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Nov. 18th, 2010 02:19 pmhttp://www.vandermay.com/Obituaries.aspx?from=obtDet&obituaryid=3561
Roland M. Palumbo
11/17/2010
Roland M. Palumbo, age 83 of Wayne died on Wednesday, November 17, 2010.
Roland was born and raised in the Totowa section of Paterson and graduated from Central High School. Shortly thereafter he found himself in the US Army, joining the war effort. He served most of his time in Japan, Korea, and throughout the Western Pacific Theatre as part of the Occupation Forces there. He was discharged in 1946, having achieved the rank of Corporal, and remained a member of American Legion Post 187.
Roland went on to attend Rutgers University on the GI Bill and graduated with a degree in accounting. He converted that education into a successful career and stayed active with the Alumni Association. He had worked for Curtiss Wright Corporation as a supervisor of corporate audits which had him traveling extensively. He spent some time at their Salt Lake City, Utah location where he made many great acquaintances and truly enjoyed the lifestyle and friendly people there. However, when his audits determined that the operations there had to be closed, they put Roland in charge of terminating the employees. That task was so upsetting and contradictory to his kind and caring nature, that he left the company and came back East. He then began working for Vitro Corporation of America in New York City as their Assistant Treasurer before founding Digital Devices, Inc. in Nutley, where he was President for twenty two years before retiring.
Roland met his wife, Madeline Bennington, at a dance in the Passaic Armory. On the first night they met, he accidentally bumped into her and almost knocked her down. He was embarrassed of course and may have even blushed a bit, but was afraid to ask her to dance after that. It wasn’t until a year later, when they met again at another dance, that they finally got the chance to dance. Roland proposed shortly thereafter and they married in 1951, enjoying nearly sixty years together.
Roland leaves to mourn his beloved wife Madeline (nee Bennington), devoted father of Robert Palumbo and Kim LoBiondo, both of Wayne, son-in-law Joseph LoBiondo, loving grandfather of Tanya, Carissa and Jessielyn Palumbo and Victoria, Joseph and James LoBiondo, and the late Christie Mercuri (1983). Brother of Joseph F. Palumbo of Totowa.
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, November 19, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, November 20 at the funeral home.
Interment will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
Donations to Hospice of New Jersey, 400 Broad Acres Dr., 4th floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 would be greatly appreciated.
Roland M. Palumbo
11/17/2010
Roland M. Palumbo, age 83 of Wayne died on Wednesday, November 17, 2010.
Roland was born and raised in the Totowa section of Paterson and graduated from Central High School. Shortly thereafter he found himself in the US Army, joining the war effort. He served most of his time in Japan, Korea, and throughout the Western Pacific Theatre as part of the Occupation Forces there. He was discharged in 1946, having achieved the rank of Corporal, and remained a member of American Legion Post 187.
Roland went on to attend Rutgers University on the GI Bill and graduated with a degree in accounting. He converted that education into a successful career and stayed active with the Alumni Association. He had worked for Curtiss Wright Corporation as a supervisor of corporate audits which had him traveling extensively. He spent some time at their Salt Lake City, Utah location where he made many great acquaintances and truly enjoyed the lifestyle and friendly people there. However, when his audits determined that the operations there had to be closed, they put Roland in charge of terminating the employees. That task was so upsetting and contradictory to his kind and caring nature, that he left the company and came back East. He then began working for Vitro Corporation of America in New York City as their Assistant Treasurer before founding Digital Devices, Inc. in Nutley, where he was President for twenty two years before retiring.
Roland met his wife, Madeline Bennington, at a dance in the Passaic Armory. On the first night they met, he accidentally bumped into her and almost knocked her down. He was embarrassed of course and may have even blushed a bit, but was afraid to ask her to dance after that. It wasn’t until a year later, when they met again at another dance, that they finally got the chance to dance. Roland proposed shortly thereafter and they married in 1951, enjoying nearly sixty years together.
Roland leaves to mourn his beloved wife Madeline (nee Bennington), devoted father of Robert Palumbo and Kim LoBiondo, both of Wayne, son-in-law Joseph LoBiondo, loving grandfather of Tanya, Carissa and Jessielyn Palumbo and Victoria, Joseph and James LoBiondo, and the late Christie Mercuri (1983). Brother of Joseph F. Palumbo of Totowa.
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, November 19, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, November 20 at the funeral home.
Interment will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
Donations to Hospice of New Jersey, 400 Broad Acres Dr., 4th floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 would be greatly appreciated.
