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December 1, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Good Counsel RC Church, Pompton Plains, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Good Counsel RC Church, Pompton Plains, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Carmela C. De Brock, age 79 of Pompton Plains died on Saturday, December 1, 2012.
Carmela was born in New York City and moved to Paterson when she was a young girl. She graduated high school from St. Joseph’s with the class of 1951. Shortly thereafter, while working at the State Employment Office, Carmela met Charles De Brock. Their first date was to see a Rock Hudson movie and they fell in love. They married at St. Anthony’s RC Church in 1955 and enjoyed a honeymoon to the Pocono’s. Their fifty seven years of marriage together included equal parts love, spontaneity, forgiveness, and generosity.
Carmela was a wonderful cook and Charles especially loved her linguini with clam sauce. She was a terrific baker too, and her grandchildren loved her cookies. The kitchen was her domain and when she was cooking, you had better stay out of the way! She was also very creative around her home and kept Charles busy with a constant stream of projects. She loved decorating and never allowed her home to become ‘dated’. Sewing was also a passion of hers and she was exceptionally good. Carmela created a wedding gown for her daughter, and all of the bridesmaid’s dresses based merely upon a hand-drawn sketch. She had great talent and her old trusty sewing machine was a fixture around the house.
Carmela’s faith was strong and she was an active volunteer at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Pompton Plains where she served as a Eucharistic minister for several years and served meals to the homeless. She also volunteered at Chilton hospital in many capacities and her children recall that she used to go to the homes of families with disabled children and help to teach the babies how to crawl. She was a selfless woman with a big heart and generous soul.
Carmela is survived by her husband of fifty seven years, Charles, five children; Theresa Rink and her husband Donald of Wanaque, Christopher De Brock and his wife Laura of Towaco, Lisa Kane and her husband David of Kinnelon, Eileen Schissler and her husband Mark of Flanders, and Paula Messina and her husband Christopher of Pompton Plains; twelve loving grandchildren: Erica Rink, Brandon Rink, Christopher DeBrock Jr., Kelsy DeBrock, Kyle Kane, Troy Kane, Sean Kane, Kristen Schissler, Heather Schissler, Kaitlyn Schissler, Sierra Messina and Chas Messsina; five sisters: Gloria Fahmie and her husband Mike of Florida, Ida Treto and her husband Angel of Florida, Norma Barbieri and her husband Anthony of Colorado, Chickie Migliaccio and her husband Pat of Mahwah, and Marguerite Glentz of Garfield. She was predeceased by her sister Josephine many years ago.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Good Counsel RC Church, Pompton Plains, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Good Counsel RC Church, Pompton Plains, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
December 1, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Good Counsel RC Church, Pompton Plains, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Good Counsel RC Church, Pompton Plains, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Carmela C. De Brock, age 79 of Pompton Plains died on Saturday, December 1, 2012.
Carmela was born in New York City and moved to Paterson when she was a young girl. She graduated high school from St. Joseph’s with the class of 1951. Shortly thereafter, while working at the State Employment Office, Carmela met Charles De Brock. Their first date was to see a Rock Hudson movie and they fell in love. They married at St. Anthony’s RC Church in 1955 and enjoyed a honeymoon to the Pocono’s. Their fifty seven years of marriage together included equal parts love, spontaneity, forgiveness, and generosity.
Carmela was a wonderful cook and Charles especially loved her linguini with clam sauce. She was a terrific baker too, and her grandchildren loved her cookies. The kitchen was her domain and when she was cooking, you had better stay out of the way! She was also very creative around her home and kept Charles busy with a constant stream of projects. She loved decorating and never allowed her home to become ‘dated’. Sewing was also a passion of hers and she was exceptionally good. Carmela created a wedding gown for her daughter, and all of the bridesmaid’s dresses based merely upon a hand-drawn sketch. She had great talent and her old trusty sewing machine was a fixture around the house.
Carmela’s faith was strong and she was an active volunteer at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Pompton Plains where she served as a Eucharistic minister for several years and served meals to the homeless. She also volunteered at Chilton hospital in many capacities and her children recall that she used to go to the homes of families with disabled children and help to teach the babies how to crawl. She was a selfless woman with a big heart and generous soul.
Carmela is survived by her husband of fifty seven years, Charles, five children; Theresa Rink and her husband Donald of Wanaque, Christopher De Brock and his wife Laura of Towaco, Lisa Kane and her husband David of Kinnelon, Eileen Schissler and her husband Mark of Flanders, and Paula Messina and her husband Christopher of Pompton Plains; twelve loving grandchildren: Erica Rink, Brandon Rink, Christopher DeBrock Jr., Kelsy DeBrock, Kyle Kane, Troy Kane, Sean Kane, Kristen Schissler, Heather Schissler, Kaitlyn Schissler, Sierra Messina and Chas Messsina; five sisters: Gloria Fahmie and her husband Mike of Florida, Ida Treto and her husband Angel of Florida, Norma Barbieri and her husband Anthony of Colorado, Chickie Migliaccio and her husband Pat of Mahwah, and Marguerite Glentz of Garfield. She was predeceased by her sister Josephine many years ago.
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