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January 22, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 from 1-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9AM Thur., Jan. 26, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Gate of Heaven Mausoleum in East Hanover.
Ann Russo, née Sarsano, a long-time resident of Wayne, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday the 22nd of January at the age of 78.
Ann was born in 1938 in Brooklyn, NY. At the age of 14, she moved to New Milford, NJ with her family and was a graduate of Hackensack High School.
Ann was proud of her Italian heritage and Brooklyn roots. This was a key ingredient in her passion and love for cooking. She also loved traveling, reading, socializing, spending time in Wildwood Crest with family and friends, enjoying dinners at the Washington Inn in Cape May, going to see Broadway plays, and having luncheons with her friends. Most of all Ann loved spending time with her family, especially her 16 grandchildren, each of whom brought her tremendous joy. Her love for her family was unconditional. Ann rarely missed an opportunity to attend a school play, recital, sporting event, graduation ceremony, or an opportunity to connect with her kids and grandchildren. Always putting others needs before her own, she was warm, loving, generous, and brought a smile with her wherever she went.
Ann was also an active parishioner of her church, Our Lady of the Valley. She was deeply devoted, took part in Adoration on a weekly basis for many years as a testament to her faith, and was guided by St. Joseph and the Blessed Mother.
She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 57 years, Chet; her son Michael, his wife Patty and their three children – Nicole, Matthew and Joseph; her son Thomas and his three children – Stephanie, Gigi and Devin; her daughter Susan, her husband Peter and their two children – Lia (husband Evan) and Michelle (husband Michael); her son Joseph, his wife Robin and their three children – Donovan, Noah and Sebastian; her son Patrick, his wife Amy and their three children - Ethan, Sela and Jaden, and her daughter Maria, her husband Larry and their two children – Julia and Carly. She is also survived by her loving sister Sylvia Palmerin of Emerson, NJ.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that all donations be made to the American Cancer Society, NJ Chapter, 20 Mercer Street. Hackensack, NJ 07601, and the Hospice Foundation of America, 1707 L Street NW, Suite 220, Washington, DC 20036.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 from 1-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9AM Thur., Jan. 26, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Gate of Heaven Mausoleum in East Hanover.
January 22, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 from 1-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9AM Thur., Jan. 26, 2017 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Gate of Heaven Mausoleum in East Hanover.
Ann Russo, née Sarsano, a long-time resident of Wayne, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday the 22nd of January at the age of 78.
Ann was born in 1938 in Brooklyn, NY. At the age of 14, she moved to New Milford, NJ with her family and was a graduate of Hackensack High School.
Ann was proud of her Italian heritage and Brooklyn roots. This was a key ingredient in her passion and love for cooking. She also loved traveling, reading, socializing, spending time in Wildwood Crest with family and friends, enjoying dinners at the Washington Inn in Cape May, going to see Broadway plays, and having luncheons with her friends. Most of all Ann loved spending time with her family, especially her 16 grandchildren, each of whom brought her tremendous joy. Her love for her family was unconditional. Ann rarely missed an opportunity to attend a school play, recital, sporting event, graduation ceremony, or an opportunity to connect with her kids and grandchildren. Always putting others needs before her own, she was warm, loving, generous, and brought a smile with her wherever she went.
Ann was also an active parishioner of her church, Our Lady of the Valley. She was deeply devoted, took part in Adoration on a weekly basis for many years as a testament to her faith, and was guided by St. Joseph and the Blessed Mother.
She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 57 years, Chet; her son Michael, his wife Patty and their three children – Nicole, Matthew and Joseph; her son Thomas and his three children – Stephanie, Gigi and Devin; her daughter Susan, her husband Peter and their two children – Lia (husband Evan) and Michelle (husband Michael); her son Joseph, his wife Robin and their three children – Donovan, Noah and Sebastian; her son Patrick, his wife Amy and their three children - Ethan, Sela and Jaden, and her daughter Maria, her husband Larry and their two children – Julia and Carly. She is also survived by her loving sister Sylvia Palmerin of Emerson, NJ.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that all donations be made to the American Cancer Society, NJ Chapter, 20 Mercer Street. Hackensack, NJ 07601, and the Hospice Foundation of America, 1707 L Street NW, Suite 220, Washington, DC 20036.
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