Anita Stoll

Anita Susan Stoll (nee Rapps) age 92, formerly of Wayne, passed away peacefully on April 3, 2023, while receiving the loving care of her family.

Anita was born and raised in Brooklyn, lived in Forrest Hills and Comack, Long Island, then lived in Wayne from 1963 until 1990 and finally retiring to Florida. After Graduating from Lincoln High School with the class of 1948, Anita quickly got a job at a local but well-known talent agency in New York City.  She worked there as a receptionist for a few years. 

In 1949 she met a young man by the name of Herbert Stoll at a mutual friend’s party.  They hit it off nicely and when Anita left the party, she told her friends and family, “This is the man I am going to marry.”  Fate did not disappoint because on October 22, 1950, Anita and Herbert became husband and wife. They began what would be a loving and loyal marriage for the next forty-five years.  They settled in Forrest Hills long Island, then moved to Comack, Long Island.  They finally moved to Wayne in 1963, where they would call home for the next twenty-seven years and raise their five children.  Immediately after getting married, Anita decided she would take on the noble career of a homemaker.  She dedicated her life to nurturing her children and pampering her husband. 

In 1984 tragedy struck Anita’s life when her son Ted Stoll passed away after a courageous battle with leukemia.  Anita was heartbroken to say the least and her life would never be the same, however she found the will and strength to go on.  She and her husband Herbert started traveling, eventually becoming world travelers.   Herbert and Anita retired to Florida in 1990 and spent the next five years there, they cherished forty-five years of marriage until Herbert’s sudden and unexpected passing in 1995.  Aside from traveling, Anita didn’t have many hobbies or interests, the most precious thing in her life was her family whom she loved with all of her heart.  Anita touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone who knew her. 

Anita is survived by her son David Stoll and his wife Robin of Stockholm, her two daughters; Deborah Stoll of Fall Church, VA, and Bonnie Halpern and her husband Felix of Wayne, and her son Michael and his wife Angela of Fair Lawn, seven grandchildren; Heather, Kelly, Kaitlyn, Teo, Daniel, Tara, and Isabella, eight great-grandchildren; Hudson, Peyton, Ellie, Jocelyn, Evie, Aaron, Raegen, and Riley, two nephews; Jeffery Pollack and Gary Pollack, she was predeceased by her husband Herbert Stoll in 1995, and her son Ted Stoll in 1984, as well as her sister Sonia Pollack.