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February 5, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday, February 10 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation R C Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY.
Agnes McKenna, “Aggie”, age 73 of Wayne, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Agnes was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx, around the Fordham Rd. area. She had lived in Yonkers for many years before moving to Liberty, New York. She has resided at the Siena Village in Wayne for about two years.
One of her early jobs was working in the Bronx Courthouse and she was later employed at National Review. Her most enjoyable work experience, however, was the time she spent caring for the elderly, especially at the Jewish Home for the Aged in New York. She was a naturally compassionate person and Agnes found it very rewarding to be able to help others. Agnes was a very sociable person and had no difficulty making new friends wherever she went. She loved to be around her family and made every effort to attend as many family get-togethers as she could. Sadly, after losing her daughter, Christine, in 2007, Agnes was never quite herself again. Understandably, she had lost a large part of herself too, and her health began failing thereafter. Home Care Options, Project Linc, and members of the Mormon community among others began helping her with everything she needed including rides to the doctor, help around her house, and grocery shopping. She was very grateful to all of those who assisted her when she needed it most.
Agnes was one of eleven children and is survived by three of them: two sisters, Anne McKiernan of Wayne, Elizabeth Schott of Wind Gap, PA, and her brother, George Brew of Wayne, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph in 1985, her daughter, Christine, in 2007, and by seven of her siblings.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday, February 10 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation R C Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY.
February 5, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday, February 10 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation R C Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY.
Agnes McKenna, “Aggie”, age 73 of Wayne, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Agnes was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx, around the Fordham Rd. area. She had lived in Yonkers for many years before moving to Liberty, New York. She has resided at the Siena Village in Wayne for about two years.
One of her early jobs was working in the Bronx Courthouse and she was later employed at National Review. Her most enjoyable work experience, however, was the time she spent caring for the elderly, especially at the Jewish Home for the Aged in New York. She was a naturally compassionate person and Agnes found it very rewarding to be able to help others. Agnes was a very sociable person and had no difficulty making new friends wherever she went. She loved to be around her family and made every effort to attend as many family get-togethers as she could. Sadly, after losing her daughter, Christine, in 2007, Agnes was never quite herself again. Understandably, she had lost a large part of herself too, and her health began failing thereafter. Home Care Options, Project Linc, and members of the Mormon community among others began helping her with everything she needed including rides to the doctor, help around her house, and grocery shopping. She was very grateful to all of those who assisted her when she needed it most.
Agnes was one of eleven children and is survived by three of them: two sisters, Anne McKiernan of Wayne, Elizabeth Schott of Wind Gap, PA, and her brother, George Brew of Wayne, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph in 1985, her daughter, Christine, in 2007, and by seven of her siblings.
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