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May 25, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne, on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 from 4-8 PM. A Fireman's Service will be at 7:30 PM, during the visiting hours. Betty will be buried at the St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery in Folsom, NJ on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 11 AM.
Betty J. Gilmore, age 69 of Wayne, died suddenly after a brief illness on Friday, May 25, 2018.
Betty and her husband Joe were business partners, owning Associated Diamond Products in Paterson from 1985 – 2009. They took over operation of the company from Betty’s mother and father when they retired. Since 2009, she has worked at Harmon/Face Values in Parsippany. Betty was also a travel agent for Cruise Concepts in Pequannock, where she shared her vast knowledge of cruising with her clients.
Betty moved to Wayne with her family when she was just a young girl. She attended elementary school at the original Preakness School and later graduated from Wayne Senior High School in 1966. She went on to earn her LPN from Passaic County Vo-Tech in Wayne and put those skills to good use as a member of the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, and as a CPR instructor. She was very active in her community and was also an Auxiliary member of Pompton Falls Volunteer Fire Department Wayne Company #3, for twelve years. She was also a proud member of Guardians of the Ribbon, serving as Treasurer, helping in the fight against cancer.
Betty’s hobbies and interests varied widely. She adored her dogs - golden retrievers and rescues alike. She enjoyed taking her first Golden Retriever, Max, to obedience competitions was quite proud of him as a therapy dog, especially during 9/11. She loved genealogy and had a great interest in tracing her family tree, which lead her to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She liked to crochet, knit, and loved cooking. She took many different cooking classes, including the Cordon Bleu. She even took a ‘cooking’ trip to Florence, Italy where she was able to attend cooking classes with famous Italian Chef, Giuliano Bugialli. She crafted ceramics and used to teach classes at her home. She was an avid quilter and enjoyed attending the Jinny Beyers seminars as well as teaching others how to quilt. She was also passionate about her cars and felt really cool cruising around in her 1991 teal Camaro RS with T-tops, and later she had a 2002 convertible Corvette that she absolutely loved! Probably her greatest joy was going on cruises. She has enjoyed thirty-three cruises, to be exact, and they’ve been all over the world. Besides the usual trips to the Caribbean, she has also traversed the Panama Canal, visited Alaska, Vietnam, the Philippines, Bora Bora, Tahiti (her favorite!), and just about every other place you can imagine. She certainly has enjoyed some wonderful experiences.
Betty met her husband Joseph while they were both working in a printing shop in 1967. To this day, Joe calls her “Smocks” because she always wore a smock in the print shop to keep from getting ink on her clothes. Joe was smitten from the start and they dated for just a few months before he proposed to her in May of 1967 at the top of Hunter Mountain, New York. They were married on January 20, 1968, and honeymooned to Mount Snow, Vermont. That turned out to be less than a good idea, as the temperatures were well below zero the whole time. They enjoyed themselves nonetheless, and opted for warmer weather destinations during the following fifty years of their loving marriage. Joe was a devoted husband to his beloved Betty, and he learned that best response to any request she had was a heart-felt “yes, dear.” This was especially true when she asked for a Diet Coke!
Betty is survived by her husband Joseph of Wayne, two children; Michael Gilmore and his girlfriend Katty of Wayne, Kimberley Rossi and her husband Michael of Wayne, and six grandchildren who all called her “Nah Nah;” Alexis, Amanda, and Anthony Rossi, and Benjamin, Katelyn, and Liam Gilmore, all of Wayne.
For those wishing to make a donation in her memory, please consider the Pompton Falls Volunteer Fire Company #3, 130 Jackson Ave., Wayne, NJ 07470, www.waynefire3.com, or the Guardians of the Ribbon, P.O. Box 2131, Wayne, NJ 07470 www.pinkhealsnnj.org.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne, on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 from 4-8 PM. A Fireman's Service will be at 7:30 PM, during the visiting hours. Betty will be buried at the St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery in Folsom, NJ on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 11 AM.
May 25, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne, on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 from 4-8 PM. A Fireman's Service will be at 7:30 PM, during the visiting hours. Betty will be buried at the St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery in Folsom, NJ on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 11 AM.
Betty J. Gilmore, age 69 of Wayne, died suddenly after a brief illness on Friday, May 25, 2018.
Betty and her husband Joe were business partners, owning Associated Diamond Products in Paterson from 1985 – 2009. They took over operation of the company from Betty’s mother and father when they retired. Since 2009, she has worked at Harmon/Face Values in Parsippany. Betty was also a travel agent for Cruise Concepts in Pequannock, where she shared her vast knowledge of cruising with her clients.
Betty moved to Wayne with her family when she was just a young girl. She attended elementary school at the original Preakness School and later graduated from Wayne Senior High School in 1966. She went on to earn her LPN from Passaic County Vo-Tech in Wayne and put those skills to good use as a member of the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, and as a CPR instructor. She was very active in her community and was also an Auxiliary member of Pompton Falls Volunteer Fire Department Wayne Company #3, for twelve years. She was also a proud member of Guardians of the Ribbon, serving as Treasurer, helping in the fight against cancer.
Betty’s hobbies and interests varied widely. She adored her dogs - golden retrievers and rescues alike. She enjoyed taking her first Golden Retriever, Max, to obedience competitions was quite proud of him as a therapy dog, especially during 9/11. She loved genealogy and had a great interest in tracing her family tree, which lead her to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She liked to crochet, knit, and loved cooking. She took many different cooking classes, including the Cordon Bleu. She even took a ‘cooking’ trip to Florence, Italy where she was able to attend cooking classes with famous Italian Chef, Giuliano Bugialli. She crafted ceramics and used to teach classes at her home. She was an avid quilter and enjoyed attending the Jinny Beyers seminars as well as teaching others how to quilt. She was also passionate about her cars and felt really cool cruising around in her 1991 teal Camaro RS with T-tops, and later she had a 2002 convertible Corvette that she absolutely loved! Probably her greatest joy was going on cruises. She has enjoyed thirty-three cruises, to be exact, and they’ve been all over the world. Besides the usual trips to the Caribbean, she has also traversed the Panama Canal, visited Alaska, Vietnam, the Philippines, Bora Bora, Tahiti (her favorite!), and just about every other place you can imagine. She certainly has enjoyed some wonderful experiences.
Betty met her husband Joseph while they were both working in a printing shop in 1967. To this day, Joe calls her “Smocks” because she always wore a smock in the print shop to keep from getting ink on her clothes. Joe was smitten from the start and they dated for just a few months before he proposed to her in May of 1967 at the top of Hunter Mountain, New York. They were married on January 20, 1968, and honeymooned to Mount Snow, Vermont. That turned out to be less than a good idea, as the temperatures were well below zero the whole time. They enjoyed themselves nonetheless, and opted for warmer weather destinations during the following fifty years of their loving marriage. Joe was a devoted husband to his beloved Betty, and he learned that best response to any request she had was a heart-felt “yes, dear.” This was especially true when she asked for a Diet Coke!
Betty is survived by her husband Joseph of Wayne, two children; Michael Gilmore and his girlfriend Katty of Wayne, Kimberley Rossi and her husband Michael of Wayne, and six grandchildren who all called her “Nah Nah;” Alexis, Amanda, and Anthony Rossi, and Benjamin, Katelyn, and Liam Gilmore, all of Wayne.
For those wishing to make a donation in her memory, please consider the Pompton Falls Volunteer Fire Company #3, 130 Jackson Ave., Wayne, NJ 07470, www.waynefire3.com, or the Guardians of the Ribbon, P.O. Box 2131, Wayne, NJ 07470 www.pinkhealsnnj.org.
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