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May 3, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, May 4, 2018 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, May 5, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
Blanca Puente (nee Riestra), age 89 of Wayne and formerly of Paterson, died on Thursday, May 3, 2018.
Blanca was raised in Canelones, Uruguay. A bright student, she began teaching accounting as a teenager in Montevideo. It was while teaching that she met a very handsome young man named Walter Puente. Walter wasted no time asking her out on a date, but she dismissed him! He asked her out several times before she finally agreed to a date. They dated for no less than eight years before she agreed to marry him, and they exchanged vows on April 2, 1955 at the Iglesia de las Carmelitas RC Church in Montevideo, Uruguay, followed by a two week honeymoon to Buenos Aires, Argentina. They settled to a home in Montevideo where they lived for the next several years. After sometime, they decided to follow their relatives to the United States, and settled in Paterson, NJ. Walter began working in the local textile mills while Blanca became a bookkeeper for Closure Systems in Hackensack. She also began teaching Spanish at the Berlitz School in Ridgewood. She truly enjoyed teaching and many of her students were hopeful medical school students who have been admitted to foreign schools where Spanish was the primary language. Her lessons surely enabled many of them to succeed in their studies. She was still teaching students up to just a few months ago.
Blanca and Walter truly enjoyed themselves and lived a good life. They traveled the world, visiting Spain, Italy, Marocco, Switzerland, Mexico, Hawaii, Brazil, the Caribbean, and many other destinations. They crossed the Equator on several occasions. For their fiftieth wedding anniversary, they toured the Greek Isles and had a wonderful time together. Blanca was truly a devoted wife and took great care of her husband. She was a good mother, and an even better grandmother! “Yaya,” as she was known to all of her grandchildren, was the most loving and caring grandmother they could have ever hoped to have. She spoiled them all and showered them with her love. They will all miss her dearly.
Blanca is survived by her husband Walter of Wayne, her daughter; Monica Costanzo (August) of Wayne, and four grandchildren; Dr. Tiffany Greco of Los Angeles, Nicole Greco of Wayne, Brian Greco of Wayne, and August Costanzo, Jr. of Wayne.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, May 4, 2018 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, May 5, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
May 3, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, May 4, 2018 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, May 5, 2018 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum in Paterson.
Blanca Puente (nee Riestra), age 89 of Wayne and formerly of Paterson, died on Thursday, May 3, 2018.
Blanca was raised in Canelones, Uruguay. A bright student, she began teaching accounting as a teenager in Montevideo. It was while teaching that she met a very handsome young man named Walter Puente. Walter wasted no time asking her out on a date, but she dismissed him! He asked her out several times before she finally agreed to a date. They dated for no less than eight years before she agreed to marry him, and they exchanged vows on April 2, 1955 at the Iglesia de las Carmelitas RC Church in Montevideo, Uruguay, followed by a two week honeymoon to Buenos Aires, Argentina. They settled to a home in Montevideo where they lived for the next several years. After sometime, they decided to follow their relatives to the United States, and settled in Paterson, NJ. Walter began working in the local textile mills while Blanca became a bookkeeper for Closure Systems in Hackensack. She also began teaching Spanish at the Berlitz School in Ridgewood. She truly enjoyed teaching and many of her students were hopeful medical school students who have been admitted to foreign schools where Spanish was the primary language. Her lessons surely enabled many of them to succeed in their studies. She was still teaching students up to just a few months ago.
Blanca and Walter truly enjoyed themselves and lived a good life. They traveled the world, visiting Spain, Italy, Marocco, Switzerland, Mexico, Hawaii, Brazil, the Caribbean, and many other destinations. They crossed the Equator on several occasions. For their fiftieth wedding anniversary, they toured the Greek Isles and had a wonderful time together. Blanca was truly a devoted wife and took great care of her husband. She was a good mother, and an even better grandmother! “Yaya,” as she was known to all of her grandchildren, was the most loving and caring grandmother they could have ever hoped to have. She spoiled them all and showered them with her love. They will all miss her dearly.
Blanca is survived by her husband Walter of Wayne, her daughter; Monica Costanzo (August) of Wayne, and four grandchildren; Dr. Tiffany Greco of Los Angeles, Nicole Greco of Wayne, Brian Greco of Wayne, and August Costanzo, Jr. of Wayne.
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