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September 12, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
Deborah Ann Petkovich age 53 of Wayne died Sunday, September 12, 2010. She was born in Passaic and was raised in Wayne having lived in Clifton before returning to Wayne twenty-five years ago.
Debbie graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the Class of 1975 and later attended the Berdan Institute in Totowa where she received her degree as a Medical Assistant.
She worked as a Medical Assistant for Dr. Paul Reilly in West Caldwell for over twenty years until his passing. For the past eight years she was employed as a Medical Assistant for the Town Medical Associates of Verona.
Debbie was dedicated to her Catholic faith and was a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne. She taught CCD for over twenty years at both Holy Cross Church in Wayne and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Wayne.
She was a dedicated and loving mother who’s pride and joy was her daughter Amanda. Her love knew no bounds when it came to motherhood and her husband John said she was “meant to be a mother”.
Debbie had a very high moral standard, was a true friend, had an incredibly strong faith, was always 5 or 10 minutes early, and was a true friend to many. She enjoyed gardening, housekeeping, loved Elvis, and had a dry sense of humor. Other loves of her life where her dogs: the late Prince, a lab-shepherd mix, Snug a Rottweiler-Doberman mix and Lilly a Beagle, were all adopted.
She met her husband to be John, at the Kings Inn, Wayne – a local hangout. Both she and her friend Kathy were regulars here. On one occasion Debbie came into the Kings Inn looking for a sub to help her bowling team. John quickly raised his hand and they eventually fell in love. They were engaged on Christmas Eve in 1982 when his mother-in-law remarked “it’s about time!”. They married at Holy Cross RC Church, Wayne on October 8, 1983 and have enjoyed 27 years of loving and devoted marriage.
Debbie is survived by her loving husband John Petkovich; devoted daughter Amanda Petkovich of Wayne; cherished parents Joseph and Rose Mary Sedlacik of Wayne; loved sister of Joseph Sedlacik, Jr. and his wife Kelly of Hewitt, and Christopher Sedlacik and his wife Kathy of West Milford, and Teresa Stiles and her husband Michael of Clifton.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Hospice of NJ, 224 Hamburg Tpk, 6th Floor, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated or the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: NJSPCA http://www.njspca.org/donate-memorial.html.
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Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
September 12, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
Deborah Ann Petkovich age 53 of Wayne died Sunday, September 12, 2010. She was born in Passaic and was raised in Wayne having lived in Clifton before returning to Wayne twenty-five years ago.
Debbie graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the Class of 1975 and later attended the Berdan Institute in Totowa where she received her degree as a Medical Assistant.
She worked as a Medical Assistant for Dr. Paul Reilly in West Caldwell for over twenty years until his passing. For the past eight years she was employed as a Medical Assistant for the Town Medical Associates of Verona.
Debbie was dedicated to her Catholic faith and was a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne. She taught CCD for over twenty years at both Holy Cross Church in Wayne and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Wayne.
She was a dedicated and loving mother who’s pride and joy was her daughter Amanda. Her love knew no bounds when it came to motherhood and her husband John said she was “meant to be a mother”.
Debbie had a very high moral standard, was a true friend, had an incredibly strong faith, was always 5 or 10 minutes early, and was a true friend to many. She enjoyed gardening, housekeeping, loved Elvis, and had a dry sense of humor. Other loves of her life where her dogs: the late Prince, a lab-shepherd mix, Snug a Rottweiler-Doberman mix and Lilly a Beagle, were all adopted.
She met her husband to be John, at the Kings Inn, Wayne – a local hangout. Both she and her friend Kathy were regulars here. On one occasion Debbie came into the Kings Inn looking for a sub to help her bowling team. John quickly raised his hand and they eventually fell in love. They were engaged on Christmas Eve in 1982 when his mother-in-law remarked “it’s about time!”. They married at Holy Cross RC Church, Wayne on October 8, 1983 and have enjoyed 27 years of loving and devoted marriage.
Debbie is survived by her loving husband John Petkovich; devoted daughter Amanda Petkovich of Wayne; cherished parents Joseph and Rose Mary Sedlacik of Wayne; loved sister of Joseph Sedlacik, Jr. and his wife Kelly of Hewitt, and Christopher Sedlacik and his wife Kathy of West Milford, and Teresa Stiles and her husband Michael of Clifton.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Hospice of NJ, 224 Hamburg Tpk, 6th Floor, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated or the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: NJSPCA http://www.njspca.org/donate-memorial.html.
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