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July 2, 2023
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, July 7, 2023 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:00 AM on Saturday, July 8, 2023 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. After the mass, Ann will be laid to rest at Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Sparta.
Ann Catherine (Koenig) Biancheri passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family, on July 2, 2023 at the age of 92.
Ann is survived by Eugene, her loving husband of nearly 65 years, her children Elizabeth Smith and her husband Daniel, Eugene, Jr. and his wife Barbara, Paul, Catherine Danial and her husband Alfred, Philip and his wife Portia, and Maria and her husband Steven De Paul, her grandchildren Rachel Alberque and her husband Michael, Rebecca Smith, Gabrielle Smith, Josef Danial, Genevieve Danial, Marco Danial, Phoebe Biancheri, Julian Biancheri, and Greer Biancheri. She is predeceased by her parents Herman and Lillian Koenig and her sister Lucille Spire. She leaves behind her sister Lillian von Brockdorff and her husband Harold, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Born in the Bronx, Ann was known in the family as the “charming child.” She attended Mount St. Ursula Academy, and then the College of New Rochelle where she majored in art. After graduation, she got a job at Reader’s Digest, which she loved. As a young woman, she volunteered at St. Vincent’s Hospital in NYC. Ann met Gene on a blind date and knew he was “the one.”
Ann was a resident of Wayne, New Jersey and a member of the Our Lady of Consolation parish for over 50 years. She started the pre-school program at OLC and taught there for 17 years. Upon retirement, she started a Rainbows program for the parish, a counseling program for children grieving the loss of a parent. Ann had a wonderful singing voice and was in the church choir for over 30 years. In 2016, together with her husband, Ann received the Vivere Christus award from the Diocese of Paterson in recognition of a lifetime of service.
A talented artist, Ann worked in pastel, pencil, stained glass, sculpture, and felt. She enjoyed entertaining for family and friends and she had the loveliest smile and the most infectious laugh. Ann was a wonderful wife and mother, generous, loving, and devoted. She lived a life of faith, family, and service, and she will be greatly missed.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Rainbows for All Children are greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, July 7, 2023 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:00 AM on Saturday, July 8, 2023 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. After the mass, Ann will be laid to rest at Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Sparta.
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