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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Cecilia M. Sovyrda, age 82 of Wayne, died suddenly on Friday, Feb. 5, 2015 while wintering in Florida. She had been a Wayne resident since 1961, living in the Lions Head Lake section of town.
Cecilia was a full-time mom for many years, but she had also worked for the Felsway Corp., and as a sales associate at Meyer Brothers in Wayne Hills Mall. However, she received the most enjoyment as a cafeteria aide for the Wayne schools. She loved talking to children and there is no place like a school cafeteria to find an abundance of kids to talk to!
Cecilia was raised in Wilkes Barre, PA and graduated from Plains Memorial High School with the class of 1951. She met her husband, Harry, in Wilkes Barre and they married on June 26, 1954 at St. Joseph’s Church in Hudson, PA, followed by a honeymoon to Niagara Falls. They moved to Wayne in 1961 and Cecilia has lived there ever since. Never a fan of the cold winters in the Northeast, Cecilia spent many winters in Land-O-Lakes, Florida, visiting with her daughter, Diane and family.
Cecilia enjoyed traveling and had enjoyed many trips throughout the United States and to parts of Europe. She took her family to Connecticut for a month each summer to visit with family, followed by yet another month in Pennsylvania visiting with even more family. One particularly memorable trip was when the whole family went to the World’s Fair in 1965.
Cecilia was devoted to her family. Her children recall that she was a “wonderful cook” and her sausage and peppers were a family favorite. She was very caring mother and grandmother. A fun-loving person who was always full of energy and ready to go. She was a bit of a “fashionista” who always looked sharp when she went out. She will be dearly missed by many.
Cecilia is survived by her two children; Greg and his wife Cathy of Wayne, and Diane Duffen and her husband Andrew of Florida; three grandchildren; Jennifer Villafana and her husband Juan of Wayne, Brian Sovyrda and his wife Amanda of Bloomingdale, NJ, and Rachel Duffen of Land-O-lakes, FL, two greatgrandchildren; Kayla and Tessa Villafana of Wayne, NJ, three sisters; Irene Hinko of Wilkes Barre, PA, Dolores McDermott of Wilkes Barre, PA, Etta Benkelmann of West Milford, NJ, and her brother; Joseph Januszko of Wilkes Barre, PA. She was predeceased by her husband Harry in 2007.
Donations in Cecilia’s memory would be appreciated to the American Cancer Society, NJ Chapter, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601, or a veteran’s charity of your choice.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Cecilia M. Sovyrda, age 82 of Wayne, died suddenly on Friday, Feb. 5, 2015 while wintering in Florida. She had been a Wayne resident since 1961, living in the Lions Head Lake section of town.
Cecilia was a full-time mom for many years, but she had also worked for the Felsway Corp., and as a sales associate at Meyer Brothers in Wayne Hills Mall. However, she received the most enjoyment as a cafeteria aide for the Wayne schools. She loved talking to children and there is no place like a school cafeteria to find an abundance of kids to talk to!
Cecilia was raised in Wilkes Barre, PA and graduated from Plains Memorial High School with the class of 1951. She met her husband, Harry, in Wilkes Barre and they married on June 26, 1954 at St. Joseph’s Church in Hudson, PA, followed by a honeymoon to Niagara Falls. They moved to Wayne in 1961 and Cecilia has lived there ever since. Never a fan of the cold winters in the Northeast, Cecilia spent many winters in Land-O-Lakes, Florida, visiting with her daughter, Diane and family.
Cecilia enjoyed traveling and had enjoyed many trips throughout the United States and to parts of Europe. She took her family to Connecticut for a month each summer to visit with family, followed by yet another month in Pennsylvania visiting with even more family. One particularly memorable trip was when the whole family went to the World’s Fair in 1965.
Cecilia was devoted to her family. Her children recall that she was a “wonderful cook” and her sausage and peppers were a family favorite. She was very caring mother and grandmother. A fun-loving person who was always full of energy and ready to go. She was a bit of a “fashionista” who always looked sharp when she went out. She will be dearly missed by many.
Cecilia is survived by her two children; Greg and his wife Cathy of Wayne, and Diane Duffen and her husband Andrew of Florida; three grandchildren; Jennifer Villafana and her husband Juan of Wayne, Brian Sovyrda and his wife Amanda of Bloomingdale, NJ, and Rachel Duffen of Land-O-lakes, FL, two greatgrandchildren; Kayla and Tessa Villafana of Wayne, NJ, three sisters; Irene Hinko of Wilkes Barre, PA, Dolores McDermott of Wilkes Barre, PA, Etta Benkelmann of West Milford, NJ, and her brother; Joseph Januszko of Wilkes Barre, PA. She was predeceased by her husband Harry in 2007.
Donations in Cecilia’s memory would be appreciated to the American Cancer Society, NJ Chapter, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601, or a veteran’s charity of your choice.
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