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June 19, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, June 22, 2012 from 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the funeral home followed by burial at the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa.
Betty Jean Cecere, age 79 of Carthage, North Carolina and formerly of Ridgewood, NJ died on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. She had been a resident of Ridgewood, raising her children there, before moving to Pinehurst in 1995.
Betty Jean had worked as the office manager at Harold’s Kosher Deli in Paramus for nearly seventeen years before retiring in 1995. She had met her husband, Joseph Cecere (2001) at Harold’s, where he was the butcher and they married in 1980. They retired together to Pinehurst, North Carolina, in 1995, near her daughter.
Betty Jean was devoted to raising her children, a task she accomplished almost entirely on her own. She was a strong woman, focused on keeping her children close and raising them right. She was strict, but also created a loving household which became the hub of activity for all the neighborhood kids. She earned the reputation as a ‘fun’ mom with her children’s friends, and there always seemed to be a bunch of them over at the house. She taught her kids how to play sports, was a Cub Scout den leader, and supported them in all that they did. She also enjoyed crochet for a number of years.
Her children recall having unique and memorable vacation road-trips. Before departing, she and her brother Robert would pool their savings together on the kitchen table. They then would figure out about how far they could go. Once they hit the road, they would visit parks and tourist attractions, traveling as far as they could until half of the money was spent, at which point they would turn around and head home. Both of her children have wonderful memories to treasure from those trips, including the Catskills, Montreal, Amish country in Pennsylvania, and all around the East Coast.
Betty Jean took care of her ailing mother, Myrtle Conklin, in recent years. Myrtle passed in 2008 at the age of 97. Betty Jean struggled herself with Parkinson’s disease and congestive heart failure during the past several years and was very fortunate to have the loving care of her daughter Nancy, while living in North Carolina in Nancy's home.
Betty Jean is survived by her devoted daughter Nancy Randle Rogers and her husband Paul of Carthage, North Carolina, her son; Robert “Bud” Randle and his wife Helen of Wayne, her brother; Junior Conklin and his wife Joan of Wisconsin, and one aunt; Florence DeVoe of Alabama. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph Cecere in 2001, her brother Robert Conklin in 1990, and her sister, Florence Scully in 1991.
In lieu of flowers,donations would be greatly appreciated in Betty Jean’s memory made to: the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Church Street Station, PO Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780, www.michaeljfox.org. Betty Jean fought Parkinson’s disease for many years and helping to find a cure for others would mean a lot to her and her family.
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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 22, 2012 from 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the funeral home followed by burial at the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa.
June 19, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, June 22, 2012 from 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the funeral home followed by burial at the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa.
Betty Jean Cecere, age 79 of Carthage, North Carolina and formerly of Ridgewood, NJ died on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. She had been a resident of Ridgewood, raising her children there, before moving to Pinehurst in 1995.
Betty Jean had worked as the office manager at Harold’s Kosher Deli in Paramus for nearly seventeen years before retiring in 1995. She had met her husband, Joseph Cecere (2001) at Harold’s, where he was the butcher and they married in 1980. They retired together to Pinehurst, North Carolina, in 1995, near her daughter.
Betty Jean was devoted to raising her children, a task she accomplished almost entirely on her own. She was a strong woman, focused on keeping her children close and raising them right. She was strict, but also created a loving household which became the hub of activity for all the neighborhood kids. She earned the reputation as a ‘fun’ mom with her children’s friends, and there always seemed to be a bunch of them over at the house. She taught her kids how to play sports, was a Cub Scout den leader, and supported them in all that they did. She also enjoyed crochet for a number of years.
Her children recall having unique and memorable vacation road-trips. Before departing, she and her brother Robert would pool their savings together on the kitchen table. They then would figure out about how far they could go. Once they hit the road, they would visit parks and tourist attractions, traveling as far as they could until half of the money was spent, at which point they would turn around and head home. Both of her children have wonderful memories to treasure from those trips, including the Catskills, Montreal, Amish country in Pennsylvania, and all around the East Coast.
Betty Jean took care of her ailing mother, Myrtle Conklin, in recent years. Myrtle passed in 2008 at the age of 97. Betty Jean struggled herself with Parkinson’s disease and congestive heart failure during the past several years and was very fortunate to have the loving care of her daughter Nancy, while living in North Carolina in Nancy's home.
Betty Jean is survived by her devoted daughter Nancy Randle Rogers and her husband Paul of Carthage, North Carolina, her son; Robert “Bud” Randle and his wife Helen of Wayne, her brother; Junior Conklin and his wife Joan of Wisconsin, and one aunt; Florence DeVoe of Alabama. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph Cecere in 2001, her brother Robert Conklin in 1990, and her sister, Florence Scully in 1991.
In lieu of flowers,donations would be greatly appreciated in Betty Jean’s memory made to: the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Church Street Station, PO Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780, www.michaeljfox.org. Betty Jean fought Parkinson’s disease for many years and helping to find a cure for others would mean a lot to her and her family.
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