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December 18, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, December 20, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8 AM on Saturday, December 21, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Alice Rizzo (nee Platt), age 78 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. She proved to be a fighter having had a kidney transplant in 1997 and endured numerous other health problems. 2013 was a difficult year with several hospitalizations. She had been an insurance representative with Hanson & Ryan in Totowa. She worked there during the 50’s and 60’s, then took a hiatus to raise her two daughters before returning to work again in the 80’s and 90’s. Combined, she enjoyed thirty years with Hanson & Ryan; the only job she ever had.
She was raised in Paterson and lived there before moving to Wayne in 1967. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne for nearly forty years. She will be noticeably missed in the last row of pews, off to the left. She always enjoyed chatting after Mass with the small crowd that would gather around. Alice was grateful for all the people, church friends and others, who expressed their concern for her over the years, whether it be a phone call, a visit, or a card.
Alice met her husband Edward Rizzo on a blind date, set up by her cousin Nathalie. They had both grown up in Paterson. They married on April 1, 1967 at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Paterson and enjoyed thirty eight years of marriage before Ed passed in 2005.
Alice enjoyed traveling and especially visiting the casinos. She would limit herself to $20 which, more often than not, ended up as a ‘contribution’ to the casino. She also enjoyed traveling, which was usually to visit wherever Lisa was living at the time. She had the pleasure of many nice vacations to places such as Florida, California, Las Vegas, Tennessee, Charleston, Chicago, and Niagara Falls just to name a few. Judy and Lisa are both very appreciative of the way that their parents were so involved in their formative years. Their mother and father were presidents of the PTO at James Fallon Elementary School and Alice served at their Brownie Troop leader, always trying to come up with fun activities to keep the girls intrigued. The girls are also grateful to their parents for the sacrifices they willingly made to provide each of them with good educations.
Alice is survived by two daughters; Judy Rizzo of Wayne and Lisa Rizzo and her husband Gwynn Brandon of Burlington, NC, and her step-grandchildren; Alex Brandon and Austin Brandon and Austin’s fiancé Taylor. Alice was predeceased by her husband Edward in 2005.
For those wishing to make a donation in Alice’s memory, please consider the St. Barnabas Foundation Kidney Transplant Fund. The staff there took wonderful care of Alice over the years, since her kidney transplant in 1997, and she became very close with many of them. Checks should be made payable to “SBMC Foundation” and mailed to 95 Old Short Hills Rd., W. Orange, NJ 07052.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, December 20, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8 AM on Saturday, December 21, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
December 18, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, December 20, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8 AM on Saturday, December 21, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Alice Rizzo (nee Platt), age 78 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. She proved to be a fighter having had a kidney transplant in 1997 and endured numerous other health problems. 2013 was a difficult year with several hospitalizations. She had been an insurance representative with Hanson & Ryan in Totowa. She worked there during the 50’s and 60’s, then took a hiatus to raise her two daughters before returning to work again in the 80’s and 90’s. Combined, she enjoyed thirty years with Hanson & Ryan; the only job she ever had.
She was raised in Paterson and lived there before moving to Wayne in 1967. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne for nearly forty years. She will be noticeably missed in the last row of pews, off to the left. She always enjoyed chatting after Mass with the small crowd that would gather around. Alice was grateful for all the people, church friends and others, who expressed their concern for her over the years, whether it be a phone call, a visit, or a card.
Alice met her husband Edward Rizzo on a blind date, set up by her cousin Nathalie. They had both grown up in Paterson. They married on April 1, 1967 at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Paterson and enjoyed thirty eight years of marriage before Ed passed in 2005.
Alice enjoyed traveling and especially visiting the casinos. She would limit herself to $20 which, more often than not, ended up as a ‘contribution’ to the casino. She also enjoyed traveling, which was usually to visit wherever Lisa was living at the time. She had the pleasure of many nice vacations to places such as Florida, California, Las Vegas, Tennessee, Charleston, Chicago, and Niagara Falls just to name a few. Judy and Lisa are both very appreciative of the way that their parents were so involved in their formative years. Their mother and father were presidents of the PTO at James Fallon Elementary School and Alice served at their Brownie Troop leader, always trying to come up with fun activities to keep the girls intrigued. The girls are also grateful to their parents for the sacrifices they willingly made to provide each of them with good educations.
Alice is survived by two daughters; Judy Rizzo of Wayne and Lisa Rizzo and her husband Gwynn Brandon of Burlington, NC, and her step-grandchildren; Alex Brandon and Austin Brandon and Austin’s fiancé Taylor. Alice was predeceased by her husband Edward in 2005.
For those wishing to make a donation in Alice’s memory, please consider the St. Barnabas Foundation Kidney Transplant Fund. The staff there took wonderful care of Alice over the years, since her kidney transplant in 1997, and she became very close with many of them. Checks should be made payable to “SBMC Foundation” and mailed to 95 Old Short Hills Rd., W. Orange, NJ 07052.
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