Antoun Sahdou, 78, of Paterson on April 6, 2010. Born in Damascus, Syria, Antoun came to the US in 1990 and settled in the Clifton/Paterson area.

A parishioner of St. Joseph's Syrian Catholic Church, Bayonne, Antoun worked for Jack Georges Luggage in Passaic for 10 years, before retiring in 2003.

Beloved husband of Nihad (Batraki. Devoted father of Elias and his wife Jackie of Clifton, George and his wife Hanan of Woodland Park, Nadia Chamon and her husband Fouad of Clifton, Nawal Amir and her husband Hanin of Washington Twsp., Hayat Sahdou and her husband Fouad of the Netherlands, and Roula Yaman and her husband Tony of Woodland Park. Dear brother of Zakia Sahdou of Syria. Loving grandfather of 17 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Funeral Thursday 9 AM at the Shook Funeral Home, 639 Van Houten Ave., Clifton, and 10:30 AM at St. Joseph's Syrian Catholic Church, 317 Avenue E, Bayonne. Interment, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa. Visiting Wednesday 2-4 and 6-9 PM. www.shookfh.com