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Leonard M. Holdridge
June 12, 1949 - November 16, 2017
Colonia– Leonard M. Holdridge, “Lenny” 68, passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway surrounded by his loving family. Leonard was born in Hackensack and lived in Maywood, Garfield before settling in Colonia 32 years ago. Mr. Holdridge was a Commercial Manager for Independent Overhead Door in Hillsborough for the past 7 years. He was a 3rd degree member of the Linden Knights of Columbus Council No.2859. Lenny was the past assistant chief of the Garfield Volunteer Fire Department No.2. Lenny was an avid Giants fan and enjoyed his model railroad. He was very passionate about woodworking as a hobby and lived life to the fullist. Leonard was a communicant of St. John Vainney RC Church, Colonia. Leonard was a loving husband, father, son, grandfather and great grandfather, friend and will be missed by all.
Mr. Holdridge is predeceased by his father, Leonard Holdridge and a sister, Rosemary Carton. He is survived by his wife, Mariane (nee Pipicz) Holdridge of 32 years, his mother Rose Holdridge, a son, Steven Chudik, three daughters: Sandra and her husband Edward Perez, Samantha and Audra, two grandchildren, April and Marissa and one great-grandson Shaine.
Funeral Services will take place on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 10:00am from the Lehrer Gibilisco Funeral Home, 275 West Milton Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065 followed by a 10:45am funeral mass at St. John Vianney RC Church, Inman Avenue, Colonia, NJ 07067. Entombment Holy Cross Cemetery, Ridge Road, North Arlington. Visitation on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 from 2-4pm and 7-9pm at the Funeral Home, In lieu of flowers donations can be made to National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016.
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Barry (Needleman) Stevens
Lenny, aka “The Bird,” was a good person. Angelic and always had something nice to say. He left a legacy of kindness and fairness that is hard to surpass.
Richard Fuchs
I was part of "The Guys" group (which of course included the girls) that were close friends with Len when we were all young. The first thing you noticed was his height and secondly his infectious smile.My earliest memories are going to his mom's home to listen to Cousin' Brucie on Sunday afternoons. We were given strict instructions to stay off of the furniture and no snacks or drinks allowed in the living room. We moved on from our radio days to fixing cars in the garage and waiting "up the park" everyday for the Mr. Softee truck to arrive. It was easy to see even back then that we all had each other's back and Len being the natural leader that he was made sure of that. Many a young romance bloomed from those days at Memorial Park. Friday night was reserved for CYO. We had our own corner so that all of our friends knew just where to find us. One year Queen of Peace put on the play 'West Side Story" with Mr. Wright directing as always. Len and the guys who rode motorcycles actually had them on the stage. The fake fight scene actually had a few real punches thrown! As time passed and we all went our separate ways but we make it a point to always make sure that some of the gang knew where the others were. Strange as it may sound a group of us were to get together this past October but one of the guy's wives got sick which delayed the dinner. When we finally do get to go out you can rest assured that we'll raise a glass to our forever friend Len.
Rich Fuchs