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Friends may visit with the family on Monday, September 19, 2016 from 1-4 and 6-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 10 AM funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Doris Krisa (Okolski), age 88, of Wayne passed Saturday, September 17, 2016.
age 88, of Wayne, passed away quietly surrounded by her family on Saturday, September 17, 2016.
Daughter of the late Marie (Vladyka) Okolski and Louis Okloski. Dear sister of the late Louis Okolski Jr. She was born and raised in Garfield having graduated from Garfield High School with the Class of 1945.
Doris met a young man named Paul Krisa, Sr. while at a New Year’s Eve party and soon they fell in love. After three years of dating, they married on September 4, 1948 at Three Saints Church in Garfield and honeymooned in New England and Canada. They initially lived with Paul’s parents in Passaic and after a few years moved to their own home at 300 President Street in Saddle Brook. Out of their love came a bubbly, happy little boy, which they named Paul. Soon thereafter they bought a home at 20 Anderson Drive in Clifton where he spent his formative years. Doris and Paul maintained their home in Clifton until his passing in July 1982. Doris then moved to be closer to her son and his family. Her granddaughters were thrilled Grandma had moved closer.
Doris will be remembered as an outgoing, giving, trusting person who was very independent until just recently. She had a talent for arranging flowers and merged that into a hat making business. She ran a shop out of her home in Saddle Brook. For a time she also worked in the collections department of the Passaic National Bank. She loved to watch old movies, and enjoyed having her girlfriends over to play cards and Mahjong (she was very good at it).
Beyond being an amazing mother and grandmother, she was a terrific cook! She loved making cavatelli and broccoli and rice pudding for her granddaughters Lauren and Melissa. Her memorable dishes will be greatly missed.
Doris was the loving wife of 36 years to the late Paul Krisa, Sr. (1982) devoted mother of
Dr. Paul Krisa and his wife Maria; cherished grandmother of Lauren Hannan and her husband James, and Melissa Krisa and her fiancé Michael Madaio. Dear sister of the late Louis Okolski Jr.
Those contemplating a memorial donation are asked to consider St Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept 142, Memphis, TN, 38148-0142.
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Friends may visit with the family on Monday, September 19, 2016 from 1-4 and 6-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 10 AM funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, September 19, 2016 from 1-4 and 6-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 10 AM funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Doris Krisa (Okolski), age 88, of Wayne passed Saturday, September 17, 2016.
age 88, of Wayne, passed away quietly surrounded by her family on Saturday, September 17, 2016.
Daughter of the late Marie (Vladyka) Okolski and Louis Okloski. Dear sister of the late Louis Okolski Jr. She was born and raised in Garfield having graduated from Garfield High School with the Class of 1945.
Doris met a young man named Paul Krisa, Sr. while at a New Year’s Eve party and soon they fell in love. After three years of dating, they married on September 4, 1948 at Three Saints Church in Garfield and honeymooned in New England and Canada. They initially lived with Paul’s parents in Passaic and after a few years moved to their own home at 300 President Street in Saddle Brook. Out of their love came a bubbly, happy little boy, which they named Paul. Soon thereafter they bought a home at 20 Anderson Drive in Clifton where he spent his formative years. Doris and Paul maintained their home in Clifton until his passing in July 1982. Doris then moved to be closer to her son and his family. Her granddaughters were thrilled Grandma had moved closer.
Doris will be remembered as an outgoing, giving, trusting person who was very independent until just recently. She had a talent for arranging flowers and merged that into a hat making business. She ran a shop out of her home in Saddle Brook. For a time she also worked in the collections department of the Passaic National Bank. She loved to watch old movies, and enjoyed having her girlfriends over to play cards and Mahjong (she was very good at it).
Beyond being an amazing mother and grandmother, she was a terrific cook! She loved making cavatelli and broccoli and rice pudding for her granddaughters Lauren and Melissa. Her memorable dishes will be greatly missed.
Doris was the loving wife of 36 years to the late Paul Krisa, Sr. (1982) devoted mother of
Dr. Paul Krisa and his wife Maria; cherished grandmother of Lauren Hannan and her husband James, and Melissa Krisa and her fiancé Michael Madaio. Dear sister of the late Louis Okolski Jr.
Those contemplating a memorial donation are asked to consider St Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept 142, Memphis, TN, 38148-0142.
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