\u00a0 \u00a0Donald G. DaCosta, 83, of Dushore, PA, formerly of Northvale, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at home with his beloved wife of 64 years, Dorothy (nee Ference) at his side.\u00a0 Devoted father of\u00a0 Donald of Westwood, Stephen of Toms River, and Michael and his wife Anne of Northvale.\u00a0 Dearest grandfather of six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.\u00a0 Loving brother of his twin sister, Dalores Bongiovanni of SC, twin brothers, Headly and Edward of Bergenfield, and sister, Bernice Miles of Santee, CA.\u00a0 Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Don was a carpenter in the Bergenfield area and later worked for Norel Plastics in Hackensack until he retired in 1986.\u00a0 He was a parishioner of St. Anthony\u2019s R.C, Church where he was a Bingo caller for many years, and was also active as a Boy Scout Leader.\u00a0 Donald was blessed with an amazing voice and sang for Ann Moyer\u2019s group, \u201cOne More Time\u201d, for Christmas pageants in Towanda, and the Dushore Music Club.\u00a0 He also sang \u201cThe National Anthem\u201d at various local Democratic Party functions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 A funeral service will be held at 8 PM on Saturday, September 29, at the Anthony R. Pizzi Funeral Home, 120 Paris Avenue, Northvale, NJ\u00a0\u00a0 07647\u00a0 (201-767-3050).\u00a0 Visiting hours are also on Saturday from 2-4 and 7-9 at the Pizzi Funeral\u00a0 Home.\u00a0 In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Lung Association in NJ, 1031 Route 22 West Suite 203 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (www.lung.org) in Don\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0Donald G. DaCosta, 83, of Dushore, PA, formerly of Northvale, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at home with his beloved wife of 64 years, Dorothy (nee Ference) at his side.\u00a0 Devoted father of\u00a0 Donald of Westwood, Stephen of Toms River, and Michael and his wife Anne of Northvale.\u00a0 Dearest grandfather of six […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices","category-obituaries","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n