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June 27, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, June 29, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM, and on Saturday, June 30 from 11-2 PM. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday at 2PM, at the funeral home, immediately following the visiting hours.
Betty Jane Mazzie (nee Turton), age 81 of Wayne died on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at the Atrium in Wayne.
Betty grew up in Kearny and graduated from Kearny High School in 1948. It was at Kearny High School that she met Donald Mazzie who would become her husband. Don joined the Navy and after his discharge, they were married in 1952. They honeymooned at Niagara Falls and returned there several times with their kids. They traveled all over the U.S. with their RV, visiting parks, family and friends. Together, they enjoyed forty six years of a devoted marriage before Don passed in 1998.
In 1962, Betty and Don moved to Wayne where they raised their five children and a host of pets. Betty and Don loved animals and were active with their children in the 4H. Besides the usual chickens, ducks, and dogs, Don surprised them all when he brought home a monkey one day! Betty wasn’t particularly fond of the monkey and, after it escaped one day and she had to climb an apple tree to get it back, she told Don it had to go to a zoo. Her house and the great big yard that they had, was the ‘hub’ where her kids and all the neighborhood kids seemed to gather. Her household had no shortage of stories and memorable events, including one particular archery incident involving Betty. She was grateful that day to have Dr. Schlossberg right across the street. Betty was a dedicated mother and worked full-time raising her five children.
Betty enjoyed square dancing and she would go every Thursday night with Don. She liked to have some of her ‘me’ time also, which included bowling with the league at T-bowl and in Oakland. She also enjoyed summer vacations with her family, renting a bungalow in Neptune and spending the whole summer there.
Betty is survived by her five children: Carl Mazzie and his wife Debbie of Wayne, Donna Mazzie of Paterson, Candice Manasse of Phoenix, Arizona, Duke Mazzie of Wayne, and Walter Mazzie of Wayne, twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Don in 1998 and by her sister Nancy Ann Gangwisch of Surprise, Arizona in 2012.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, June 29, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM, and on Saturday, June 30 from 11-2 PM. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday at 2PM, at the funeral home, immediately following the visiting hours.
June 27, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, June 29, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM, and on Saturday, June 30 from 11-2 PM. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday at 2PM, at the funeral home, immediately following the visiting hours.
Betty Jane Mazzie (nee Turton), age 81 of Wayne died on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at the Atrium in Wayne.
Betty grew up in Kearny and graduated from Kearny High School in 1948. It was at Kearny High School that she met Donald Mazzie who would become her husband. Don joined the Navy and after his discharge, they were married in 1952. They honeymooned at Niagara Falls and returned there several times with their kids. They traveled all over the U.S. with their RV, visiting parks, family and friends. Together, they enjoyed forty six years of a devoted marriage before Don passed in 1998.
In 1962, Betty and Don moved to Wayne where they raised their five children and a host of pets. Betty and Don loved animals and were active with their children in the 4H. Besides the usual chickens, ducks, and dogs, Don surprised them all when he brought home a monkey one day! Betty wasn’t particularly fond of the monkey and, after it escaped one day and she had to climb an apple tree to get it back, she told Don it had to go to a zoo. Her house and the great big yard that they had, was the ‘hub’ where her kids and all the neighborhood kids seemed to gather. Her household had no shortage of stories and memorable events, including one particular archery incident involving Betty. She was grateful that day to have Dr. Schlossberg right across the street. Betty was a dedicated mother and worked full-time raising her five children.
Betty enjoyed square dancing and she would go every Thursday night with Don. She liked to have some of her ‘me’ time also, which included bowling with the league at T-bowl and in Oakland. She also enjoyed summer vacations with her family, renting a bungalow in Neptune and spending the whole summer there.
Betty is survived by her five children: Carl Mazzie and his wife Debbie of Wayne, Donna Mazzie of Paterson, Candice Manasse of Phoenix, Arizona, Duke Mazzie of Wayne, and Walter Mazzie of Wayne, twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Don in 1998 and by her sister Nancy Ann Gangwisch of Surprise, Arizona in 2012.
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