three grandchildren: Shelby, Justin and Chelsea; and his former wife Alexandra Shaaban.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Valentin’s memory to The Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517 Topeka, KS 66675.
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