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Edward Arrabito Obituary
Age 81, passed away on May 30, 2011. Edward was born in Hackensack, NJ, on March 7, 1930. He is survived by his beloved wife of 43 years, Dolores; daughter, June Ann (David Jr.) Dybus; sons: Keith Andrew, Edward Jr.(Donna), and Michael Arrabito; brother, Joseph Arrabito; and 6 grandchildren. Edward was preceded in death by his sister, Mildred Grilz and brother, Ross Arrabito. Visitation will be 5-8 PM on Wednesday, June 1 at West Resthaven Funeral Home, 6450 W. Northern Ave., Glendale, with Rosary at 7 PM. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 2 at West Resthaven Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Resthaven Park Cemetery, Glendale. In lieu of flowers, please direct donations to benefit cancer research at www.demandcures.org. Condolences may be offered at www.westresthavenfuneralhome.com
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for Edward Arrabito
Savanna
July 8, 2011
Pop Pop,
Thank you so much for the beautiful graduation present. Everytime I play it I think of you. You will always be in my heart.
Love, Vanna
Vince D'Aliesio
June 4, 2011
To the Arrabito family, We would like to thank Ed for being such a good friend and neighbor.
When we lost our baby in 2001, Ed gave us encouraging words and showed sympathy when others did not. He put his hand on mine and said: "don't worry Vinnie, it'll be ok." I didn't know him well, other than the occasionally hello when we crossed paths since he lived just two doors down, but he was always a gentleman and judging by how good of a person his son Keith is, I'm sure Ed was a great guy to all that knew him better than me.
I could not attend the viewing to pay my respects due to work obligations late that evening as well as having to spend a day out of town working the morning of the funeral, but my thoughts are with you Ed, as well as the rest of your family.
Thanks again for your friendship.
Vince D'Aliesio
Jeff Boyce
June 3, 2011
My Dearest Great Uncle Eddie
Although I don’t have as many vivid memories as everyone else I still have a few. My greatest one is the day that we took over my grandparent’s house so that you can make your famous ravioli’s. Although I was a lot younger at that time I will never forget it. My most recent memory was the afternoon that we got to spend together after we said our final goodbyes to your brother Ross. It was then you met my wife Serena for the very first time and made her feel as she was part of our family forever including her in all of your stories that you shared with us that day.
It was not to long after that my grandfather & your last remaining sibling got sick. It was so great that although you were back home in Arizona & he was in New Jersey you still made the time to check in almost weekly to check on his progress and remind him that he was going to get better and be back on his feet before he even expected to be. My mom is so lucky to have such a caring uncle that she could always talk to when she needed a few minutes to get her mind off of things.
Now that you are up above looking out for all of us I am sure you have already ran into some family members that were there to welcome you so that you can all hang out together and be together once again.
Please make sure that you say hello to my dad. Hopefully the two of you will enjoy a cigar together in honor the birth of my son Jackson William, the newest addition to our family. He was just born two weeks ago. When he is old enough I will be sure to share some memories of you with him.
Until we meet again
Please look out for us all
Jeff, Serena & Jackson Boyce
June 2, 2011
Ed
I going to miss you but I going to remain strong. I'm glad for the time we had togather
Your loving brother
Joe
Kathleen Boyce
June 2, 2011
Uncle Eddie
Life is far too short but the memories will live on forever. Seems like yesterday we were celebarting holidays, graduations, outings at the beach,and family gatherings. Thanks to you and all our parents for giving us these memories. I still feel like picking up the phone just to hear your strong and positive voice. You fought a brave and courageous battle. Dad and I and everyone else who's live you touched are surely going to miss you.
Love Kathleen
June 2, 2011
WE are sorry to hear of the loss of your father and husband. He will be missed.Our thoughts and prayers go out to you at this difficult time.
Love Aunt Rose and Uncle Harry
Robbie Taylor
June 1, 2011
We're so sorry to hear about Papa Ed. He was a great guy & his good natured presence will be sorely missed by all. Our thoughts & prayers are with your entire family. He fought a brave fight, but our loss here is Heaven's gain. Love & Peace to you all, Robbie, Marty, Gracie, & Jamie Taylor
Medina
June 1, 2011
Mr. Ed
Thank you for always being ther when I needed you the most. Eventhough I hadent worked with you in a long time. I always knew who to go to whenever I needed something because I knew you were always willing to help. I will always remember you as my abuelito. A very close friend
Ricardo Karen and Mr Ed
elizabeth garduno
June 1, 2011
our remember forever abuelo
Angel Ricardo Mr Ed Nicolas Lupita
elizabeth garduno
June 1, 2011
in loving memory
philip wood
June 1, 2011
I was in the service with ed in 1953 he was one of my best friends at the time. we went on passes together to switzerland. after we came home we lost track of each other I picked up the paper and saw his death notice I was so sorry to see it I wish that I could have kept in touch with him philip wood
Bella
June 1, 2011
abuelo nos haras mucha falta
Liberio Velazquez
June 1, 2011
Abuelito,
Thank you for always looking out for me. I have lost a good friend, and a great person. You will never be forgoten.
Martha Flannery
June 1, 2011
What a dear sweet man! One of those neighbors who quietly resides 'up the street' and who always waves and smiles when driving by. Mr. Arrabitos made our neighborhood special ... he will be dearly missed.
(Martha - your 'mailbox' neighbor)
Lupita Escandon
June 1, 2011
Mr. Ed my favorita Abuelito. I want you to know I Love You and I will never forget you, you will always be present in my heart. My prayers are with you and all your family.
Nicolas Albarran
June 1, 2011
Mr. Ed
Our Abuelo, this your grand family will miss you a lot, because you have been a important part of our personal and profesional life. Always with your good sense of humor, always looking after all of us. You have left us with so many good memories of you. Thank you for being a part of us. We have gained an angel that will be watching over us from above. We will forever remeber you.
Ray Gonzalez
June 1, 2011
Abuelo,
I miss you a lot you will always be present in in your store Marlo. Every time we hear the song you liked to dance to i will remember you. There are so many things I didnt get a chance to tell you but the most important one is you will always be in my heart. in loving memory
Mr. Ed. Elizabeth. Ricardo. Karen
June 1, 2011
We will always remember you like this
Steve Morales
June 1, 2011
A wonderful man has left Earth and a beautiful Angel has entered Heaven. You touched a LOT of people's hearts. Everyone that new you, loved you. It truly amazed me how you were able to touch the hearts of everyone who met you...even those who were "untouchable". You definitely touchd mine and my family's hearts. We considered you like family and we are truly blessed to have had you in our lives. I wish so bad that I could make it to the services, but I will be in Houston taking care of mom for 2 more weeks. I know, Ed, you would have wanted me here taking care of her anyway, because that is just the kind and thoughtful man you are. I love you buddy and you will be missed...but NEVER forgotten!
Keith & Monica Dybus
June 1, 2011
Arrabito Family,
We are so sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you always.
elizabeth
June 1, 2011
Ed Im going to miss a lot and the moments spent together I have etched in my heart always be my grandfather will pray to God always for yuo all my love
Eli
The Arrabitos
June 1, 2011
Uncle Eddie,
We will miss you immensely, especially the homemade raviolis and sharing a good cigar. It was such fun to visit with you, Aunt Delores and Keith, jumping up in the pool to get that rare breeze! You were a great uncle to me, and brother to my dad. Hope you rest well.
Love,
Donald, Cheryl, Dylan and Catalina
Your Loving Family
June 1, 2011
Dad,Over the years you have shown us what Family is all about. After reading all of the beutiful heart felt words sent to you from the entire Arrabito Family. It just confirms what we already knew..."Your Simply The Best" Dad, They just don't come any better than you!
Heaven now has a brand new Angel and all the other Family Angels are smilling with excitement as they welcome you Home.
Your Loving Children and Grandchildren, We will Love You Forever, Hugs and Kisses till we all Meet Again.
Eddie Jr & Donna,Miranda Nicole,Devin Edward and Lauren Alexis.
June Ann & David Jr and Savanna Rene.
Michael.
Keith Andrew,Hayley and Joshua.
Peanuts Arrabito
June 1, 2011
Master,I'll always remember the fine taste of your Cigar Ashes followed by an Ice Cold Beer.Not many readers will get this but oh well! You were a wonderful Master. Bear and I will find you in Heaven so that you can take us on a long awaited walk.
Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!
Peanuts
Dybus Family
June 1, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the family we are all so sorry for your loss.
Peanuts Arrabito
June 1, 2011
Master,I'll always remember the taste of you Cigar Ashes & Beer! Not many will understand this but oh well. You were a wonderful Master. Bear and I will find you in Heaven so that you can take us for a long awaited walk.
Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! Peanuts
Lauren Alexis Arrabito
June 1, 2011
To my Pop Pop.Iwill always love and never forget you.I'll always have you in my heart. My Dad as you well know Loves to cook, so whenever he says we're having Ravioli for dinner,I always ask "Are they Pop Pop's? They are The Best! Just like you. I love you.
JOHN & CAROL DEGEORGE
June 1, 2011
UNCLE EDDIE WAS A GREAT MAN AND WONDERFUL BROTHER-IN-LAW HAD SOME GOOD TIMES,LOVED HIS COWBOY HATS THERE IS ONLY ONE EDDIE I WILL MISS YOU ,,GOD BLESS YOU
Donna Arrabito
June 1, 2011
Dearest Father in Law,We always looked foward to your visits to Florida and your Traditional Sicilian Style. You touched our hearts in so many wonderful ways.You will be deeply missed.Say Hello for me when you and my Dad meet.
Love, Donna
June 1, 2011
We too have lost a member of our family. Mr. Ed was our abuelito, althought he has passed he will always be remembered. Such a hard worker, always so help full, Always in a good mood, so wise always knew the perfect things to say and do. We will never forget all the silly things he said and all the things he taught us. He was such a great person. We love you abuelito, you will forever be a part of our Burger King team.
June 1, 2011
" I love you like a daughter" i will miss these words so much. Mr Ed, thank you for being such a good friend to me for all the advice, for all the things you taught me. I will never forget you. My prayers are with your family.
I Love You Like A Dad
Nancy Hernandez
June 1, 2011
Abuelito,Mr.Ed
I am so glad I have known you and having the chance to work with you, abuelito. You were a great friend with good personality. Abuelito, we will miss you and you always be in our hearts.
lucia and family
June 1, 2011
I loved edward alot as a father and friend.You will always be in my heart.God bless you and your family and us.We love you Mr. ed. I miss you
Loving Daughter
May 31, 2011
My Dad, This is the beginning words I so often say, because you're so often on my mind.
My Dad, Is the rock that was so strong for me when I had difficult times in my life.
My Dad, was the wisdom that taught me how to succeed in life.
My Dad, was my "go to" guy for anything, anytime, no matter what.
My Dad, I will always keep a lifetime of cherished memories in my heart. The birth of my daughter, Savanna Rene, is at the top of my most "special memories" list. Having you there to welcome her into the world, and then "Vanna" smiled when she met her Pop-Pop for the very first time in her life.
Dad, I was told I had a healthy heart so why does it feel like it's so broken. I miss you every second and know that this isn't goodbye, but like you said, At the end of every phone call, bye-bye for now and my door is always open.
Dad, "My Rock", when we someday are together again, we can all celebrate making your home-made raviolis and continue sharing all of our great times together. I love you Dad, SWAK to Heaven.
Valerie Timm
May 31, 2011
Ed,
I will miss hearing your voice every morning telling me you feel great. I am so glad I was a part of your life. I am also proud to have been your "adopted" daughter. I know this isnt the end. I know you are now an angel. We will meet again. It is so hard for the people you have left here. So many people love and miss you.
Love you so much and miss you,
Your adopted daughter,
Valerie
Walter Elflein
May 31, 2011
I am so sorry to hear about uncle Eddie. My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. He will be missed very much.
Eddie Junior
May 31, 2011
On October 16th 1955 I was born 1st child onto a true king.With your thrown being vacated 55 years
later my heart truly breaks.You have been my strengh, advisor,mentor and idol in life and I could
only hope to be as close your duplicte as possible. I am oh so proud to be Edward Arrabito Junior.
Daddy,I wrote this letter on the plane on the way to see you once more...
Daddy,I am about one and one half hours away from landing in Phoenix.I've been praying to make it in
time to see you before you go home.I will understand if it doesn,t work out that way. God may be
needing an angel quickly and what better candidate to choose. After all you and heaven compliment
each other. Your'e both made up of all thats good.You have been a wonderful Dad and will be forever
missed. I speak for myself and Siblings when I say thank you for your teachings and molding us into
the fine people we've become. Thank you for being my Dad. Until we meet again,God Bless You and I
know you will always be with us. Eddie Junior. (Little Eddie)
David Dybus
May 31, 2011
dad...always remember the time me and june came to your house to let u know i wanted to marry your daughter....the always say i love u at the end of every day was what i remember most...as well as accepting me as a son in law....also thanks for giving me your car when i visited to go play all those great golf courses....love ya and will miss ya.....oh yeah...and all the beers i took from you when i was there.....your only son in law....dd
Michael Arrabito
May 31, 2011
Thanks for being a great father. I will never forget the times we've shared together. You will be forever missed.
-Your loving son, Michael
Arrabito Family
May 31, 2011
Our heartfelt sympathy to the entire family on the loss of dear Uncle Ed. He was a lovely man with a great smile. We will miss him.
Love, Robin, Jonathan & Suzanne Arrabito
Ann Arrabito
May 31, 2011
I am so sorry about the passing of Edward. I thank him for giving me three beautiful children. We will all miss him dearly.
Savanna Dybus
May 31, 2011
Pop Pop,
I love you so much and will never forget all of the time we've shared together. Your "water belly" was always my favorite spot to sleep as a baby. You were a wonderful man who cared so much for his children and grandchildren. I know you loved us all so much and always wanted to see us succeed. You will forever be in my heart. I miss you so much but I know you'll always be looking down on me. You will forever be my guardian angel.
Love always,
Vanna
Elflein
May 31, 2011
We are so sorry to hear about Uncle Eddie. Although we didn't get to see him as much as we would have liked, he will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Joe and Liz Elflein
Mirella & Ricardo Samano
May 31, 2011
Arrivederci Abuelo,
We will miss you greatly in our lives. Thank- You for being a great friend, you were like a father to us. We will always remember you, and you will always be in our hearts. xoxoxo
May 31, 2011
On Memorial Day two thousand eleven, our friend Ed left us to go to heaven.
Everyone recognized him right away, with his hat of straw, black shorts, white socks, white tee short and suspenders all.
His daily stop to the mailbox, he never missed.
He worked hard at his BK job, and around the house with a very long list.
Dinners on Sunday were made by Ed, his family and friends were all well fed.
His NJ accent we loved to hear. He loved cigars and an occasional beer.
What more can be said, except we sure will miss Ed.
Mud - we love love you.
Barbara and Bob Hendrickson
(Your favorite neighbors)
May 31, 2011
There is a huge void in the world today without him. I know his family and friend will miss him. He has touched the lives of many and will be remembered always. My deepest condolences to you and your family. God Bless him always...Petey
Devin Arrabito
May 31, 2011
"Eat it or wear it". Interesting advice, and I'll never forget it.You had a good run, Pop Pop. And all of us are happy to have shared it with you. As one of the worlds most respectable men, it's hard to see you go. I love you Pop Pop.
mirella and ricardo
May 31, 2011
Arrivederci Abuelo,
We are going to miss you. you were like a father to us,and a very good friend,GOD bless you and you will always be in our hearts and life.
May 31, 2011
our sicere condolences to the family we are going to miss Ed very much he was a great neighbor
love anna & Pasquale D'Aliesio
JoAnn Rodgers-Bolton
May 31, 2011
We are so sorry to hear about Uncle Eddie's passing. My Godfather was one of the best men in my life. Aunt Dolores & Uncle Eddie were always there when I needed them, especially when I was younger. One of my memories, is us sitting & watching wrestling together. Also the great smell of his cigars & his pipe. Uncle Eddie never got to meet my husband Bob. I think they would have liked each other, because they are the same in some ways. He will always be in our hearts & thoughts.
Our prayers are with you all. Love Always & Forever, JoAnn & Bob
Jen Elflein
May 31, 2011
Uncle Eddie,
I will always remember the days we spent at your house in NJ at the pool, sundays for macaroni, and the everlasting supply of notebooks. I will always remember saturday nights at my house when you and the family came over for dads pizza. Now that you are with mom and dad, say hi for me. God bless you and your family.
May 31, 2011
Uncle Eddie will be greatly missed, but we know he is happy in heaven with Grandma and Grandpa and our Mom and Dad.
Family meant alot to him and we will keep the tradition of keeping in touch, in his honor, as he never missed the trip to PA to visit his sister each year, which meant so much to us.
Love, Sandra & Dale Graver
Geraldine Grilz &
Brian Fritgzes
Lisa Orban
May 31, 2011
I am so glad to have known you Ed. You are June's Dad. By meeting her I met my best friend and Guardian Angel. You should know you are her Guardian Angel. I remember you at the house in Bloomfield and you couldn't get over the fact that June and I called each other Goo! We laughed so hard over that and our club day stories! You are at peace now and I know you will continue to be June's Guardian Angel. Much love. I will miss you.
May 31, 2011
We are sorry to hear of the passing of a man of I was proud to call Uncle Ed. He always had an upbeat humor and I will remember the trips to White Manor. He will be missed and he was loved. To all of you our thoughts and prayers remain with u through this difficult time. Always Veronica and Joe
Miranda Arrabito
May 31, 2011
Welcome to Heaven Pop Pop
Miranda
May 31, 2011
Welcome to Heaven Pop Pop.
Non Family
May 31, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers are with your family at this very difficult time. Hoping that leaning on family and friends will help you. We Love You!!
Thomas Arrabito
May 31, 2011
Uncle Ed,
I have such fond memories of growing up on Hobart Street, and you were a great part of my life. From teaching me to walk, to lending me the money to buy my first car. We always had great times. All the cook outs and the Sundays at the lake. I will miss you dearly. Say hello to my dad as I know he was there to greet you along with my mom and brother Ross.
My family and I send our sincerest sympathies to all of your family at this sad time.
Love Tommy A.
Edward Arrabito
May 31, 2011
We were so sorry to hear of Uncle Ed’s passing. I’ll always remember when he dressed up as Santa and I said “you’re not Santa, you’re Uncle Ed.” He got mad that I recognized him. He was the only uncle to tell me to sit somewhere and don’t move and I’d still be there waiting for him to come back an hour later. I still carry the nickname he gave me when I was young – DaVinci – when we delivered fruit baskets from Esposito’s together. I will cherish my memories of him.
Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this very difficult time. He will be greatly missed.
Love: Ron, Liz and Dan Arrabito
Arrabito Family
May 31, 2011
Our sincerest sympathies on the loss of our beloved Uncle Ed. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. He was a wonderful man and we will miss him.
Tommy & Maria
Mark & Hilary
Christina & Christopher
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