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December 29, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held 8 PM on Wednesday, January 2, 2007 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Dorothy J. “Dot” Voag (nee Mehalco) age 80 of Hawthorne died peacefully on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at the Hackensack Hospital with her daughter Dawn and son-in-law Chuck by her side.
She was born and raised in Passaic, having lived in Haledon for thirty years before moving to Hawthorne twenty one years ago.
She was employed by the County of Passaic where she worked for eighteen years, having retired from their Wayne offices in 2001.
Dot loved to go out to eat, then like clockwork, she would complain about either the food, the service or both. She enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and was the kind of person you couldn’t talk to when Jeopardy was on television. She loved sports and enjoyed collecting antiques.
She is described by her family as a “strong” person. To understand this one has to look only as far as her childhood. When she was just a teenager, Dot was raised by her maternal grandparents as she had lost her father, a coal miner in Pennsylvania, to Black Lung. After losing her father, she, her mother and brother all came down with Tuberculosis, a common illness of the day, with only her surviving. Knowing the difficulties she encountered as a child helps one to better understand her unconditional love of family and friends.
Beloved wife of the late Robert J. Voag(1980); loving mother of Robert J. Voag, Jr. and his wife Loretta of Cypress, TX, Carl Voag and his wife Maryanne of Highland Lakes, Dawn Dunn and her husband Chuck of Hamburg, Robin Voag of Hawthorne, Jacqueline Levine and her husband John of North Haledon and Lisa Voag of Haledon; cherished grandmother of Paul and Lucy Tafuri of Wayne, Bobby and Sara Tafuri of North Haledon, Chris and Angie Tafuri of Lincoln Park, Lauren Tafuri of North Haledon, Courtney and Matt Hicks of Cypress, TX, Justin and Mindy Voag of Spring Valley, TX, Lucas and Christy Voag of Cypress, TX, Jennifer and Jesse Levine of North Haledon, Carl and Christina Voag of Highland Lakes, Charlie Dunn of Prospect Park, Steven Dunn and Denise of Puerto Rico, Celena Castillo of Cypress, TX, Lucy and Jesse Castillo of Thousand Oaks, CA and great-grandmother of Jonathan Tafuri of Wayne, Hayley, Jacob and Isabelle Voag of Cypress, TX, Lexi and Tanner Voag of Spring Valley, TX, Kayden and Kennedy Hicks of Cypress, TX, Brenton Castillo of Cypress, TX, Steven and Johnathan Dunn of Puerto Rico; she will also be missed by her much loved companions BooBoo and Weezer.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 445 Lafayette Ave., Hawthorne, NJ 07506 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held 8 PM on Wednesday, January 2, 2007 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
December 29, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held 8 PM on Wednesday, January 2, 2007 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Dorothy J. “Dot” Voag (nee Mehalco) age 80 of Hawthorne died peacefully on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at the Hackensack Hospital with her daughter Dawn and son-in-law Chuck by her side.
She was born and raised in Passaic, having lived in Haledon for thirty years before moving to Hawthorne twenty one years ago.
She was employed by the County of Passaic where she worked for eighteen years, having retired from their Wayne offices in 2001.
Dot loved to go out to eat, then like clockwork, she would complain about either the food, the service or both. She enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and was the kind of person you couldn’t talk to when Jeopardy was on television. She loved sports and enjoyed collecting antiques.
She is described by her family as a “strong” person. To understand this one has to look only as far as her childhood. When she was just a teenager, Dot was raised by her maternal grandparents as she had lost her father, a coal miner in Pennsylvania, to Black Lung. After losing her father, she, her mother and brother all came down with Tuberculosis, a common illness of the day, with only her surviving. Knowing the difficulties she encountered as a child helps one to better understand her unconditional love of family and friends.
Beloved wife of the late Robert J. Voag(1980); loving mother of Robert J. Voag, Jr. and his wife Loretta of Cypress, TX, Carl Voag and his wife Maryanne of Highland Lakes, Dawn Dunn and her husband Chuck of Hamburg, Robin Voag of Hawthorne, Jacqueline Levine and her husband John of North Haledon and Lisa Voag of Haledon; cherished grandmother of Paul and Lucy Tafuri of Wayne, Bobby and Sara Tafuri of North Haledon, Chris and Angie Tafuri of Lincoln Park, Lauren Tafuri of North Haledon, Courtney and Matt Hicks of Cypress, TX, Justin and Mindy Voag of Spring Valley, TX, Lucas and Christy Voag of Cypress, TX, Jennifer and Jesse Levine of North Haledon, Carl and Christina Voag of Highland Lakes, Charlie Dunn of Prospect Park, Steven Dunn and Denise of Puerto Rico, Celena Castillo of Cypress, TX, Lucy and Jesse Castillo of Thousand Oaks, CA and great-grandmother of Jonathan Tafuri of Wayne, Hayley, Jacob and Isabelle Voag of Cypress, TX, Lexi and Tanner Voag of Spring Valley, TX, Kayden and Kennedy Hicks of Cypress, TX, Brenton Castillo of Cypress, TX, Steven and Johnathan Dunn of Puerto Rico; she will also be missed by her much loved companions BooBoo and Weezer.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 445 Lafayette Ave., Hawthorne, NJ 07506 would be appreciated.
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