Barbara Voss

Barbara “Basia” “Barb” Voss, age 55, of Wayne passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025.

She was born in Queens, New York, and raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, where she graduated from John Dewey High School in the Gravesend neighborhood as part of the Class of 1988. Barbara later lived in East Rutherford and Morris Plains before settling in Wayne, where she has made her home for the past twenty-four years.

Barbara’s work life began at a bakery in Brooklyn, New York, and shortly after graduating high school she joined the Balfour Maclaine Corporation, a commodity trading and brokerage firm, on Wall Street. Over the years, she built a distinguished career in accounting and finance, holding roles of increasing responsibility across several corporations. Her positions included Accounting Supervisor and Financial Reporting at CMC Electronics in East Rutherford; Manager of International Accounting for Computron Software, Inc. in Rutherford; Senior Manager of International Finance for the National Basketball Association (NBA) in Secaucus; and roles in Accounting and Financial Reporting for Content Critical, LLC in Carlstadt. She later served as Director of Finance for MWWPR in East Rutherford and, most recently, as Controller for Marketsmith, Inc. in Whippany.

Barbara met the love of her life, Earl Voss, while they were both working at CMC Electronics in East Rutherford. Their first date—a dinner at a restaurant in Fairfield—quickly led to a deep and lasting connection, and it wasn’t long before they fell in love. Earl proposed on a balcony at the Brittany Chase development in Wayne, a moment Barbara treasured. They were married on February 4, 2001, at the Ramsey Golf and Country Club and celebrated their honeymoon in Las Vegas. For nearly twenty-five years, they shared a happy and devoted marriage, one that Barbara often described as being “rich in love.”

Barbara’s personality was straightforward, caring, and selfless, and she approached everything in life with an extraordinary work ethic and unwavering devotion to her family. She was also a wonderful cook, and the special ingredient of love she infused into her bolognese sauce, meatballs, chicken cutlets, macaroni and cheese, and Thanksgiving stuffing will be dearly missed by all who were lucky enough to enjoy them.

She was the loving wife of Earl Voss; cherished daughter of Diane Kozlowski of Wayne and the late Alexander Kozlowski; devoted mother of Emma Voss of Wayne; loved stepmother of Jason Voss of Belleville and Julian Voss of Mahwah; she was the loved sister of Robert Kozlowski of Chandler, AZ.  She was also the much loved aunt of her sister-in-law Lisa Dragone’s pets.

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For those wishing to make a memorial donation in Barbara’s memory we ask you to consider the Wayne First Aid Squad.