HENRY MAJ, OF ARIZONA, PASSED AWAY, PEACEFULLY, AT THE AGE OF 72, ON JUNE 11, 2023. HENRY WAS BORN IN JEANERETTE, LOUISIANA ON JULY 12, 1950 TO HANNA AND WLADYSLAW MAJ. WHEN HENRY WAS 6 MONTHS OLD, THE FAMILY MOVED TO RARITAN, NEW JERSEY.  HE ATTENDED CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN RARITAN. A FEW YEARS LATER, THE FAMILY PERMANENTLY SETTLED IN HILLSBOROUGH, NEW JERSEY. HE ATTENDED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH.

AT A YOUNG AGE, HENRY LEARNED TO PLAY GUITAR, WAS AN ARTIST AND TOOK FLYING LESSONS, WHICH BEGAN A LIFELONG LOVE OF FLYING. HENRY GRADUATED FROM SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND UPON GRADUATION, ENLISTED IN THE ARMY. HE WAS SENT TO VIETNAM TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY. HE RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL FOR COMBAT AIR ASSAULTS AS A DOOR GUNNER ON UH-1 HUEY HELICOPTERS. HENRY PROTECTED MANY OF HIS FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, FROM ABOVE.

HE CAME HOME AND CONTINUED HIS SERVICE BY GRADUATING FROM COURSES IN HELICOPTER AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE. THAT WOULD TAKE HIM TO HIS LIFELONG CAREER OF OVER 40 YEARS OF WORKING IN THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY AT CESSNA AND TEXTRON.

HENRY'S HOBBIES INCLUDED DANCING AT A LOCAL DANCE STUDIO IN ARIZONA, WHERE HE RECEIVED MANY ACCOLADES. HE ALSO ENJOYED FLYING FIXED WING AND GLIDER AIRCRAFTS, MOTORCYCLE RIDING, BIKING, BOXING AND HIKING. HE ESPECIALLY LOVED HIKING THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS IN ARIZONA.

RECENTLY, HIS DANCE STUDIO FAMILY AND FRIENDS HELD A "CELEBRATION OF LIFE" IN HIS MEMORY. MANY OF HIS WORK FRIENDS AND MOTORCYCLE FRIENDS ALSO GATHERED AT THIS EVENT AND SHARED SPECIAL MOMENTS, PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF HENRY AND HIS DANCING.

HENRY WAS AN ENDEARING PERSON. HE REMAINS IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER. MAY HE REST IN ETERNAL PEACE.

HENRY WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER, WLADYSLAW MAJ AND BROTHER WALTER MAJ.

HENRY IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON, JOHN MAJ, GRANDSON SEAN MAJ, HIS MOTHER HANNA MAJ, BROTHERS STANLEY MAJ OF KENTUCKY, JOE MAJ AND WIFE KAREN OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SISTERS ANN GARDNER AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF NEW JERSEY, BARBARA GIAMEO AND HUSBAND JACK OF NEW JERSEY AND TERESA MAJ OF NEW JERSEY, HIS AUNT KRYSTYNA MAJ, AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND MANY FRIENDS IN ARIZONA.

MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT FUCCILLO AND WARREN FUNERAL HOME, 205 S. MAIN STREET, MANVILLE, NJ, ON SUNDAY, JULY 9TH FROM 3:00-5:00 PM.

IN MEMORY OF HENRY'S SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY, IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN HENRY'S NAME TO: HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS, 6 MAIN STREET, TAUNTON, MA 02780.