Dorothy Meurer

Dorothy “Dottie” “Maka” A.  Meurer, age 75, of Wayne (35 years), Sunrise Beach, Forked River (15 years), and Englewood, Florida (10 years), passed peacefully at her son’s home in Ridgefield on Saturday, November 28, 2020 with the comfort of family by her side.

Dorothy was a graduate of Pompton Lakes High School with the Class of 1963. During her senior year she was voted Cardinal Queen – Ms. Pompton Lakes and served as Treasurer of her class. During her high school years she met the love of her life Jack Meurer. Jack was a few years older than Dottie and would wait for her at The Cardinal – a sweet shop across from the high school. They fell deeply in love and Jack proposed marriage in his 1957 yellow and white Ford.  They were married by Dottie’s cousin Fr. Ray McKeon at Saint Marys Church in Pompton Lakes on May 2, 1964.  They honeymooned at The Sands Hotel in Miami Beach Florida and their marriage was blessed with two children Bobby and Dana.

Dottie’s working life includes her first job working at a shoe store in Pompton Lakes. After high school she got a secretarial job at the State Rehabilitation Center in Paterson having also worked as a crossing guard for the Township of Wayne and in a secretarial capacity at Jersey Specialty in Wayne.  For several years she worked as an executive administrative assistant at the Corporate World Headquarters of the Toshiba America Corporation in Totowa. Before retiring in 2000 Dottie worked as a trade show manager for the Reed Elsenier Corporation where she was responsible for getting vendors to commit to booths and corporate sponsorships at both national and international trade shows.

She will be lovingly remembered for her friendly and kind hearted personality.  She had a smile and a hug for just about everyone she met and was extremely sociable. Most of all she adored her family and especially her grandchildren.  Dottie was given the nickname Maka because her granddaughter Shayne couldn’t pronounce the word grandma but instead referred to Dottie as Maka. The name stuck and she is referred to as Maka to this day.

Dottie was the loving wife of fifty-six years to Jack Meurer; devoted mother of Bobby Meurer and his wife Isabelle of Ridgefield and Dana McNally of Bradley Beach; she was the cherished grandmother of Joseph, Nicholas, Gianna, and Francesca Meurer and Shayne, Brady, and Dale McNally; she was also the dearly loved sister of the late Bill and John Potter.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Salvation Army would be greatly appreciated.