{"id":5299,"date":"2021-03-09T02:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T02:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2021-03-09T14:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:06:13","slug":"haxhi-gashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=5299","title":{"rendered":"Haxhi Gashi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/668082CC-8D4B-4BCE-939E-FC24DC378B84.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/668082CC-8D4B-4BCE-939E-FC24DC378B84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/668082CC-8D4B-4BCE-939E-FC24DC378B84.jpeg 578w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/668082CC-8D4B-4BCE-939E-FC24DC378B84-241x300.jpeg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Haxhi Gashi, 86, of Nanuet, NY, formerly from Albania, passed away peacefully on Sunday March 7, 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beloved husband of 65 years to Sanije. Loving father of Mithat Gashi (and his wife Meryeme) of Nanuet, Luan Gashi (and wife Shukrie) of New City, and Ilber Gashi&nbsp; (and wife Vjollca) of Huntersville, North Carolina, Drita Nerguti (and husband Haxhi) of Fairview, NJ, and Anila Selmani (and husband Tomorr) of Cresskill, NJ.&nbsp; Proud grandfather of&nbsp; 13 grandchildren (Anisa, Visar, Suzanne, Adriana, Bekim, Arlind, Blerim, Erna, Arber, Lindita, Siera, Dardan, Merita), and four great grandchildren (Drini, Blini, Riti and Mu\u00e7o); beloved brother of Remzije Guri (of Albania). Haxhi was predeceased by his brothers Ramiz, Gani, Qemal, and sister, Zelfie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haxhi was one of the last survivors of the communist internment camp of Berat, Albania.&nbsp; His family opposed the communist ideology. For this reason, Haxhi\u2019s&nbsp; home was burned and destroyed,&nbsp; his property&nbsp; confiscated and the Gashi family was deemed as enemies of the state.&nbsp; At age 11, Haxhi and his family were sent to a concentration camp in Southern Albania -where many children, and the elderly died of malnutrition and lack of medical attention. &nbsp; After decades of persecution by the communist regime, in 1986, Haxhi escaped from communism with his wife and children and settled in the land of freedom &#8212; the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who feel comfortable are invited to pay their respects in person <a href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/1\">on Wednesday, March 10th&nbsp; from 4-8 PM<\/a> at Pizzi Funeral Home, <a href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/2\">120 Paris Ave<\/a>, Northvale (<a href=\"tel:201-767-3050\">201-767-3050<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Funeral Prayer will be celebrated <a href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/4\">Thursday starting at 9:00 AM<\/a> with burial to follow at 11:00 AM at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please strictly adhere to proper social distancing and no physical contact, for the safety of the family and all guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haxhi Gashi, 86, of Nanuet, NY, formerly from Albania, passed away peacefully on Sunday March 7, 2021.&nbsp; Beloved husband of 65 years to Sanije. Loving father of Mithat Gashi (and his wife Meryeme) of Nanuet, Luan Gashi (and wife Shukrie) of New City, and Ilber Gashi&nbsp; (and wife Vjollca) of Huntersville, North Carolina, Drita Nerguti [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Haxhi Gashi - Pizzi Funeral Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=5299\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Haxhi Gashi - Pizzi Funeral Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Haxhi Gashi, 86, of Nanuet, NY, formerly from Albania, passed away peacefully on Sunday March 7, 2021.&nbsp; Beloved husband of 65 years to Sanije. 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