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May 4, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Mon., May 7, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Tue. May 8, 2018, from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. She will be laid to rest on Tuesday at 1 PM, with her husband Lawrence, at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, NJ.
Charlotte Susen (nee Doremus), age 92 of Wayne, died on Friday, May 4, 2018. She was a native of Passaic, NJ and had lived in East Paterson for thirty-five years.
Charlotte grew up in Passaic where he father, John Doremus, was the Assistant Fire Chief. He is forever memorialized there for having lost his life in the line of duty; he was tragically killed in 1955 when two firetrucks collided while responding to an alarm. She graduated from Passaic High School in 1943 and took her first job with Curtiss-Wright Corporation, which was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the country. It was around this time that she became acquainted with Lawrence (Larry) Susen and they began dating. They tied the knot while Larry was home on leave from the Service; November 28, 1946. Larry only had a few days available to him so they were married on Thanksgiving Day and enjoyed a brief honeymoon in Washington, D.C. They settled into an apartment in Clifton that was located directly above her father-in-law’s ice cream parlor on Ackerman Ave. In 1950 they moved to East Paterson (now Elmwood Park) and lived there for over thirty-five years, raising their family. Once her girls were a little older, she took a job managing the local LOFT’S Candies store in East Paterson. She loved it there and spent many years working at that store until it eventually closed. She then worked at the local Walgreens on Broadway, where they put her in charge of the cosmetics department. Of course, if you knew Charlotte, there is irony to that story because she never wore makeup! During their marriage, Charlotte and Larry enjoyed several cruises and loved to visit Vermont and Maine. They had a great marriage and Charlotte was truly a devoted wife to her beloved Larry.
Larry’s parents had a vacation home in Forked River where they spent many summers as a family, and countless fond memories were enjoyed there. She and Larry retired to that home in Forked River in 1985. Charlotte truly enjoyed retirement and filled her days with knitting, jigsaw puzzles, various crafts, and she especially loved to play Bingo! She was a regular on Bingo night at St. Pius X Church in Forked River. She continued to live in Forked River until shortly after Larry passed away in 1996. She then moved to Tennessee where she could be closer to her daughter, Doris, and the grandchildren there. In 2011, she moved back to New Jersey to live with her daughter, Patricia, in Wayne.
Charlotte is survived by her two daughters; Doris Susen-Schultz and her husband Anthony of Greeneville, TN, and Patricia Marosits and her husband Robert of Wayne, six grandchildren: Jennifer Dempsey and her husband Kevin, Lawrence Boros and his wife Jenn, Jason Boros and his wife Lauren, Victoria Scaturro and her husband Joseph, Darlene Ciresi and her husband Samuel, and Melissa Petriello and her husband Matthew, and ten great-grandchildren; Morgan, Rylee, Jason Jr., Mason, Gabriella, Daniella, Fiorella, Summer, Natalia, and Quinn, with one more great-grandchild expected soon!
Friends wishing to make a donation in Charlotte’s memory are asked to please consider her church; Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Mon., May 7, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Tue. May 8, 2018, from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. She will be laid to rest on Tuesday at 1 PM, with her husband Lawrence, at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, NJ.
May 4, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Mon., May 7, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Tue. May 8, 2018, from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. She will be laid to rest on Tuesday at 1 PM, with her husband Lawrence, at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, NJ.
Charlotte Susen (nee Doremus), age 92 of Wayne, died on Friday, May 4, 2018. She was a native of Passaic, NJ and had lived in East Paterson for thirty-five years.
Charlotte grew up in Passaic where he father, John Doremus, was the Assistant Fire Chief. He is forever memorialized there for having lost his life in the line of duty; he was tragically killed in 1955 when two firetrucks collided while responding to an alarm. She graduated from Passaic High School in 1943 and took her first job with Curtiss-Wright Corporation, which was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the country. It was around this time that she became acquainted with Lawrence (Larry) Susen and they began dating. They tied the knot while Larry was home on leave from the Service; November 28, 1946. Larry only had a few days available to him so they were married on Thanksgiving Day and enjoyed a brief honeymoon in Washington, D.C. They settled into an apartment in Clifton that was located directly above her father-in-law’s ice cream parlor on Ackerman Ave. In 1950 they moved to East Paterson (now Elmwood Park) and lived there for over thirty-five years, raising their family. Once her girls were a little older, she took a job managing the local LOFT’S Candies store in East Paterson. She loved it there and spent many years working at that store until it eventually closed. She then worked at the local Walgreens on Broadway, where they put her in charge of the cosmetics department. Of course, if you knew Charlotte, there is irony to that story because she never wore makeup! During their marriage, Charlotte and Larry enjoyed several cruises and loved to visit Vermont and Maine. They had a great marriage and Charlotte was truly a devoted wife to her beloved Larry.
Larry’s parents had a vacation home in Forked River where they spent many summers as a family, and countless fond memories were enjoyed there. She and Larry retired to that home in Forked River in 1985. Charlotte truly enjoyed retirement and filled her days with knitting, jigsaw puzzles, various crafts, and she especially loved to play Bingo! She was a regular on Bingo night at St. Pius X Church in Forked River. She continued to live in Forked River until shortly after Larry passed away in 1996. She then moved to Tennessee where she could be closer to her daughter, Doris, and the grandchildren there. In 2011, she moved back to New Jersey to live with her daughter, Patricia, in Wayne.
Charlotte is survived by her two daughters; Doris Susen-Schultz and her husband Anthony of Greeneville, TN, and Patricia Marosits and her husband Robert of Wayne, six grandchildren: Jennifer Dempsey and her husband Kevin, Lawrence Boros and his wife Jenn, Jason Boros and his wife Lauren, Victoria Scaturro and her husband Joseph, Darlene Ciresi and her husband Samuel, and Melissa Petriello and her husband Matthew, and ten great-grandchildren; Morgan, Rylee, Jason Jr., Mason, Gabriella, Daniella, Fiorella, Summer, Natalia, and Quinn, with one more great-grandchild expected soon!
Friends wishing to make a donation in Charlotte’s memory are asked to please consider her church; Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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