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Lawrence Thomas Fette “Larry” age 71 of Wayne died Friday, May 9, 2008 at Hospice of New Jersey, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Wayne.
Throughout his fight with peritoneal mesothelioma, the cancer caused by asbestos exposure, he had the comfort, love and support of
his family, who were always at his bedside.
 He
was born in Passaic, lived his formative years in Clifton, and moved to the
Packanack Lake section of Wayne forty-eight years ago.
Larry received his formal education at Clifton High School graduating with the
Class of 1954. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in 1959
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration.
He was a parishioner and formerly served as a trustee of Immaculate Heart of
Mary RC Church, Wayne. Larry was a past president of the Serra Club, which is
dedicated to the encouragement of priestly vocations and for thirty-seven years
made an annual retreat at the Loyola Retreat House of Morristown.
Larry was the president of Fette Ford in Clifton; founded by his father Henry
Fette and celebrating fifty-five years in business. Among Larry’s past services
to the auto industry are: NJCAR member and board chairman, Ford Dealer Alliance
chairman, president of Ford Dealer Advertising Fund of the tri-state region,
board president of Wholesale Auto Supply, was the 2003 NJ Nominee for the Time
Magazine Quality Dealer Award and was a member of the Dealer Advisory Board of
Valley National Bank, Wayne.
His favorite charities were Eva’s Village, Paterson, Several Sources Shelters,
and Covenant House.
He lived in Packanack Lake, Wayne for forty-three years and was a member of the
Packanack Lake Club, the Upper Montclair Country
Club, the Bay Head Yacht Club, the Mantoloking Yacht Club and The Moorings Club
of Vero Beach, FL.
Larry is best described as an elegant man who was respected and loved by all he
met. His favorite respite from work was cruising in
his boat “Nan-Sea”- named after his wife. One memorable trip was a two week
cruise to Cuba with Moorings friends.
Surviving are his loving wife of fifty years, Nancy (nee Stark) Fette; four
daughters Carolen Amarante and her husband Tony of Wayne, Lauren Tiers of Wayne,
Anne Russomano and her husband Jim of Glen Ridge and Julie Fette of Houston,
Texas; one son John L. Fette and his wife Kristin of Wayne; grandfather of
thirteen cherished grandchildren Matthew, Carrie and Thomas Amarante, Lane,
Lindsey and Twells Tiers, Alexandra, Jimmy, Amie and Michelle Russomano, Dan and
Hart Fette, Talia Cohen-Fette; two sisters Dolores Richert of Pawley’s Island,
South Carolina, Maryanne DiLella and her husband Al of Vero Beach, Florida and
Green Pond, NJ, and one brother Henry “Bud” Fette and his wife June of Pawley’s
Island, South Carolina.
He was predeceased by his parents Anne and Henry Fette, his parents-in-law Helen
and Carroll Stark; his son-in-law Bill Tiers and his brother-in-law Jack Richert.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial
Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC
Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday, May 12, 2008
from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Larry’s memory are asked to consider
the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation,
www.marf.org PO Box 91840, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1840.
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