OCEAN COUNTY CREMATION SERVICE - Key Persons
Jacob C. Lokker Jr. Born in Paterson, NJ on May 30,1944. Married Helen Szwartz on March 18, 1967. His primary education was in the East Paterson (Elmwood Park) school system where he was born and raised. He was also a graduate of the Bergen County Technical School with a certificate in Commercial Baking Jacob passed away peacefully with his children beside him on Wednesday September 6, 2023. He is survived by his two children Michael P Lokker and Christine Konish, his son-in-law Peter Konish and 2 beautiful granddaughters Kaylie Konish and Courtney Konish. Passed: his wife Helen Lokker, son Thomas Joseph Lokker, parents Jacob and Helen Lokker and Brother Anthony Paul Lokker Jacob was head custodian and warehouse manager at the Ocean County Technical schools Toms River Center for 27 years. To his colleagues he was the go to person, if you wanted a job done and done right you went to "Dr. Jake" and knew it would be done the way it was requested. Along his career he was also a tireless volunteer with the Brick Youth Soccer Club. He was a loving Son, Brother, Husband, Father, and Poppy. He was the light of everyone's eye and is loved by so many near and far. Jacob was a man made of steel, a true iron man that won numerous battles with cancer as well as dealing with COPD. He showed us all the true meaning of resilience. There wouldn't be a day that Jacob would go without eating his peanut M & M's or eat an entire bag of potato chips in one sitting. As he would say, "you can't just eat one so you might as well eat the entire bag." Of course there are many memories that we have of our Dad but the one that we ALWAYS talk about; is when "someone" just "left" a puppy on the loading dock at his job and all of a sudden our family had a new puppy that he brought home. In lieu of flowers or gifts, donations can be sent to Penn Medicine. Please include Jacob C. Lokker Jr. along with mikelokker@yahoo.com Please send to: Penn Medicine Development and Alumni Relations; 3535 Market St., Suite 750; Philadelphia, PA 19104. May he now rest in peace, breath easy and be healed in the arms of our Lord. A celebration of his life will be held in the near future check his (Jacob Lokker) Facebook account
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Wayne J. Mathis, 66, of Beachwood, passed peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Born and raised in South Florida, he joined the Marines as a teen and traveled the world. His travels continued after the service until he returned to Florida to begin his career in pest control. He moved to New Jersey in 1992 with the 2 loves of his life, his wife and daughter, where he soon started his own company, Best Pest Control. His vast knowledge and honesty gained him many loyal connections and friendships along with customers that adored him. He never hesitated to help anyone, anytime, anywhere. Any free time was spent with his family and he enjoyed trivia, concerts and trips to Atlantic City, but his favorite time was spent watching movies at home with take out food on the sofa with his dogs. Wayne is survived by his wife of 32 years, Dawn, his daughter Samantha and her fiance Eric, his sister, Sandy Willett along with his nieces, Tina Pacella, Laurie Hulten (Marc) and Sara Bowdridge (Josh) and his great niece and nephews, Lexie, Max, A.J., Harrison, Zachary and Donovan. Also survived by father-in-law and mother-in-law Woodrow and Daneen Patierno and brother-in-law Bill Patierno . A memorial service will be held Friday, June 9, 2023 from 6pm to 8pm, at Ocean County Cremation Service Funeral Home and Chapel, 1252 Route 37, Toms River, NJ. Condolences can be left at OceanCountyCremationService.com. In Lieu of flowers, Wayne would want you to donate to any animal shelter and/or rescue.
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