Christine Jaeger (McGetrick), age 85 of Pompton Plains, died at home on Wednesday, November 14, 2018.

She owned Christine Models & Casting, a company she operated for nearly forty years. Prior to that she was a Stylist with Fashion Productions in New York.  After moving to New Jersey, Chris became a model and subsequently purchased the agency she worked for.  She chose the name Christine Models in honor of her mother, Christine McGetrick.  The adventures were many during her long career but the highlight came on her 70th birthday.  She was doing a fashion show in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria and a cake was wheeled out onto the stage as the audience of 2,000 people sang Happy Birthday to her.  As Chris would often times say; "there aren't many people who get that honor bestowed on them".

Christine’s childhood was spent in Brooklyn, where she was raised in the Prospect Park section.  She earned a full scholarship to Bishop McDonnell High School where she graduated in 1951.  She began working at the local V.A. Hospital where she met Dick Jaeger, a young soldier returning from a tour in Korea.  After courting for a few years, they were married on June 25, 1960 at St. Therese of Lisieux Church in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. They honeymooned in Miami Beach before settling into an apartment on Kermit Pl. in Brooklyn.  Dick’s mother owned the building and all of the apartments were occupied by family members.  Christine never had to worry about finding a babysitter as long as she lived there!  Several years later, they moved across town to Schenectady Ave., just a few doors away from Christine’s parents.  Once again, she never had to search for a babysitter with her parents living so close by.  In 1972, with a growing family, Christine and Dick moved to Wayne, NJ.  They enjoyed thirty-four years of marriage before Dick passed away in 1994.

Christine was a very social person.  Wherever she went, she quickly made many friends and found plenty of fun things to do.  She maintained a large group of friends in Brooklyn, Packanack Lake in Wayne, at Lake Wallkill in Sussex, NJ and more recently at Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains.  She often stepped right in and became the ringleader of sorts; organizing gatherings, card games, and even a fashion show!  In Wayne, she became very involved at Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church.  A lector, Eucharistic minister, and communicant for many years, she loved her church home and enjoyed being involved.  She also volunteered at DePaul High School, where her children attended.

Christine is survived by her four children; Christina Russell and her husband David of Lincoln Park, Susan Ardrey and her husband Ken of Kinnelon, Richard Jaeger of Wayne, and Glen Jaeger and his girlfriend Gina of Chester, NY, five grandchildren; Richard, Gregory, Erin, Austin, and Savanah, and one brother; James McGetrick.  She was predeceased by her brother Jerry in 1982, and by her sister Catherine Walsh in 2015.