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February 18, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Thursday February 8, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral Services will be held 10AM on Friday February 9 at the funeral home. Interment will be in Crest Haven Cemetery, Clifton.
Edith Buchanan, (nee Farrell) age 87 of Ringwood passed away peacefully on February 2, 2018 with her family by her side and receiving their loving care.
Edith was born and raised in Paterson, NJ. She lived there for many years with her family until moving to Ringwood approximately twenty-four years ago. She also has spent the last 7 years of her life at Lakeland Care Center in Haskell which she was well loved be the staff.
Edith grew up in Paterson and spent her formative years there. She learned at an early age the responsibilities of an adult. She also learned the influential lesson of a hard day’s work. Edith went to work at an early age as a seamstress. She was a seamstress for about four years. Edith would walk to work every day, and on one day in particular she met a young man that lived on the street she traveled. His name was Frank Buchanan. They got to talking over time when she would pass by and eventually they started dating. As fate would have it, they fell in love and only dated for a short time before getting married in September of 1951 at Ponds Reformed Church in Oakland, NJ.
Edith and Frank settled and stayed in Paterson and would call it their home for many years to come and raised their three children there. Subsequent to getting married, Edith decided that her career and her destiny was to be a homemaker. She and Frank decided to sacrifice any income that Edith would bring into the household, and invest her time into nurturing and caring for her husband and children. Edith was not only an extraordinary mother to her children, but was like a “second mother” to many children in her neighborhood. Many a day when her sons would come home from school as teenagers, they would find “mom” playing and entertaining the many children who lived nearby. Edith’s family reflects about her “missing her calling”, she should have been a teacher.
Edith and Frank cherished more than thirty-six years of loving and loyal marriage together until Frank’s unexpected passing in 1986. Edith was a strong-willed woman and found the strength to move on, but tragedy struck Edith’s life again in 1999 when her son Robert also unexpectedly passed away. Following her son’s passing Edith moved to Ringwood with her son Rory and his family. Apart from losing her son, this brought her joy because she was able to be close to her two grandchildren. During Edith and Frank’s time together they enjoyed traveling to various places including yearly summer vacations to North Wildwood. Edith’s strength and perseverance was probably acquired due to the fact that she was also dedicated to her Christian Faith. Edith was quite creative and took pleasure in sketching and drawing, and loved exercising her mind with crossword puzzles. But of all Edith’s talents, interests and hobbies, her greatest passion was for her family. Nothing in the world meant more to Edith than spending time with her children and grandchildren. Edith was an extraordinary person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by her family and friends alike.
Edith is survived by her two sons; Rory Buchanan and his wife Debbie of Ringwood, and Raymond Buchanan of Montclair, two grandchildren; Rory Buchanan, Jr., and Ryan Buchanan. She was predeceased by her husband Frank Buchanan in 1986 and her son Robert Buchanan in 1999.
In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to consider St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Thursday February 8, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral Services will be held 10AM on Friday February 9 at the funeral home. Interment will be in Crest Haven Cemetery, Clifton.
February 18, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Thursday February 8, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral Services will be held 10AM on Friday February 9 at the funeral home. Interment will be in Crest Haven Cemetery, Clifton.
Edith Buchanan, (nee Farrell) age 87 of Ringwood passed away peacefully on February 2, 2018 with her family by her side and receiving their loving care.
Edith was born and raised in Paterson, NJ. She lived there for many years with her family until moving to Ringwood approximately twenty-four years ago. She also has spent the last 7 years of her life at Lakeland Care Center in Haskell which she was well loved be the staff.
Edith grew up in Paterson and spent her formative years there. She learned at an early age the responsibilities of an adult. She also learned the influential lesson of a hard day’s work. Edith went to work at an early age as a seamstress. She was a seamstress for about four years. Edith would walk to work every day, and on one day in particular she met a young man that lived on the street she traveled. His name was Frank Buchanan. They got to talking over time when she would pass by and eventually they started dating. As fate would have it, they fell in love and only dated for a short time before getting married in September of 1951 at Ponds Reformed Church in Oakland, NJ.
Edith and Frank settled and stayed in Paterson and would call it their home for many years to come and raised their three children there. Subsequent to getting married, Edith decided that her career and her destiny was to be a homemaker. She and Frank decided to sacrifice any income that Edith would bring into the household, and invest her time into nurturing and caring for her husband and children. Edith was not only an extraordinary mother to her children, but was like a “second mother” to many children in her neighborhood. Many a day when her sons would come home from school as teenagers, they would find “mom” playing and entertaining the many children who lived nearby. Edith’s family reflects about her “missing her calling”, she should have been a teacher.
Edith and Frank cherished more than thirty-six years of loving and loyal marriage together until Frank’s unexpected passing in 1986. Edith was a strong-willed woman and found the strength to move on, but tragedy struck Edith’s life again in 1999 when her son Robert also unexpectedly passed away. Following her son’s passing Edith moved to Ringwood with her son Rory and his family. Apart from losing her son, this brought her joy because she was able to be close to her two grandchildren. During Edith and Frank’s time together they enjoyed traveling to various places including yearly summer vacations to North Wildwood. Edith’s strength and perseverance was probably acquired due to the fact that she was also dedicated to her Christian Faith. Edith was quite creative and took pleasure in sketching and drawing, and loved exercising her mind with crossword puzzles. But of all Edith’s talents, interests and hobbies, her greatest passion was for her family. Nothing in the world meant more to Edith than spending time with her children and grandchildren. Edith was an extraordinary person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by her family and friends alike.
Edith is survived by her two sons; Rory Buchanan and his wife Debbie of Ringwood, and Raymond Buchanan of Montclair, two grandchildren; Rory Buchanan, Jr., and Ryan Buchanan. She was predeceased by her husband Frank Buchanan in 1986 and her son Robert Buchanan in 1999.
In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to consider St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
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