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March 26, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 3-7 PM on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:15 AM on Thursday, March 30, 2017 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of Pompei RC Church, 70 Murray Avenue, Paterson where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
Christine Parese, age 65, of Wayne, passed Sunday, March 26, 2017.
Born in Paterson to Frank and the late Genevieve Parese, Christine was raised in West Paterson, graduating from Passaic Valley High School with the Class of 1969. A proud twirler for the Passaic Valley Hornets, Chris still had her twirler batons and high school varsity jacket emblazoned with crisscrossed batons. Christine graduated from Montclair State College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
Just out of high school Christine found work at the Singer-Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation in West Paterson and was the lead Finance Specialist for many years before retirement. She always enjoyed her work and was especially proud of her assignments relating to NASA and the Space Shuttle Program.
Christine was fond of travel, visiting England, China and the Caribbean. However, her favorite destination was much closer to home at Seaside Heights and the Jersey Shore. As her dad once said, “She had salt water in her veins.” For many years Christine enjoyed a beachfront home in Seaside Heights and truly loved socializing with all the family and friends in that community and with those who visited. In fact, anyone who stayed overnight was required to attend a balcony view of the sunrise over the ocean, regardless of what time they went to bed.
Christine loved and kept in touch regularly with an extensive circle of friends drawn from high school, work, and North and South Jersey. She will be lovingly remembered for her fun-loving and extroverted personality, mischievous sense of humor, big laugh, and love of bling. She had beautiful taste in decorating and was meticulous to a fault. In both Wayne and Seaside, everything had its place and was chosen with care. Chris was also known for her holiday contributions. For years she was in charge of the stuffing at Thanksgiving, and could always be counted on for her delicious gourmet cornbread casserole and outrageous cranberry sauce.
Christine is the loving daughter of Frank Parese of Seaside Heights and the late Genevieve Parese; cherished wife of the late John McDiarmid (2007); loved sister of Robert Parese of Paterson. She will be sorely missed by her stepfamily Lisa Maguire of Stockholm, Lorelei Moskowitz of Pequannock and Cassie and Michael Maguire. She is also survived by many loving maternal cousins including Elaine Landau, Joe and Tom Scehovic, James Stewart, Nancy DeCandia, Jacqueline Beraitis, Marlene Grant, Karen Smith, Lauren Perkins and Gary Wright. She will be equally missed by paternal cousins Adele Buschmann, Rosemarie Occhipinti, Shirley Maietta, and Richard Nugnes. Christine also leaves behind many loving second cousins and dear friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312. www.diabetes.org/donate
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Friends may visit with the family from 3-7 PM on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:15 AM on Thursday, March 30, 2017 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of Pompei RC Church, 70 Murray Avenue, Paterson where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
March 26, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 3-7 PM on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:15 AM on Thursday, March 30, 2017 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of Pompei RC Church, 70 Murray Avenue, Paterson where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
Christine Parese, age 65, of Wayne, passed Sunday, March 26, 2017.
Born in Paterson to Frank and the late Genevieve Parese, Christine was raised in West Paterson, graduating from Passaic Valley High School with the Class of 1969. A proud twirler for the Passaic Valley Hornets, Chris still had her twirler batons and high school varsity jacket emblazoned with crisscrossed batons. Christine graduated from Montclair State College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
Just out of high school Christine found work at the Singer-Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation in West Paterson and was the lead Finance Specialist for many years before retirement. She always enjoyed her work and was especially proud of her assignments relating to NASA and the Space Shuttle Program.
Christine was fond of travel, visiting England, China and the Caribbean. However, her favorite destination was much closer to home at Seaside Heights and the Jersey Shore. As her dad once said, “She had salt water in her veins.” For many years Christine enjoyed a beachfront home in Seaside Heights and truly loved socializing with all the family and friends in that community and with those who visited. In fact, anyone who stayed overnight was required to attend a balcony view of the sunrise over the ocean, regardless of what time they went to bed.
Christine loved and kept in touch regularly with an extensive circle of friends drawn from high school, work, and North and South Jersey. She will be lovingly remembered for her fun-loving and extroverted personality, mischievous sense of humor, big laugh, and love of bling. She had beautiful taste in decorating and was meticulous to a fault. In both Wayne and Seaside, everything had its place and was chosen with care. Chris was also known for her holiday contributions. For years she was in charge of the stuffing at Thanksgiving, and could always be counted on for her delicious gourmet cornbread casserole and outrageous cranberry sauce.
Christine is the loving daughter of Frank Parese of Seaside Heights and the late Genevieve Parese; cherished wife of the late John McDiarmid (2007); loved sister of Robert Parese of Paterson. She will be sorely missed by her stepfamily Lisa Maguire of Stockholm, Lorelei Moskowitz of Pequannock and Cassie and Michael Maguire. She is also survived by many loving maternal cousins including Elaine Landau, Joe and Tom Scehovic, James Stewart, Nancy DeCandia, Jacqueline Beraitis, Marlene Grant, Karen Smith, Lauren Perkins and Gary Wright. She will be equally missed by paternal cousins Adele Buschmann, Rosemarie Occhipinti, Shirley Maietta, and Richard Nugnes. Christine also leaves behind many loving second cousins and dear friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312. www.diabetes.org/donate
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