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February 27, 2013
Services
A memorial service will take place at Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 16, 2013.
Doris Hempstead (nee Pagano), of Lake Mohawk, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at the age of 80.
Doris grew up in Newark, the fourth of five children, and lived in Clifton before moving to Wayne in 1962, where she and her husband, Bill, along with many friends, built their dream home. Doris and her family spent summers at their home on Green Pond where she enjoyed water skiing and sailing. Her love of lake life, nature and gardening inspired her retirement to Lake Mohawk in 2002 where she was Secretary for the Power Boat Club for several years.
Doris graduated from Montclair State College with a B.A. in English, yet ended up teaching Art and Math in Clifton, ending her career at Woodrow Wilson Jr. H.S. Thereafter, she began a family and chose to become a full-time mom to her two children, but her passion for teaching never waned. Throughout her life Doris often volunteered her time to tutor children struggling in Algebra or English.
Doris loved playing tennis and spent a great deal of time with the “Red Eye” group – known for their pre-dawn matches - at the Knoll Racquet Club in Lake Hiawatha. She made many lifelong friends there over the years and shared her love of tennis with her granddaughter, Taylor. Doris’s competitive nature could also be seen in her serious Rumikub competitions with her grandchildren, friends, and anyone to whom she could teach the game. Doris loved the arts, and enjoyed plays, classical music, ballets, art museums, and a good mystery novel. Heather and Sam credit their love of the arts to their Grandmother. More than anything, Doris was known for her cooking and baking. An avid and diverse cook, Doris could whip up a feast from what she had in the house at any given moment, and loved to entertain.
Doris is survived by her beloved Arthur Cangialosi of Sparta; her children; Laura O’Connell and her husband Glenn of Pequannock, and Kurt Hempstead and his wife Jacqueline; six grandchildren; Heather, Samantha, Daniel, Taylor, Georgiana and Trevor; her dear friend and former tennis trainer George Hardman; one sister; Norma O’Neill of Whiting, NJ, one brother; Thomas Pagano and his wife Mary Jane of Florida, and brother-in-law; Joseph Mistretta of Morristown. Doris was predeceased by her first husband, William Hempstead, her brother, Rudolph Pagano and her sister, Gloria Mistretta.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Doris’ memory are asked to consider Compassionate Care Hospice Foundation or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
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A memorial service will take place at Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 16, 2013.
February 27, 2013
Services
A memorial service will take place at Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 16, 2013.
Doris Hempstead (nee Pagano), of Lake Mohawk, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at the age of 80.
Doris grew up in Newark, the fourth of five children, and lived in Clifton before moving to Wayne in 1962, where she and her husband, Bill, along with many friends, built their dream home. Doris and her family spent summers at their home on Green Pond where she enjoyed water skiing and sailing. Her love of lake life, nature and gardening inspired her retirement to Lake Mohawk in 2002 where she was Secretary for the Power Boat Club for several years.
Doris graduated from Montclair State College with a B.A. in English, yet ended up teaching Art and Math in Clifton, ending her career at Woodrow Wilson Jr. H.S. Thereafter, she began a family and chose to become a full-time mom to her two children, but her passion for teaching never waned. Throughout her life Doris often volunteered her time to tutor children struggling in Algebra or English.
Doris loved playing tennis and spent a great deal of time with the “Red Eye” group – known for their pre-dawn matches - at the Knoll Racquet Club in Lake Hiawatha. She made many lifelong friends there over the years and shared her love of tennis with her granddaughter, Taylor. Doris’s competitive nature could also be seen in her serious Rumikub competitions with her grandchildren, friends, and anyone to whom she could teach the game. Doris loved the arts, and enjoyed plays, classical music, ballets, art museums, and a good mystery novel. Heather and Sam credit their love of the arts to their Grandmother. More than anything, Doris was known for her cooking and baking. An avid and diverse cook, Doris could whip up a feast from what she had in the house at any given moment, and loved to entertain.
Doris is survived by her beloved Arthur Cangialosi of Sparta; her children; Laura O’Connell and her husband Glenn of Pequannock, and Kurt Hempstead and his wife Jacqueline; six grandchildren; Heather, Samantha, Daniel, Taylor, Georgiana and Trevor; her dear friend and former tennis trainer George Hardman; one sister; Norma O’Neill of Whiting, NJ, one brother; Thomas Pagano and his wife Mary Jane of Florida, and brother-in-law; Joseph Mistretta of Morristown. Doris was predeceased by her first husband, William Hempstead, her brother, Rudolph Pagano and her sister, Gloria Mistretta.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Doris’ memory are asked to consider Compassionate Care Hospice Foundation or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
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