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Salvatore V. Paleologo, 86, passed away Saturday April 15, 2017 at Morristown Medical Center. Born and raised in Jersey City, he was a resident of Montville for the last 56 years and a communicant of St. Pius X R.C. Church. Mr. Paleologo served as an enlistee in the U.S. Navy from 1950-54 during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged a second class corpsman with a specialty in dental prosthetics. He met and courted his beautiful wife, Maria Grace Lisocky, the light of his life, as a freshman at Montclair State Teachers College. They were married upon graduating in 1958 and celebrated 53 years of wonderful marriage before her death in 2011. While at Montclair State, Mr. Paleologo earned a Bachelor and Master of Arts Degrees. He also attended Paterson State Teachers College post M.A. and received a National Science Foundation Award at Rutgers University in Newark. He was inducted into the Honor Societies of Rowec and Gamma Theta Upsilon, and served as president of Tan Sigma Delta, a men's fraternity at Montclair. Mr. Paleologo taught science at Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School in Clifton for 35 years before retiring in 1993. In 1988, he received the Governor's Teachers Recognition Award, with a Congressional Salute and Certificate of Merit from the U.S. Congress. Preceded in death by his wife Maria Grace (Lisocky); his parents, Salvatore and Josephine (Pugliese) Paleologo; and his siblings Fred Paleologo, Palma Bruno, and Josephine Shepherd; Sal is survived by his son, Mark Paul Paleologo; two granddaughters, Kerina Pauline and Maria Emily Paleologo; and two sisters, Elaine Wrenn and Elizabeth Meyer.
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Visitation

APR 20. 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM (ET) S.J. Priola Parsippany Funeral Service 60 North Beverwyck Road Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 info@parsippanyfuneral.com https://www.parsippanyfuneral.com

Service

APR 21. 10:00 AM (ET) S.J. Priola Parsippany Funeral Service 60 North Beverwyck Road Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 info@parsippanyfuneral.com https://www.parsippanyfuneral.com

Interment

Gate of Heaven Cemetery 225 Ridgedale Avenue East Hanover, NJ 07936
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1930 - 2017

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