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April 17, 2026
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 from 4-8PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 fromthe funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Jude Children's Hospital or the Wounded Warrior Project would be greatly appreciated.
Dominic D. Vespia ,age 85, of Rutherford, NJ peacefully went home to God in the morning of April 16, 2026. He was born August 13, 1940 in Jersey City, NJ to Anthony and Mary (Perotta) Vespia and later the family moved to Palisades Park, NJ.
At age 17, his father signed the papers and he enrolled in the United States Marine Corp and attended Marine Corp School in Quantico, VA where his speciality was machine gunner. He was stationed in Okinawa, Japan and received a Good Conduct Medal . He served from August 30, 1957 and was honorably discharged August 29, 1960. He often said those were the “best years of his life” and where he made lifelong friends. “Semper Fi”.
After the Marine Corp. he started working at Shipman Ward and with hard work in 1983 Swintec Corporation was born and Dominic was elected President of the typewriter company in Moonachie, NJ eventually becoming sole owner in 1994. He traveled to Japan many times for business where he acquired an affinity for rice (as some of us know he loved to make his rice pudding!) and there also making lifelong friends with the executives of the company often taking them on fishing boat charters in Florida and New Jersey when they came to the U.S.. Under Dominic’s leadership the company received multiple awards through the years including in 1985 winning the first sole source typewriter contract from GSA and future ones going forward. Dominic was able to grow and sustain the typewriter company to this day where he started over 40 years ago.
Dominic moved to California where he worked for Shipman Ward in sales. While living there, he met his wife Henny at a friend’s house party and the two quickly formed a deep and lasting bond. They were married on November 16,1968 in Hacienda Heights, CA. Shortly thereafter they moved back to New Jersey where they began their family in Waldwick before eventually settling in Franklin Lakes, a community that became the heart of their family life for many years.
Dominic loved a good time, loved not to follow rules(!), to sing, eat (pasta & sweets!), laugh, he loved action movies, a good book (preferably a thriller), to play golf (he was great!), smoke a cigar, have a Black on the Rocks, be at his place in Ballenisles in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Dominic loved his family, his friends and will be deeply missed.
He was the beloved father of Deanna (Jose) Valenzuela and Danielle (John) Flaherty; grandfather of Kayla Vespia and Dominic, Dayna and Devin Valenzuela; brother of Phil Vespia; leaves behind many cousins, nieces, and nephews and also his beloved Aunt Dot, he was husband to the late Hendrika Vespia; and leaves behind his loving companion of many years Noelle Aversano.
We are sure he will be giving all the angels a hard time in Heaven!
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 from 4-8PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 fromthe funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Jude Children's Hospital or the Wounded Warrior Project would be greatly appreciated.
April 17, 2026
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 from 4-8PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 fromthe funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Jude Children's Hospital or the Wounded Warrior Project would be greatly appreciated.
Dominic D. Vespia ,age 85, of Rutherford, NJ peacefully went home to God in the morning of April 16, 2026. He was born August 13, 1940 in Jersey City, NJ to Anthony and Mary (Perotta) Vespia and later the family moved to Palisades Park, NJ.
At age 17, his father signed the papers and he enrolled in the United States Marine Corp and attended Marine Corp School in Quantico, VA where his speciality was machine gunner. He was stationed in Okinawa, Japan and received a Good Conduct Medal . He served from August 30, 1957 and was honorably discharged August 29, 1960. He often said those were the “best years of his life” and where he made lifelong friends. “Semper Fi”.
After the Marine Corp. he started working at Shipman Ward and with hard work in 1983 Swintec Corporation was born and Dominic was elected President of the typewriter company in Moonachie, NJ eventually becoming sole owner in 1994. He traveled to Japan many times for business where he acquired an affinity for rice (as some of us know he loved to make his rice pudding!) and there also making lifelong friends with the executives of the company often taking them on fishing boat charters in Florida and New Jersey when they came to the U.S.. Under Dominic’s leadership the company received multiple awards through the years including in 1985 winning the first sole source typewriter contract from GSA and future ones going forward. Dominic was able to grow and sustain the typewriter company to this day where he started over 40 years ago.
Dominic moved to California where he worked for Shipman Ward in sales. While living there, he met his wife Henny at a friend’s house party and the two quickly formed a deep and lasting bond. They were married on November 16,1968 in Hacienda Heights, CA. Shortly thereafter they moved back to New Jersey where they began their family in Waldwick before eventually settling in Franklin Lakes, a community that became the heart of their family life for many years.
Dominic loved a good time, loved not to follow rules(!), to sing, eat (pasta & sweets!), laugh, he loved action movies, a good book (preferably a thriller), to play golf (he was great!), smoke a cigar, have a Black on the Rocks, be at his place in Ballenisles in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Dominic loved his family, his friends and will be deeply missed.
He was the beloved father of Deanna (Jose) Valenzuela and Danielle (John) Flaherty; grandfather of Kayla Vespia and Dominic, Dayna and Devin Valenzuela; brother of Phil Vespia; leaves behind many cousins, nieces, and nephews and also his beloved Aunt Dot, he was husband to the late Hendrika Vespia; and leaves behind his loving companion of many years Noelle Aversano.
We are sure he will be giving all the angels a hard time in Heaven!
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