Obituary of Salvatore R. Guerra

SALVATORE R. GUERRA, of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, the son of Josephine and Rafael Guerra, grew up in Bergen County. After serving in Japan in the Army Air Corp during World War II he settled in Hackensack with his then wife Gertrude (Deublein, predeceased in 1961), where he raised his five children, Carolyn (predeceased in 1988) James, Susan, Linda and Sally. Sal started his own furniture repair and restoration business and operated his shop on Passaic Street in Hackensack for many years. His fastidious attention to detail and his creative spirit were perfect qualities for someone engaged in such meticulous work as furniture design and repair. His attention to detail carried over to his passion for automobiles. Sal possessed innate skills in working on cars, so much so that he was able to disassemble a Jaguar and put it back together again. For many years he was a member of the local Jaguar Club, where he extended his fervor for repairing Jaguars to showing them at regional and local meets, even on occasion trying his hand at racing his cars at Lime Rock Race Track in Connecticut. Despite these interests nowhere was his zest for life and love as evident as when he was with family. Sal was very giving and nothing pleased him more than to be surrounded by his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Sal is predeceased by his second wife Marie (Manthey) and he spent the final years of his life in suburban Boston at the Scandinavian Living Center, where his many friends there will remember him as an affable, friendly sort who was always willing to help others. Sal was an active parishioner of Holy Trinity R.C. Church in Hackensack, for over 65 years. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, July 17th, at Holy Trinity R.C. Church, 34 Maple Ave. Hackensack, at 9:45 AM with burial following at St. Joseph Cemetery, Hackensack. Visiting will be on Friday from 4:00 – 8:00 PM. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations may be made to the New England Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center-Boston Division in memory of Salvatore Guerra at the following address: GRECC Fund, Boston VA Research Institute, Inc., 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130.