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May 5, 2025
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Friday, May 9, 2025 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne NJ. Funeral services will be held 9:30am on Saturday, May 10, 2025 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd, Wayne, NJ where at 10:30am a funeral service will be celebrated.
Elaine M Mingo (nee Tibus), age 90, of Wayne passed away peacefully at home on Monday, May 5, 2025 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Elaine M Mingo was born in Clifton, NJ and attended Clifton schools. She graduated Passaic General Hospital School of Nursing and attended Providence Lying-In Hospital in Rhode Island for post graduate study in obstetrics.
An active volunteer in Wayne Township all her life, she coached PAL and Our Lady of the Valley cheerleading squads and was the editor of the PAL newsletter. She worked in crisis intervention at the Wayne Counseling Center and was a member of the medical team for Special Olympics. For 18 years, Elaine was an active member of the Wayne First Aid Squad and as an exempt member continued to volunteer on the fund drive committee.
Our Lady of the Valley Parish in Wayne, was blessed with Elaine’s membership since the 1960s. She regularly prepared meals for Eva’s Kitchen and participated in the Cornerstone Women’s Retreats. Her love of knitting and crocheting inspired her to start the church’s Prayer Shawl Ministry more than 20 years ago. In 2015, she received The Vivere Christus Award in recognition of her outstanding and faithful service.
Elaine started her nursing career at Passaic General Hospital. For 20 years she was employed by Hospital Nurses Registry doing private duty, and was a staff nurse at Little Sisters of the Poor in Totowa until she retired.
She was predeceased by her husband of 41 years, James A. Mingo, of Wayne, NJ; her father and mother, John and Mary Tibus of Clifton, NJ; and her brother, John D. Tibus of Springdale, Utah.
Surviving is a loving and devoted family. Sons James G. Mingo of Wayne, NJ; Gerard J. Mingo of Wayne, NJ, partner Donna Cahill, and grandsons Michael and Matthew. Daughters Christine Mingo Byrd and grandson Justin of PA; Marianne Mingo Hazzard, husband Thomas and grandsons Jonathan and Joshua of Lake Worth, FL.
More than anything, Elaine loved the Lord, her family, friends, and neighborhood - with all her heart and soul. She was a giver! If you stopped by her home, which was always open and welcoming, you’d likely find her knitting, share a few laughs, and she would definitely try to feed you. She loved to cook, had a great sense of humor, and always put others first.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Wayne First Aid Squad.
For those unable to attend in person, the funeral mass will also be livestreamed. Please click the link below to watch livestream.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Friday, May 9, 2025 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne NJ. Funeral services will be held 9:30am on Saturday, May 10, 2025 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd, Wayne, NJ where at 10:30am a funeral service will be celebrated.
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