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Friends may visit with the family from 5-7 PM on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 am on Thursday, April 7, 2016 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Anita M. Welling (nee Plisko) age 59 of Wayne passed peacefully at home on April 4, 2016 surrounded by her loving family.
She was born in Kearny to the late Leo and Pauline Plisko. She was raised in Lyndhurst and graduated from Lyndhurst High School with the Class of 1975.
Anita worked as a secretary in the Psychology, Political Science and the Classics and General Humanities Departments at Montclair State University where she worked for over thirty-five years before retiring in 2016.
She was an animal lover since she was a little girl. Over the years she has usually had multiple pets at the same time and currently had two dogs and two cats. Anita loved to travel and has been to many National Parks including: Zion, Brice Canyon, Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone. She and John have also been on several cruises together and she especially enjoyed a cruise to Alaska with extended family. Her backyard garden of herbs, spices, and tomatoes were all used, in her cooking, often after one of her many cooking classes that inspired fantastic gourmet meals. Many will also remember her love of playing Bingo and her many trips to the casino.
Anita was the loving wife of thirty-five years to John Welling. They initially met saying “how are you doing” to each other while they were both working at Montclair State University. After a first date to the movies they would fall deeply in love and marry on October 3, 1981. They married at Saint Michaels RC Church in Lyndhurst and honeymooned in Bermuda. Anita and John were blessed with a daughter Lauren Welling who lives in Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 27106, NY, NY 10087-7106 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 5-7 PM on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 am on Thursday, April 7, 2016 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 5-7 PM on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 am on Thursday, April 7, 2016 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Anita M. Welling (nee Plisko) age 59 of Wayne passed peacefully at home on April 4, 2016 surrounded by her loving family.
She was born in Kearny to the late Leo and Pauline Plisko. She was raised in Lyndhurst and graduated from Lyndhurst High School with the Class of 1975.
Anita worked as a secretary in the Psychology, Political Science and the Classics and General Humanities Departments at Montclair State University where she worked for over thirty-five years before retiring in 2016.
She was an animal lover since she was a little girl. Over the years she has usually had multiple pets at the same time and currently had two dogs and two cats. Anita loved to travel and has been to many National Parks including: Zion, Brice Canyon, Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone. She and John have also been on several cruises together and she especially enjoyed a cruise to Alaska with extended family. Her backyard garden of herbs, spices, and tomatoes were all used, in her cooking, often after one of her many cooking classes that inspired fantastic gourmet meals. Many will also remember her love of playing Bingo and her many trips to the casino.
Anita was the loving wife of thirty-five years to John Welling. They initially met saying “how are you doing” to each other while they were both working at Montclair State University. After a first date to the movies they would fall deeply in love and marry on October 3, 1981. They married at Saint Michaels RC Church in Lyndhurst and honeymooned in Bermuda. Anita and John were blessed with a daughter Lauren Welling who lives in Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 27106, NY, NY 10087-7106 would be appreciated.
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