Vera A Keller age 98 of Wayne died peacefully on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at the Atrium at Wayne Care Center.     Her passing was tranquilly peaceful with her family at her bedside.

She was born and raised in Elmhurst, NY and attended the Elmhurst High School with the Class of 1930. She met her husband to be Joseph Keller at a nightclub in NJ. They dated and married on April 21, 1941, honeymooned in Florida, and moved to Joe’s hometown of Paterson, NJ. They lived in Paterson from 1941 through 1978 when they moved to Wayne.

Vera volunteered at St. Josephs Wayne Hospital and was a member of St Theresa’s Paterson Seniors. She was an outgoing person who put the care of others over her own concerns, very independent, but most of all she took the role of “mom” to the ultimate. Her love and care for her husband and children was exemplary.

Vera is best described as a wonderful mother, full of love conveyed by an upbeat personality that simply loved people.

She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Keller(1976); loving mother of the late Peter J. Keller(10/2007), John Keller and his wife Maryjane, Angela Reynolds of Dover and Vera Christie of Midland Park; cherished grandmother of seven grandchildren including Robert and Charles Reynolds and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Monday from 7-9 PM.

Those planning an expression of sympathy in Vera’s memory are asked to consider Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470.