Dominick Meo

Dominick Victor Meo, age 96, of Bergenfield, NJ, passed from this life on Wednesday Evening, November 5, 2025. Dominick was born October 27, 1929, in Brooklyn, NY, the second child and first son of Andrea and Rosalia Meo. Dominick grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn surrounded by the love of his parents, his sister Carmela, his brothers Anthony and Andrew (Junior) and of his many friends who would remain close, beloved friends of his for the length of their lives. During his youth in Brooklyn, Dominick worked a wide variety of jobs starting at a very young age. In his later years, he would often recount the portions of his school days he spent selling pretzels on the street, which he’d buy for a penny a piece and sell for two cents each, and working in the pastry shop where customers could not bite into a jelly donut without the abundant jelly within it shooting out the sides. Dom was working at Gimbels when he was drafted to serve in the army in 1951, during the Korean War. He attended boot camp in Georgia and was then assigned to serve in Germany, where his two younger brothers would also eventually be assigned to serve, until his honorable discharge in 1953. Returning to Brooklyn, he resumed working various jobs while also attending school part-time. In 1960, Dom met the love of his life, Sylvia, at the Woodhaven Bowling Lanes in Queens, NY. Shortly thereafter, he earned his Associates Degree and began his career as a structural steel estimator. Sylvia and Dom were married on September 21, 1963 at Saint Francis Catholic Church in Brooklyn. After the birth of Sylvia and Dom’s son Andrew (Drew), in 1964, Dominick accepted a job at Bergen County Iron Works, in Bergenfield, NJ. Subsequently, the Meo family moved to Bergenfield in May,1965, where Dom would live for the remainder of his life. Two years later, their daughter Carolyn was born and the family was fully formed. Dom worked the majority of his career at Bergen County Iron Works. During this time, he would walk to work every day. Dom always conducted his business affairs, as well as his personal affairs, with the utmost honesty and integrity. He excelled at his job , but always valued his relationships with his co-workers and his friends much more than his personal successes. When the US Steel industry declined, the company closed in 1980 and Dominick concluded his career with five year stints at Gaspar-Kirchner & Son and New Jersey Iron, Inc. before retiring in 1990. Upon retiring, and over the course of the next 35 years, Dominick dedicated himself to a wide variety of volunteer endeavors. His epic volunteerism included work at Hackensack Hospital, Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ, Englewood Hospital, The Franciscan Sisters Convent in Tenafly, NJ, The Food Bank in Cresskill, NJ, Children's Aid and Family Services, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs, where he developed lasting and deeply-cherished friendships with many of his fellow veteran volunteers. Dom had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, spending much of his leisure time reading Non-Fiction Books- often three at a time. At one point, he had read every large-print non-fiction book in the Bergenfield, Tenafly and Englewood libraries, before thankfully discovering that he could order books from other libraries. He absolutely loved get-togethers with family and friends, where he would captivate loved ones with incredibly-detailed stories about his good old days in Brooklyn, and listen attentively and empathetically to the events taking place in the lives of his loved ones. Dominick and his family were devoted parishioners of St. John’s Roman Catholic Church in Bergenfield for 25 years before joining Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tenafly, NJ in the early 1990s. Dom prayed often and purposefully allowed the Light of Christ to Shine Brightly through every aspect of his life, so that all who came in contact with him could discover the Loving Kindness that God Holds for each one of them. Dominick was predeceased by his parents, Andrea and Rosalia Meo, his sister Carmela Vecchione, his brothers Anthony and Andrew (Junior) Meo, his loving Mother-In-Law, Caroline Clauser, and his Father-In-Law, Silvio Clauser. He is survived by his loving wife Sylvia Meo; his devoted children Andrew (Drew) Meo and Carolyn Meo; his son-in-law Jan Nilsen, his grandchildren Ariana, Kristina and Jeremy Nilsen; his great grandson Theodore Nilsen; his caring nephews Carmine, Andrew and Neil Vecchione, and niece Rose Marie Meo, his sisters-in-law Connie Marsala and Marie Meo, many fond cousins and countless sympathetic friends. Visitation is from 1 PM to 5 PM on Wednesday, November 12th at Barrett Funeral Home in Tenafly, NJ. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, November 13th at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Tenafly, NJ. Burial will follow the Mass at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Cemetery in Wrightstown, NJ at 1:30 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Children’s Aid and Family Services or to a charity of your choice. Let us remember the past with gratitude and look forward to our glorious eternal future together with confidence.

Dominick Meo

October 27, 1929 - November 5, 2025