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John Traynor Obituary

TRAYNOR John J., age 83, of Wayne died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at home after receiving the love of his family who were constantly at his bedside. He died quietly and peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer.Beloved husband of the late Alice M. Traynor; loving father of Daniel F. Traynor, Timothy J. Traynor and his wife Roseann and Christopher J. Traynor and his wife Noreen, Mary T. Trella and her husband Matthew and Colleen M. Tompkins and her husband Daniel; also survived by ten grandchildren and one great-grandson. He was predeceased by his daughter Joanne Wilkinson in 2003.Funeral services will be held Monday, October 27, 2008 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-4, 7-9 PM. He will be laid to rest at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes with his loved wife of fifty-two years Alice Traynor.Those planning an expression of sympathy in John's memory are asked to consider The Little Sisters of The Poor, 185 Salem Chase Road, Newark, Delaware 19713. For a photo and more information visit vandermay.com.

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Published by The Record/Herald News on Oct. 24, 2008.

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