Barbara Rudiger

Barbara Price Rudiger was born on January 12, 1933 to William and Mildred Campbell in Passaic, New Jersey. At the age of 91, Barbara passed from this life and entered to be in the presence of Our Lord on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 while in the loving care of her family.

Barbara is formerly of Wayne, New Jersey and has resided in Englewood, New Jersey for the past two years.

Following graduation from Nutley High School, Barbara attended Katherine Gibbs secretarial school. On February 16, 1951, Barbara and Harry were married. She then moved to Great Lakes, Illinois while Harry served his country in the US Navy. In 1954 the couple returned to Nutley with their first born, Lorraine. A year later Karl was born. The young family moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey and welcomed the births of their next three children, Carol, Karen, and Mark. As the family grew, they moved to Wayne in 1960 where their sixth child, David, was born. The family remained in Wayne for more than twenty years after.

While raising the family in Wayne, Barbara was a Den Mother while her sons were in the Cub Scouts. She also spent several years as a school crossing guard. She enjoyed attending any event her children were participating in.  Barbara also worked at Fette Ford in Sales; she was ranked #1 in sales for the Tri-State area in the late 1970’s paving the path for other women to break through in sales.  In later years, Barbara was the finance manager at the dealership. Yearly family camping trips across the country, visiting forty-two states and many of the country’s national parks were enjoyed over the years.

Following retirement, Harry and Barbara moved to Myrtle Beach where they enjoyed the next twenty years together. The couple eventually moved back to New Jersey to be closer to family. They are members of the Englewood Baptist Church.

Barbara’s greatest passions in life were for her family and for serving the Lord. Barbara was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. They enjoyed 73 years of marriage.

She is preceded in death by her parents, William and Mildred, her loving husband, Harry Rudiger and her brother, Larry G.Hills, Jr.

Barbara is survived by her three daughters; Lorraine Marquez and her husband Mario of Ronda, North Carolina, Carol Rudiger of Montville, New Jersey, and Karen Rudiger of Fort Lee, New Jersey, three sons; Karl Rudiger and his wife Susanne of Charleston, South Carolina, Mark Rudiger and his wife Jamileth of Hackettstown, New Jersey, and David Rudiger and his wife Debby of Clemmons, North Carolina, nine grandchildren; Cynthia Rudiger, Bill Rudiger, Delia Caruso, Julia Hirt, Joseph Caruso, Kristen Rudiger, Kaitlin Rudiger, Nicole Rudiger, and David Rudiger, Jr., and ten great grandchildren; McKenna, Kalleb, Jaxon, Alice, Ashton, Jordon, Madeline, Emily, Brooklyn, and Mason.

The family would like to thank the staff at The Bristal of Englewood where Barbara has resided for the last two years. We also want to thank Englewood Baptist Church for their ministry and extra support to Barbara, especially over the last six months since Harry had passed away.