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February 24, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 1, 2013 at Immaculate Heart of Mary, 630 Ratzer Road, Wayne (across the street from the funeral home) where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Carol Ann Kopacz age 68 of Lake Shawnee, formerly of Butler, died peacefully with the comfort of family by her side, on Sunday, February 24, 2013.
Carol was born, the second of ten children, in Bayonne, New Jersey, and raised in Staten Island New York. She graduated from Saint Joseph high School, Milwaukee, WI with the Class of 1962 while she was living in a convent in preparation to become a Nun. Carol never did become a Religious Sister but continued her education. She received her bachelors degree with a major in History and minor in Sociology from Dominican Collage and went on to get her Master’s Degree in Teaching Arts from William Paterson College. Additionally, she received a Masters degree in Educational Administration from Caldwell College in 2007.
She worked for the Passaic County Probation Department as a probation officer for over thirty years before retiring in 2005. At the start of her career, this profession was unique for a woman to hold. What was more unique was the fact that as a young woman she was enrolled in the Franciscan Order to be a Nun.
Carol will be remembered as being reserved, yet was a strong willed multitasker. She was a single mom juggling career, home, finances, and children for many years. She loved reading and especially liked watching cooking shows. She has a cook book collection that would be the envy of Julia Child. When asked about a favorite recipe their mom made, her daughters replied “spaghetti with sauce from a jar”. As the heartbeat of their home Carol gave her children the gift of an everlasting influence of love.
Carol was the loving mother of Wayne S. Cameron II and his wife Nikki of Hopatcong, Heather C. Cameron of Denver, CO, Rachel M. Wayman and her husband Al of Thompson, PA, and Jonathan A. Kopacz of Thompson, PA; cherished grandmother of Emma Cameron, and Kaleb Cameron – Pesek; daughter of Stanley Kopacz and the late Caroline Kopacz; dear sister of Joan Deodato and her husband Guy, Patti Decker and her husband Richie, Nancy Salzer and her husband Ken, Debbie Dilkes, Annette Smith, Margaret Papageorge and her husband Nick, Janet Holland and her husband Ken, and Jackie Collins and her husband Dave; loved sister of the late Stanley Kopacz and his surviving wife Geraldine.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Jefferson Township Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 300, 827 Route 15 South, Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey 07849
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Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 1, 2013 at Immaculate Heart of Mary, 630 Ratzer Road, Wayne (across the street from the funeral home) where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
February 24, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 1, 2013 at Immaculate Heart of Mary, 630 Ratzer Road, Wayne (across the street from the funeral home) where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Carol Ann Kopacz age 68 of Lake Shawnee, formerly of Butler, died peacefully with the comfort of family by her side, on Sunday, February 24, 2013.
Carol was born, the second of ten children, in Bayonne, New Jersey, and raised in Staten Island New York. She graduated from Saint Joseph high School, Milwaukee, WI with the Class of 1962 while she was living in a convent in preparation to become a Nun. Carol never did become a Religious Sister but continued her education. She received her bachelors degree with a major in History and minor in Sociology from Dominican Collage and went on to get her Master’s Degree in Teaching Arts from William Paterson College. Additionally, she received a Masters degree in Educational Administration from Caldwell College in 2007.
She worked for the Passaic County Probation Department as a probation officer for over thirty years before retiring in 2005. At the start of her career, this profession was unique for a woman to hold. What was more unique was the fact that as a young woman she was enrolled in the Franciscan Order to be a Nun.
Carol will be remembered as being reserved, yet was a strong willed multitasker. She was a single mom juggling career, home, finances, and children for many years. She loved reading and especially liked watching cooking shows. She has a cook book collection that would be the envy of Julia Child. When asked about a favorite recipe their mom made, her daughters replied “spaghetti with sauce from a jar”. As the heartbeat of their home Carol gave her children the gift of an everlasting influence of love.
Carol was the loving mother of Wayne S. Cameron II and his wife Nikki of Hopatcong, Heather C. Cameron of Denver, CO, Rachel M. Wayman and her husband Al of Thompson, PA, and Jonathan A. Kopacz of Thompson, PA; cherished grandmother of Emma Cameron, and Kaleb Cameron – Pesek; daughter of Stanley Kopacz and the late Caroline Kopacz; dear sister of Joan Deodato and her husband Guy, Patti Decker and her husband Richie, Nancy Salzer and her husband Ken, Debbie Dilkes, Annette Smith, Margaret Papageorge and her husband Nick, Janet Holland and her husband Ken, and Jackie Collins and her husband Dave; loved sister of the late Stanley Kopacz and his surviving wife Geraldine.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Jefferson Township Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 300, 827 Route 15 South, Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey 07849
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