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December 12, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday evening at 8:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6-9 PM. Those wishing to make memorial donations in Bill’s memory are asked to consider The Passaic Valley Hospice, 783 North Riverview Dr. Totowa, NJ 07512 or St. Jude’s Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN. 38105-2729.
William F. Rasp Sr. age 68 of Totowa passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at home in the loving care of his family. His passing was quiet and peaceful with his loving family at his bedside. Bill was indeed ready to meet his Lord and Savior and even on his death bed his loving primary concern was his family and he kept whispering to them I am “OK” and then he slipped away to a new and brighter day.
He was born in Clifton and lived there before moving to Paterson and then to Totowa forty-five years ago.
He received his formal education at Clifton Grammar School No. 5 and then at Clifton High School graduating with the Class of 1959.
After High School he served in the National Guard.
Bill was a fireman for the Paterson Fire Department for thirty years before his retirement in 1994.
A few years after retirement he returned to work to join his wife Janice at “The Gardens at Wayne” a senior assisted living facility.
The Human qualities Bill possessed were evident in the professions he chose.
He also had another love ”Racing Pigeons”. A sport he learned at an early age from his father. In 2008 Bill and his favorite racing pigeon, a hen from their coop “The Jablonski Loft” won the “Hoboken Derby” which is the Kentucky Derby of pigeon racing.
He was a member of the Westside and Paterson Pigeon clubs for many years..
To say the least Bill was a very loving and kind person of the highest order. He was dedicated to his family and had many friends. One of the highlights of his later years was the arrival of grandchildren who he loved beyond words.
Bill and Janice (nee Daalder) Rasp were married for forty-one years of “wonderful marriage” until Janice’s passing in May of 2006.
He leaves to mourn his passing one son William F. Rasp Jr. and his wife Amy of Totowa, two brothers Robert Rasp and his wife Rita of Lincoln Park and Gary Rasp of California; two cherished grandchildren Lexie and Connor of Massachusetts.
He was predeceased by his daughter Lisa Barry.
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Funeral services will be held Tuesday evening at 8:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6-9 PM. Those wishing to make memorial donations in Bill’s memory are asked to consider The Passaic Valley Hospice, 783 North Riverview Dr. Totowa, NJ 07512 or St. Jude’s Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN. 38105-2729.
December 12, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Tuesday evening at 8:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6-9 PM. Those wishing to make memorial donations in Bill’s memory are asked to consider The Passaic Valley Hospice, 783 North Riverview Dr. Totowa, NJ 07512 or St. Jude’s Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN. 38105-2729.
William F. Rasp Sr. age 68 of Totowa passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at home in the loving care of his family. His passing was quiet and peaceful with his loving family at his bedside. Bill was indeed ready to meet his Lord and Savior and even on his death bed his loving primary concern was his family and he kept whispering to them I am “OK” and then he slipped away to a new and brighter day.
He was born in Clifton and lived there before moving to Paterson and then to Totowa forty-five years ago.
He received his formal education at Clifton Grammar School No. 5 and then at Clifton High School graduating with the Class of 1959.
After High School he served in the National Guard.
Bill was a fireman for the Paterson Fire Department for thirty years before his retirement in 1994.
A few years after retirement he returned to work to join his wife Janice at “The Gardens at Wayne” a senior assisted living facility.
The Human qualities Bill possessed were evident in the professions he chose.
He also had another love ”Racing Pigeons”. A sport he learned at an early age from his father. In 2008 Bill and his favorite racing pigeon, a hen from their coop “The Jablonski Loft” won the “Hoboken Derby” which is the Kentucky Derby of pigeon racing.
He was a member of the Westside and Paterson Pigeon clubs for many years..
To say the least Bill was a very loving and kind person of the highest order. He was dedicated to his family and had many friends. One of the highlights of his later years was the arrival of grandchildren who he loved beyond words.
Bill and Janice (nee Daalder) Rasp were married for forty-one years of “wonderful marriage” until Janice’s passing in May of 2006.
He leaves to mourn his passing one son William F. Rasp Jr. and his wife Amy of Totowa, two brothers Robert Rasp and his wife Rita of Lincoln Park and Gary Rasp of California; two cherished grandchildren Lexie and Connor of Massachusetts.
He was predeceased by his daughter Lisa Barry.
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