{"id":3346,"date":"2018-07-04T17:33:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=3346"},"modified":"2018-07-04T17:33:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T17:33:21","slug":"thomas-h-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=3346","title":{"rendered":"Thomas H. Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wright-Tom-picture-e1530725584876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3347\" src=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wright-Tom-picture-e1530725584876-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wright-Tom-picture-e1530725584876-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wright-Tom-picture-e1530725584876-768x724.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wright-Tom-picture-e1530725584876-1024x965.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wright-Tom-picture-e1530725584876.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Wright, 99, of Hillsdale, formerly of Palisades Park, died Friday, June 29, 2018, at home. Tom was born in Ridgefield, the son of Thomas C.Wright and Hilda Lustmann. He was a graduate of Leonia High School, class of 1935.\u00a0 During World War II he served in the CB division of the Navy stationed in Virginia, California and eventually in the South Pacific where he constructed a base in the island of Manus. After the war, he was employed as an accountant by John Waldvogel in Ridgefield for many years. He was predeceased by his wife, Gloria (nee Speciale) of 71 years and is survived by his\u00a0 sons, Mark T. and Keith D. and his wife, Anne, and two grandsons, Christian and his wife,\u00a0 Jennifer and Matthew and his fiancee Adrienne as well as three great-grandchildren: Tyler Jameson, Riley Elizabeth, and John Thomas.\u00a0 He is also survived by many devoted nieces and nephews.\u00a0 Thomas loved music and played tenor saxophone for 91 years. He was an early member of the Palisades Park Fire Dept. Band from 1949 until about 1970. From the late 1930\u2019s he played in various dance bands regularly until the 1980\u2019s.\u00a0 After then he volunteered to play at various nursing homes and rehabs, notably at the Jewish Home in Rockleigh and the Gallen Center.\u00a0 He played 49 music engagements at the age of 98.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The family will celebrate his life and love of music in a memorial at Pizzi Funeral Home, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=120+Paris+Ave.,+Northvale&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g\">120 Paris Ave., Northvale<\/a> on Saturday, July 14th\u00a0 from 2PM- 5PM. \u00a0 Donations in his memory will gratefully accepted by Swim-in for the Handicapped c\/o Barbara A. Lightbody, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=31+Margie+Avenue,+Cresskill,+N.J.%C2%A0+07627&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g\">31 Margie Avenue, Cresskill, N.J.\u00a0 07627<\/a>-1507<\/p>\n<p>www.pizzifuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Wright, 99, of Hillsdale, formerly of Palisades Park, died Friday, June 29, 2018, at home. Tom was born in Ridgefield, the son of Thomas C.Wright and Hilda Lustmann. 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