Thomas N. Towne, 78, a lifelong Verona Resident, passed away on Monday November 11, 2019. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9:30am on Friday November 15th, at Holy Angels Church in Little Falls, (please arrive at the funeral home by 8am),with an interment at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair. Visitation Thursday from 4-8pm at Caggiano Memorial, 62 Grove St, Montclair.



Thomas was a Lieutenant in The US Navy. He served in The Vietnam War and was a Purple Heart recipient. He was a real estate agent at Century 21 – Cedar Crest Realty in Caldwell and after retirement became a crossing guard in North Caldwell for many years.



He is survived by his wife Michele (nee Tischio), his daughters, Leigh Ann Tedesco and her husband Steven, Michele Kraley and her husband James, his 4 grandchildren, Olivia, Luca, Joseph, and Madison, his brothers, George and his wife Mary Jo, Frank, and a brother in law Bud Schaub, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents George and Sophie (nee Molfetta) , and a sister Carole Schaub.



In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Verona Rescue Squad, 12 Church St, Verona, NJ, 07044.