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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM at the funeral home on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Walter A. Markley II, age 66 of Riverdale passed peacefully at home on Thursday, April 2, 2015.
He was born in Nyack, New York to Walter and Mary Thelma Markley. Raised in Dumont, New Jersey he graduated from Dumont High School with the Class of 1968. Walter received his Registered Pharmacist Certification from Rutgers University in 1974.
He started his career with Saint Michaels Medical Center in Newark where he was Chief of Pharmacy until he left for Chilton Memorial Hospital in 1983. Walter worked proudly at Chilton for thirty years before retiring a few years ago. Walter loved his work and the satisfaction of helping others. He was very social, could talk to anyone about anything, was a joy to be around, and always had a quick joke.
Walter enjoyed his retirement and would often relax in his yard while looking at the mountain behind his home and building large fires in his outdoor fireplace. Walter was a coffee fanatic and everyone in the family kept a black mug on hand just for him because he swore that coffee tasted best in a black mug. He will be remembered as a loving and devoted son, husband, father, and “Papa” to his grandchildren. Walter loved his grandchildren and enjoyed babysitting them, playing board games. He always played the “bad guy” in their role plays.
Walter met Diane at the graduation party of a pharmacy school friend who happened to be Diane’s neighbor. Diane’s mother—who had a knack for setting up her kids—had heard about Walter and made sure that Diane was in attendance. The matchmaking worked and Walter asked Diane out on a date. Although she declined at first, Walter was persistent and two weeks later Diane agreed to go out. Their first date was at the Crystal Bay in Wayne. Diane’s cheeks hurt from laughing so much on that first date. After a short time, Walter told Diane that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. He would drive up often from school in his father’s VW Beetle. The car had giant holes in the floorboards and windshield wipers that didn’t work. Diane remembers Walter reaching out the window and using his forearm to swipe it in the rain. They soon fell deeply in love. Diane and Walter married on July 27, 1974, at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne with Reverend Monsignor James Rugel officiating. When Walter began to cry at the altar, the Monsignor reached under his robes and produced a handkerchief that Walter treasured for many years. They honeymooned at a cabin in Vernon for a week and loved each other deeply, and as best friends, for 40 years. Walter was happiest relaxing in his yard, vacationing on Cape Cod and anytime he was around his family.
Walter was the loving husband of Diane; devoted father of Brian Thomas Markley and his wife Colleen of Chatham, Jonathan Christian Markley and his wife Rebecca of Kinnelon, and Daniel James Markley and his wife Katherine of Tewksbury; cherished grandfather of Alex, Katie, Christian, Channing and Nora Markley; dear brother of Fran Dheering and her husband Craig of Golden, Colorado.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Chilton Medical Center Foundation would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM at the funeral home on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM at the funeral home on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Walter A. Markley II, age 66 of Riverdale passed peacefully at home on Thursday, April 2, 2015.
He was born in Nyack, New York to Walter and Mary Thelma Markley. Raised in Dumont, New Jersey he graduated from Dumont High School with the Class of 1968. Walter received his Registered Pharmacist Certification from Rutgers University in 1974.
He started his career with Saint Michaels Medical Center in Newark where he was Chief of Pharmacy until he left for Chilton Memorial Hospital in 1983. Walter worked proudly at Chilton for thirty years before retiring a few years ago. Walter loved his work and the satisfaction of helping others. He was very social, could talk to anyone about anything, was a joy to be around, and always had a quick joke.
Walter enjoyed his retirement and would often relax in his yard while looking at the mountain behind his home and building large fires in his outdoor fireplace. Walter was a coffee fanatic and everyone in the family kept a black mug on hand just for him because he swore that coffee tasted best in a black mug. He will be remembered as a loving and devoted son, husband, father, and “Papa” to his grandchildren. Walter loved his grandchildren and enjoyed babysitting them, playing board games. He always played the “bad guy” in their role plays.
Walter met Diane at the graduation party of a pharmacy school friend who happened to be Diane’s neighbor. Diane’s mother—who had a knack for setting up her kids—had heard about Walter and made sure that Diane was in attendance. The matchmaking worked and Walter asked Diane out on a date. Although she declined at first, Walter was persistent and two weeks later Diane agreed to go out. Their first date was at the Crystal Bay in Wayne. Diane’s cheeks hurt from laughing so much on that first date. After a short time, Walter told Diane that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. He would drive up often from school in his father’s VW Beetle. The car had giant holes in the floorboards and windshield wipers that didn’t work. Diane remembers Walter reaching out the window and using his forearm to swipe it in the rain. They soon fell deeply in love. Diane and Walter married on July 27, 1974, at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne with Reverend Monsignor James Rugel officiating. When Walter began to cry at the altar, the Monsignor reached under his robes and produced a handkerchief that Walter treasured for many years. They honeymooned at a cabin in Vernon for a week and loved each other deeply, and as best friends, for 40 years. Walter was happiest relaxing in his yard, vacationing on Cape Cod and anytime he was around his family.
Walter was the loving husband of Diane; devoted father of Brian Thomas Markley and his wife Colleen of Chatham, Jonathan Christian Markley and his wife Rebecca of Kinnelon, and Daniel James Markley and his wife Katherine of Tewksbury; cherished grandfather of Alex, Katie, Christian, Channing and Nora Markley; dear brother of Fran Dheering and her husband Craig of Golden, Colorado.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Chilton Medical Center Foundation would be appreciated.
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