{"id":1425,"date":"2015-03-29T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2015-11-06T20:04:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T20:04:25","slug":"joseph-straka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=1425","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Straka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Straka, 89, of Walden, died on Monday, March 23, 2015.\u00a0 Beloved husband of the late Antoinette Straka.\u00a0 Loving father of Terry Ann Ward of Ipswich, MA and Joanne Straka of Middletown, NY.\u00a0 Cherished grandfather of Joseph and Heather Sepkowski, Sam Ward and great-grandfather of Marisa Perez.<\/p>\n<p>Joe was a US Navy Veteran of WWII.\u00a0\u00a0 He retired from Rockland State psychiatric power plant as head engineer.<\/p>\n<p>A Memorial Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 12 noon at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart RC Church in Tappan with burial to follow at Rockland Cemetery in Sparkill.\u00a0 Arrangements by Pizzi Funeral Home, Northvale.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Prostate Cancer Foundation at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcf.org\/\">www.pcf.org<\/a> in Joseph\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n<p>www.pizzifuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Straka, 89, of Walden, died on Monday, March 23, 2015.\u00a0 Beloved husband of the late Antoinette Straka.\u00a0 Loving father of Terry Ann Ward of Ipswich, MA and Joanne Straka of Middletown, NY.\u00a0 Cherished grandfather of Joseph and Heather Sepkowski, Sam Ward and great-grandfather of Marisa Perez. 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