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January 11, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday January 14, 2017 at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne from 9-10AM. A funeral service will be held at 10AM following the visiting hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
Betty Wigfield, (nee Smith) age 89, formerly of Wayne passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family.
Betty was born in Paterson and grew up in Prospect Park. She graduated from Central High School in Paterson with the class of 1945. Immediately after graduating, she landed a job as a teller with the Prospect Park National Bank. She worked there for five years. During that time, she was also a parishioner of the Sixth Reformed Church in Paterson. Betty met a fellow member of the church named Charles Wigfield in 1947. Charles had just returned from his service in the Philippines with the United States Navy. They got to know each other, started dating and eventually fell in love. Charles and Betty were married in February of 1949. Very shortly after they were married, Betty took on the daunting but rewarding task of a full-time homemaker. In 1955 they moved to Wayne where they would spend the rest of their lives together and raise their 3 children until moving back to Prospect Park after their children were grown. Charles and Betty cherished 58 years of loving and loyal marriage.
Betty and Charles owned a house in Ocean Grove for over forty years where they would spend their summers with their family. At the Sixth Reformed Church in Paterson, Betty was an active member, she taught Sunday School and also sang in the choir. She was extremely devoted to her Christian Faith which never diminished throughout her life. Aside from being a dedicated member of her church, Betty was also a member of the Ocean Grove Ladies Auxiliary of the Auditorium Ushers, and a proud member of the Prospect Park Republicans Club. After many years of being a homemaker, Betty (in her fifties) decided that she would go back to school. She took several classes at William Paterson University. This was something that she was very proud of for the rest of her life. Betty also loved to travel with her husband and family and also enjoyed socializing with her friends. She was an avid reader of novels, could knit and sew quite well, and above all she loved spending time with her grandchildren. Betty was a very special person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by all who knew her.
Betty is survived by her husband Charles of Wyckoff, one son, David and his wife Kathleene of Wayne, two daughters: Pamela Hess and her husband Christian of Kinnelon, and Allison Cantilina and her husband John of Milford, and six grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sisters Margaret Simmons, Barbara Prince and Ruth Booth.
Those planning to make donations in Betty’s name are asked to consider Living Word Reformed Church, 21 Pleasant View Drive, North Haledon, NJ 07508 or The Ocean Grove Ladies Auxiliary Now and Forever Fund, www.oceangrove.org/take-action
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Friends may visit with the family on Saturday January 14, 2017 at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne from 9-10AM. A funeral service will be held at 10AM following the visiting hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
January 11, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday January 14, 2017 at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne from 9-10AM. A funeral service will be held at 10AM following the visiting hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
Betty Wigfield, (nee Smith) age 89, formerly of Wayne passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family.
Betty was born in Paterson and grew up in Prospect Park. She graduated from Central High School in Paterson with the class of 1945. Immediately after graduating, she landed a job as a teller with the Prospect Park National Bank. She worked there for five years. During that time, she was also a parishioner of the Sixth Reformed Church in Paterson. Betty met a fellow member of the church named Charles Wigfield in 1947. Charles had just returned from his service in the Philippines with the United States Navy. They got to know each other, started dating and eventually fell in love. Charles and Betty were married in February of 1949. Very shortly after they were married, Betty took on the daunting but rewarding task of a full-time homemaker. In 1955 they moved to Wayne where they would spend the rest of their lives together and raise their 3 children until moving back to Prospect Park after their children were grown. Charles and Betty cherished 58 years of loving and loyal marriage.
Betty and Charles owned a house in Ocean Grove for over forty years where they would spend their summers with their family. At the Sixth Reformed Church in Paterson, Betty was an active member, she taught Sunday School and also sang in the choir. She was extremely devoted to her Christian Faith which never diminished throughout her life. Aside from being a dedicated member of her church, Betty was also a member of the Ocean Grove Ladies Auxiliary of the Auditorium Ushers, and a proud member of the Prospect Park Republicans Club. After many years of being a homemaker, Betty (in her fifties) decided that she would go back to school. She took several classes at William Paterson University. This was something that she was very proud of for the rest of her life. Betty also loved to travel with her husband and family and also enjoyed socializing with her friends. She was an avid reader of novels, could knit and sew quite well, and above all she loved spending time with her grandchildren. Betty was a very special person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by all who knew her.
Betty is survived by her husband Charles of Wyckoff, one son, David and his wife Kathleene of Wayne, two daughters: Pamela Hess and her husband Christian of Kinnelon, and Allison Cantilina and her husband John of Milford, and six grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sisters Margaret Simmons, Barbara Prince and Ruth Booth.
Those planning to make donations in Betty’s name are asked to consider Living Word Reformed Church, 21 Pleasant View Drive, North Haledon, NJ 07508 or The Ocean Grove Ladies Auxiliary Now and Forever Fund, www.oceangrove.org/take-action
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