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October 9, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 12, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 9 AM. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Paterson.
Dolores M. Morea (nee Shakal), age 76 of Wayne, died suddenly on Tuesday, October 9, 2012.
She was affectionately known as “Dee”.
Dee grew up on Chadwick Street in South Paterson. She attended School #8 and then graduated from Central High School with the class of 1953. Shortly thereafter while attending a Saturday night dance at the local YMCA, she met Philip Morea. The moment Phil laid eyes on her, he told his friends “I’m going to marry that girl”. They danced the whole night together and were married on September 12, 1954. They enjoyed a honeymoon in the Pocono’s and settled in Paterson. They moved to East Paterson and then finally moved into their home in Wayne in 1963 where they have happily lived for forty nine years.
Throughout their marriage, Dee and Phil traveled the world over. They’ve been on many cruises, traveled to Italy, Greece, and Turkey, just to name a few. More recently, they traveled with the Wayne Golden Age Circle to Branson, Missouri and South Dakota. Aruba was by far her favorite vacation spot and she was fortunate to have spent an entire month there on one of her visits – she didn’t want to come home!
Dee was, by all accounts, the ‘hostess with the mostest’. She was an excellent cook and always prepared a feast. Leftovers were common and abundant. She was ‘everyone’s mom’, always concerned about others and cooking for every occasion. Cooking was both her hobby and passion. Christmas was her favorite holiday and her house was always decorated to the nines – inside and out. She was simply a loving and festive person; full of love for her family and friends.
During the 1980’s and 1990’s, she helped to run the family restaurant, Francino’s, in New Milford, NJ. She was the hostess, the bookkeeper, and the food ordering specialist. You name it – she did it. She was truly a terrific hostess, given how sociable she was, and everyone loved her there. She will be sadly missed by all of her dear family and friends.
Dee is survived by her loving husband of fifty eight years; Phil of Wayne, three devoted children; Dawn Morea of Woodland Park, Robert Morea and his wife Deanna of Brooklyn, NY, and Donna Morea of Greenwood Lake, NJ, two sisters; Gloria Bsales and her husband Michael of Wayne and Joan DeBlasio and her husband Patsy of Wanaque, NJ, five grandchildren; Daniela Terrana and her fiancé Michael of Saddle Brook, NJ, Kenny Paliana of Elmwood Park, Alisha Paliana of Clifton, and Anderson and Blake Morea of Brooklyn, NY. She was predeceased by her brother Elias Shakal in 2000.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Brain Aneurism Foundation, 296 Hanover St, Bldg 3, Hanover, MA 02339 would be greatly appreciated. www.bafound.org
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 12, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 9 AM. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Paterson.
October 9, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 12, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 9 AM. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Paterson.
Dolores M. Morea (nee Shakal), age 76 of Wayne, died suddenly on Tuesday, October 9, 2012.
She was affectionately known as “Dee”.
Dee grew up on Chadwick Street in South Paterson. She attended School #8 and then graduated from Central High School with the class of 1953. Shortly thereafter while attending a Saturday night dance at the local YMCA, she met Philip Morea. The moment Phil laid eyes on her, he told his friends “I’m going to marry that girl”. They danced the whole night together and were married on September 12, 1954. They enjoyed a honeymoon in the Pocono’s and settled in Paterson. They moved to East Paterson and then finally moved into their home in Wayne in 1963 where they have happily lived for forty nine years.
Throughout their marriage, Dee and Phil traveled the world over. They’ve been on many cruises, traveled to Italy, Greece, and Turkey, just to name a few. More recently, they traveled with the Wayne Golden Age Circle to Branson, Missouri and South Dakota. Aruba was by far her favorite vacation spot and she was fortunate to have spent an entire month there on one of her visits – she didn’t want to come home!
Dee was, by all accounts, the ‘hostess with the mostest’. She was an excellent cook and always prepared a feast. Leftovers were common and abundant. She was ‘everyone’s mom’, always concerned about others and cooking for every occasion. Cooking was both her hobby and passion. Christmas was her favorite holiday and her house was always decorated to the nines – inside and out. She was simply a loving and festive person; full of love for her family and friends.
During the 1980’s and 1990’s, she helped to run the family restaurant, Francino’s, in New Milford, NJ. She was the hostess, the bookkeeper, and the food ordering specialist. You name it – she did it. She was truly a terrific hostess, given how sociable she was, and everyone loved her there. She will be sadly missed by all of her dear family and friends.
Dee is survived by her loving husband of fifty eight years; Phil of Wayne, three devoted children; Dawn Morea of Woodland Park, Robert Morea and his wife Deanna of Brooklyn, NY, and Donna Morea of Greenwood Lake, NJ, two sisters; Gloria Bsales and her husband Michael of Wayne and Joan DeBlasio and her husband Patsy of Wanaque, NJ, five grandchildren; Daniela Terrana and her fiancé Michael of Saddle Brook, NJ, Kenny Paliana of Elmwood Park, Alisha Paliana of Clifton, and Anderson and Blake Morea of Brooklyn, NY. She was predeceased by her brother Elias Shakal in 2000.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Brain Aneurism Foundation, 296 Hanover St, Bldg 3, Hanover, MA 02339 would be greatly appreciated. www.bafound.org
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