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Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, March 29, 2015 from 2-5 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 5 PM service will be held on Sunday following the visitation hours where all will be welcomed to share a favorite memory or story to honor Bill’s life.
William “Bill” J. Makinson age 83 of Wayne passed peacefully on Thursday, March 26, 2015.
He was born on the 4th of July, 1931 to George and Margaret Makinson. The family including his older brother Georgie moved from Newark, New Jersey to the Mountain View section of Wayne in 1947.
As a young man Bill enlisted in the United States Navy and learned about refrigeration repair while in the Navy. The education in refrigeration he got with the Navy helped him get a job with the Sears Department Store and in 1967 that instruction helped him start his own business “Bills Appliance Service” in Wayne. This company has been servicing appliances in Wayne and surrounding communities for the past forty-eight years. This is a true “mom and pop” company as Bill and his wife Shirley ran it together all those years and it is still in operation today with Shirley at the helm. Many men, and women for that matter, would not want to live and work with their spouse all day long, but Bill and Shirley relied on each other and Bill even told his granddaughter recently “I can’t stand a day apart from grandma.” Not only did Bill and Shirley live and work together but they even enjoyed playing in bands together. Bill started out playing the trumpet, then the saxophone, the organ and eventually played guitar. He also sang in the bands. His wife followed suit and played bass and guitar in several of the bands. Some of the bands they played in were Gary D and Friends, and Split Image.
As mentioned earlier Bill was a United States Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He was at sea on the destroyer R.A. Owens 827 for 6 years. The Navy not only taught him refrigeration, but they also showed him the world including stays in Cuba, the French Riviera, Italy, Algiers, Gibralter, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Trinidad, Jamaica, Haiti and Panama.
Bill and Shirley met through friends and spent their first date in the “passion pit” (Shirley’s words, not mine) at the drive-in movies where they went to see Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. This movie came on the television some fifty-two years later and Bill and Shirley actually sat and watched it this time around. They married in Wayne on May 19, 1956 and honeymooned at the Jersey Shore is Asbury Park.
Bill is survived by his loving wife of fifty-nine years Shirley Makinson; devoted father of Debra Yetman of Wayne, and Cheryl Makinson of Point Pleasant; cherished grandfather of Christine Yetman and Nicolette; he was the much loved uncle to many nieces and nephews. Bill was predeceased by his brother George Makinson.
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Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, March 29, 2015 from 2-5 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 5 PM service will be held on Sunday following the visitation hours where all will be welcomed to share a favorite memory or story to honor Bill’s life.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, March 29, 2015 from 2-5 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 5 PM service will be held on Sunday following the visitation hours where all will be welcomed to share a favorite memory or story to honor Bill’s life.
William “Bill” J. Makinson age 83 of Wayne passed peacefully on Thursday, March 26, 2015.
He was born on the 4th of July, 1931 to George and Margaret Makinson. The family including his older brother Georgie moved from Newark, New Jersey to the Mountain View section of Wayne in 1947.
As a young man Bill enlisted in the United States Navy and learned about refrigeration repair while in the Navy. The education in refrigeration he got with the Navy helped him get a job with the Sears Department Store and in 1967 that instruction helped him start his own business “Bills Appliance Service” in Wayne. This company has been servicing appliances in Wayne and surrounding communities for the past forty-eight years. This is a true “mom and pop” company as Bill and his wife Shirley ran it together all those years and it is still in operation today with Shirley at the helm. Many men, and women for that matter, would not want to live and work with their spouse all day long, but Bill and Shirley relied on each other and Bill even told his granddaughter recently “I can’t stand a day apart from grandma.” Not only did Bill and Shirley live and work together but they even enjoyed playing in bands together. Bill started out playing the trumpet, then the saxophone, the organ and eventually played guitar. He also sang in the bands. His wife followed suit and played bass and guitar in several of the bands. Some of the bands they played in were Gary D and Friends, and Split Image.
As mentioned earlier Bill was a United States Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He was at sea on the destroyer R.A. Owens 827 for 6 years. The Navy not only taught him refrigeration, but they also showed him the world including stays in Cuba, the French Riviera, Italy, Algiers, Gibralter, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Trinidad, Jamaica, Haiti and Panama.
Bill and Shirley met through friends and spent their first date in the “passion pit” (Shirley’s words, not mine) at the drive-in movies where they went to see Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. This movie came on the television some fifty-two years later and Bill and Shirley actually sat and watched it this time around. They married in Wayne on May 19, 1956 and honeymooned at the Jersey Shore is Asbury Park.
Bill is survived by his loving wife of fifty-nine years Shirley Makinson; devoted father of Debra Yetman of Wayne, and Cheryl Makinson of Point Pleasant; cherished grandfather of Christine Yetman and Nicolette; he was the much loved uncle to many nieces and nephews. Bill was predeceased by his brother George Makinson.
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