The Family of Philip Aster of West Caldwell, Engineer and Musician, Have Announced His Death

by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com
Published 10:09pm

Credit: Aster Family

WEST CALDWELL, NJ - The family of Philip Aster has announced that he passed away on Monday at the age of 73. His family and friends are deeply saddened by their loss and the community will mourn his absence. 

Born in the Bronx, Phil went on to live in New Jersey for many years. He graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology in NY with a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering. Phil was also a musician and an accomplished drummer. During his years in high school and college he was a dance instructor in the Catskills which began his love of Latin Music of which he was said to be an aficionado.

Phil recently retired from the Glamorise Foundation in New York.  Since then, he volunteered in the community and joined the Kiwanis Club of Caldwell-West Essex and became a dedicated member.

Phil's Family

• Phil's Wife
  Francine M. Garofalo Aster
  
  
• Phil's Children
  Amanda Marie Aster
  Michael Robert Aster
  Jennifer Eve Aster DeFulio
   
• Phil's Grandchildren 
  Athena, Nicholas and James
  
  
• Phil's Sister and Family
  Florence Turk and her husband, Jack
  Nephew, Evan and Niece, Paula 
  
  

Memorial Arrangements
The arrangements for Philip Aster are as follows:

• Wake
  Codey & Jones Funeral Home
  54 Roseland Avenue, Caldwell 
• • Thursday, Nov. 20
    2pm to 5pm
    7pm to 9pm
    
    

• Mass of Christian Burial 
  St. Aloysius R.C. Church
  219 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell
• • Friday, Nov. 21 
    10:30am 
    
    

• Burial   
  Gate of Heaven Cemetery 
  225 Ridgedale Road, East Hanover 

Message of Condolence  
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Codey & Jones Funeral Home of Caldwell. Notes of sympathy may be written to the family online here.  

Memorial Donations
In lieu of flowers, donations to The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) would be greatly appreciated. 

• The National Alliance for Mental Illness
  In Recognition of Philip Aster, of West Caldwell, NJ
  PO Box 62596
  Baltimore, MD 21264
  or 
  Online Here 

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