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November 29, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, December 4, 2014 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Diane Wilkins (Eberenz) age 71 of Garfield, formerly of Wayne, passed peacefully on Saturday, November 29, 2014.
She was born in Passaic and raised in Panama as her father was a civilian employee of the US military and in charge of finding housing for Officers of the US military. The family was living in Panama when Diane was conceived but her mother took a trip to the States and was not allowed to return to Panama as the Nazi U-Boats were sinking too many ships. Diane had fond memories of Panama and even though it was against the rules she spent much of her youth exploring the jungle with friends. When Diane was fourteen years old the family moved to Wayne, New Jersey where she graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the Class of 1961. Diane worked for the American Bible Society in Wayne for over forty-three years and was the Office Manager when she retired in 2003.
Diane loved to go anywhere there was a slot machine. She enjoyed travel and took several cruises, trips to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Seattle, and Las Vegas. If you couldn’t find her you just had to look in the casino. Her daughter Theresa recalls her making good chocolate chip cookies and rice pudding, but when it came to cooking she was best at making reservations. This was widely known in the family and at Christmas time Diane and Ted would receive enough gift cards to last them an entire year at local restaurants.
Diane and Ted met through friends at a house party. Their first date was to a diner in Fair Lawn to get to know each other over a cup of coffee. They were married in a civil ceremony at Diane’s home in Garfield with the Garfield Mayor officiating. They honeymooned in Seattle where Diane met Ted’s family, and continued on to Hawaii, and finally Las Vegas.
Diane was the loving wife of twenty-three years to Ted Wilkins; she was the devoted mother of Theresa Detrick and her husband Andy of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Samantha Detrick; dear sister of Sylvia LaCorte and her husband Ralph of Wesley Chapel, Florida, and the late David and Michael Eberenz; much loved aunt of Rachael, Ralph, and Jack LaCorte.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Diabetes Association, Center Pointe II, Suite 103, 1160 US Route 22, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, December 4, 2014 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
November 29, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, December 4, 2014 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Diane Wilkins (Eberenz) age 71 of Garfield, formerly of Wayne, passed peacefully on Saturday, November 29, 2014.
She was born in Passaic and raised in Panama as her father was a civilian employee of the US military and in charge of finding housing for Officers of the US military. The family was living in Panama when Diane was conceived but her mother took a trip to the States and was not allowed to return to Panama as the Nazi U-Boats were sinking too many ships. Diane had fond memories of Panama and even though it was against the rules she spent much of her youth exploring the jungle with friends. When Diane was fourteen years old the family moved to Wayne, New Jersey where she graduated from Wayne Valley High School with the Class of 1961. Diane worked for the American Bible Society in Wayne for over forty-three years and was the Office Manager when she retired in 2003.
Diane loved to go anywhere there was a slot machine. She enjoyed travel and took several cruises, trips to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Seattle, and Las Vegas. If you couldn’t find her you just had to look in the casino. Her daughter Theresa recalls her making good chocolate chip cookies and rice pudding, but when it came to cooking she was best at making reservations. This was widely known in the family and at Christmas time Diane and Ted would receive enough gift cards to last them an entire year at local restaurants.
Diane and Ted met through friends at a house party. Their first date was to a diner in Fair Lawn to get to know each other over a cup of coffee. They were married in a civil ceremony at Diane’s home in Garfield with the Garfield Mayor officiating. They honeymooned in Seattle where Diane met Ted’s family, and continued on to Hawaii, and finally Las Vegas.
Diane was the loving wife of twenty-three years to Ted Wilkins; she was the devoted mother of Theresa Detrick and her husband Andy of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Samantha Detrick; dear sister of Sylvia LaCorte and her husband Ralph of Wesley Chapel, Florida, and the late David and Michael Eberenz; much loved aunt of Rachael, Ralph, and Jack LaCorte.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Diabetes Association, Center Pointe II, Suite 103, 1160 US Route 22, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 would be appreciated.
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