Herman Joseph Morabito

Herman Joseph Morabito, age 96 of Midland Park, died Wednesday, November 24, 2021. He was born in Pratt, West Virginia, and later moved with his parents and four brothers to Paterson, NJ. Before moving to Midland Park, NJ, 65 years ago, he served as a Corporal in the US Army during WWII in Europe. While stationed in France, he met a French girl named Jany, fell in love, and were married here in the States in 1947. In 2016, he was very proud to be given the honor of serving as Grand Marshall in the Midland Park Memorial Day Parade. He took great pride in being a veteran. He made sure he wore his WWII Veteran’s hat wherever he went. Prior to his retirement in 1988, he was a letter carrier for the US Post Office in Midland Park. While working in the post office, he became interested in his lifetime hobby of stamp collecting.
 

Herman is predeceased by his loving wife of 57 years, Jany Clément Morabito who passed in 2004. He is survived by his three devoted children:  Vincent P. Morabito of Santa Rosa, CA, Linda M. Lemery and her husband, George of Franklin Lakes, NJ, and Elaine M. Petraglia and her husband, Jerry of Doylestown, PA. Herman’s greatest past time was spending time with his family, especially his eight grandchildren:  Claire Fuller and her husband, Kevin Zack, Jenna Morabito, Jonathan Lemery, Robert Lemery and his wife, Ciara, Brian Lemery and his wife, Kate, Joseph Petraglia and his wife, Genevieve, Michael Petraglia and Christine Knorr and her husband, Josh.  Also, his six great grandchildren: Evangeline and Vincent Petraglia, Liana and Fiona Lemery, and Jason and Tyler Knorr. Also surviving are Herman’s two brothers:  Rudolph Morabito of North Haledon, NJ, and Eugene Morabito and his wife, Louise, of Hawthorne, NJ, and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his parents, Saverio and Concetta Morabito, who came to the US from Italy, his two brothers, Roy Morabito and Leo Morabito, and his daughter-in-law, Irene Morabito.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 9am - 10am at Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30am at the Church of the Nativity, 315 Prospect Street, Midland Park, NJ with the burial to follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.

As an expression of sympathy, in lieu of flowers, donations in Herman’s memory may be made to the Midland Park Ambulance Corps, 471 Godwin Avenue Midland Park, NJ 07432. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105. Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516 Topeka, KS 66675-8516.