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November 15, 2011
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Dorothy “Dot” Nigra age 93 of Little Falls died peacefully on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at the Arbor Glenn Care Center, Cedar Grove.
She was born in Newark and moved to Little Falls to live with her Aunt Jenny and Uncle Bogurt Appledorn at the age of thirteen. She worked at the Beattie Carpet Mill in Little Falls as a knot tier. She married Arthur H. Nigra in 1937 and they owned and operated the A&A Valley Service Station on Main Street in Little Falls together for many years. In their retirement Dorothy and Arthur traveled extensively and almost finished their quest to travel to every State of the United States.
Dorothy was a “tough cookie” and ran a tight ship. Her home was immaculate and organized. Although tough on the outside she was really a loving and caring person on the inside. If anyone in the family suffered from any ailment or illness, they made their way to Dorothy’s house where she would nurse them back to health with all her love.
Dorothy dedicated much her life to caring for her daughter Janice and helping her with her struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. Even as Dot struggled with dementia in her latter years, her motherly instincts never faltered in her care for Janice.
Dorothy was the loving wife of sixty-six years to the late Arthur H. Nigra (2004); loving mother of the late Jon A. Nigra(2002) and Janice Nigra of Little Falls; sister of the late Jeannette Markle(2009) and the late John Markle; cherished grandmother of Tracey Rice of Jersey City; loved great-grandmother of Samantha Rice.
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Information about a future memorial service will be posted here once plans are complete. Please check back.
November 15, 2011
Services
Information about a future memorial service will be posted here once plans are complete. Please check back.
Dorothy “Dot” Nigra age 93 of Little Falls died peacefully on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at the Arbor Glenn Care Center, Cedar Grove.
She was born in Newark and moved to Little Falls to live with her Aunt Jenny and Uncle Bogurt Appledorn at the age of thirteen. She worked at the Beattie Carpet Mill in Little Falls as a knot tier. She married Arthur H. Nigra in 1937 and they owned and operated the A&A Valley Service Station on Main Street in Little Falls together for many years. In their retirement Dorothy and Arthur traveled extensively and almost finished their quest to travel to every State of the United States.
Dorothy was a “tough cookie” and ran a tight ship. Her home was immaculate and organized. Although tough on the outside she was really a loving and caring person on the inside. If anyone in the family suffered from any ailment or illness, they made their way to Dorothy’s house where she would nurse them back to health with all her love.
Dorothy dedicated much her life to caring for her daughter Janice and helping her with her struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. Even as Dot struggled with dementia in her latter years, her motherly instincts never faltered in her care for Janice.
Dorothy was the loving wife of sixty-six years to the late Arthur H. Nigra (2004); loving mother of the late Jon A. Nigra(2002) and Janice Nigra of Little Falls; sister of the late Jeannette Markle(2009) and the late John Markle; cherished grandmother of Tracey Rice of Jersey City; loved great-grandmother of Samantha Rice.
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