\u00a0\u00a0 George Cattabiani, age 82, of Northvale, passed away peacefully on Aug 31, 2011, with his son Joseph by his side.\u00a0 Beloved husband of the late Amelia Cattabiani.\u00a0 Beloved father of George Jr, Nancy, and Joseph.\u00a0 Loving grandfather of Amy, Cassie and Joey Jr.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 He served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict, and was honorably discharged in December 1952.\u00a0 He attended New York University, NYC, and graduated with a degree in mechanical drafting.\u00a0 He worked for Meyer Strong and Jones in NYC for over 30 years, and was the head for their elevator division.\u00a0 George designed and oversaw the installation of thousands of elevator projects throughout all of NYC and the country.\u00a0 He served on the ASME A17.1 elevator and escalator committee and was also a member of the N.A.E.C, E.C.N.Y, N.A.V.T.P.\u00a0 After retiring from Meyer Strong and Jones in June of 1987, George and his son, George Jr, opened their own elevator consultant firm, and will be entering its 25th year.\u00a0 George was very active in local politics and was councilman, borough council president, several times throughout 20 years in Northvale.\u00a0 He also served as police commissioner.\u00a0 George was a man of honor and integrity, and never held back on offering his advice.\u00a0 He always spoke the truth and never backed down from any situation.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 George was a parishioner of the St. Anthony Church in Northvale.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday 9:30 AM at St. Anthony\u2019s Church with interment to follow at Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, NY.\u00a0 Visiting hours are Friday, 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Anthony R. Pizzi Funeral Home, 120 Paris Ave, Northvale (www.pizzifuneralhome.com) . \u00a0\u00a0In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made in George’s name, to the pancreatic cancer foundation at www.lustgarten.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0\u00a0 George Cattabiani, age 82, of Northvale, passed away peacefully on Aug 31, 2011, with his son Joseph by his side.\u00a0 Beloved husband of the late Amelia Cattabiani.\u00a0 Beloved father of George Jr, Nancy, and Joseph.\u00a0 Loving grandfather of Amy, Cassie and Joey Jr. \u00a0\u00a0 He served in the United States Army during the Korean […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices","category-obituaries","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n