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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, July 24, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held 1 PM on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Cedar Crest Village Chapel, 1 Cedar Crest Village Drive, Pompton Plains. Interment will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Doris Pettigrew Brodhead, age 96, died peacefully on Friday, July 17, 2015.
Doris Pettigrew Brodhead
Born in Paterson, N.J., on August 29, 1918, the daughter of David Pettigrew and Lillian Cooke Pettigrew, Doris Lillian Pettigrew grew up in Clifton, N.J. She died on July 17, 2015, while a resident of Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains. She graduated from Clifton High School in 1936 and New Jersey State Teachers College, now Montclair State University, in 1940. She married Edward Brodhead in 1950, who died in 2007. They made their home in the Packanack Lake section of Wayne until 2004, when they moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains.
Her four daughters survive her: Judith Brodhead (Gary Smith) of Naperville, Il; Dr. Patricia Brodhead (Joseph Eastburn) of Culver City, CA; Joan Brodhead (Jim Mog) of Paoli, PA, and Doris Brodhead (Susan Tracy) of Newton, MA. She is also survived by eight grandchildren: Matthew Smith, Sarah Smith, Garrett Smith, Chloe Eastburn, Andrew Mog, Edward Mog, Ted Brodhead, and Anna Brodhead. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Rev. J. Robert Pettigrew and David Pettigrew.
Doris began teaching in Wayne Township in 1940, when Wayne had only two elementary schools, Preakness and Mountain View. She returned to teaching social studies and English in 1965 at George Washington Junior High School and retired in 1982.
She was deeply interested in politics throughout her life, and until a few months ago led her current events discussion group at Cedar Crest as well as participating in two book groups. She was a daily reader of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Doris was a former president of the League of Women Voters of Wayne and an active voter registrar. She was especially pleased to have lived long enough to vote in nineteen presidential elections.
Donations in her memory can be made to Eva's Village, 393 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07501 or at http://evasvillage.org/donate.shtml.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, July 24, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held 1 PM on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Cedar Crest Village Chapel, 1 Cedar Crest Village Drive, Pompton Plains. Interment will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, July 24, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held 1 PM on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Cedar Crest Village Chapel, 1 Cedar Crest Village Drive, Pompton Plains. Interment will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Doris Pettigrew Brodhead, age 96, died peacefully on Friday, July 17, 2015.
Doris Pettigrew Brodhead
Born in Paterson, N.J., on August 29, 1918, the daughter of David Pettigrew and Lillian Cooke Pettigrew, Doris Lillian Pettigrew grew up in Clifton, N.J. She died on July 17, 2015, while a resident of Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains. She graduated from Clifton High School in 1936 and New Jersey State Teachers College, now Montclair State University, in 1940. She married Edward Brodhead in 1950, who died in 2007. They made their home in the Packanack Lake section of Wayne until 2004, when they moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains.
Her four daughters survive her: Judith Brodhead (Gary Smith) of Naperville, Il; Dr. Patricia Brodhead (Joseph Eastburn) of Culver City, CA; Joan Brodhead (Jim Mog) of Paoli, PA, and Doris Brodhead (Susan Tracy) of Newton, MA. She is also survived by eight grandchildren: Matthew Smith, Sarah Smith, Garrett Smith, Chloe Eastburn, Andrew Mog, Edward Mog, Ted Brodhead, and Anna Brodhead. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Rev. J. Robert Pettigrew and David Pettigrew.
Doris began teaching in Wayne Township in 1940, when Wayne had only two elementary schools, Preakness and Mountain View. She returned to teaching social studies and English in 1965 at George Washington Junior High School and retired in 1982.
She was deeply interested in politics throughout her life, and until a few months ago led her current events discussion group at Cedar Crest as well as participating in two book groups. She was a daily reader of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Doris was a former president of the League of Women Voters of Wayne and an active voter registrar. She was especially pleased to have lived long enough to vote in nineteen presidential elections.
Donations in her memory can be made to Eva's Village, 393 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07501 or at http://evasvillage.org/donate.shtml.
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