Obituary of Robert P. Venturini

BOONTON---Robert P. "Bob" Venturini died Saturday, June 30, 2012 at St. Clare's Hospital, Denville following an apparent heart attack. He was 74. Born in Boonton Township, he lived there before moving to Boonton 50 years ago. He graduated from Boonton High School in 1956. Mr. Venturini was the owner/proprietor of Venturini's Super Deli in Boonton for 25 years before retiring last year. He also had previously owned and operated the Trolley Stop Restaurant in Boonton for several years. He served in the U.S. Army during peacetime in the late 1950's. Bob was a lifelong parishioner and usher at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church; served on the Boonton Board of Alderman and Boonton Planning Board for several terms and was a longtime member and past-president of the Kiwanis Club of Boonton. He was a rabid Jets fan. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Dorothy (nee Bednar); four sons, Jack and his wife Jill of Boonton, Jimmy and his wife Kelly of Houston, TX, Christopher and his wife Christy of Boonton Township and Robert and his wife Cathy of Boonton; two daughters, Marie McKeever and her husband Don of Franklin and Susan Johnson and her husband George of Hardyston Township; two brothers, Thomas Venturini of Boonton and Edward Gonzalez of Puerto Rico; a sister, Ali Lada of Miami, FL; eleven cherished grandchildren, Danielle, Nick, Heather, John, Jessie, Stefani, Giancarlo, Tony, Thomas, Matthew and Dennis and a great grandson, Mason. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated on Thursday, July 5th at 10:00 A.M. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 910 Birch St., Boonton with interment to follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, Boonton. Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM at the Mackey Funeral Home ( www.mackeyfh.com), 107 Essex Ave., Boonton. Memorial contributions in Bob's name may be made to the Kiwanis Ambulance Service of Boonton, P.O. Box 16, Boonton, NJ 07005. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home