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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 4-7 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 22, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Elizabeth Auth, age 85 of Wayne, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 with her loving husband at her bedside. She was a resident of Wayne since 1970.
Elizabeth was born in Mittelkalbach, Germany, a small farming community outside Frankfurt. She was raised on her family’s farm and later became a trained seamstress. She was able to create beautiful clothing and she even crafted her own wedding gown.
Growing up in such a small town meant that Elizabeth knew everyone. Walter Auth was one of her childhood friends who she knew since the earliest of her elementary school days, when they were both just little kids. As they matured, their friendship transformed into courtship and they found themselves in love. When Elizabeth began hinting at marriage, Walter was a bit nervous about the whole idea and unsure if he could be a good provider. Somehow, Elizabeth knew Walter better than he knew himself and she persuaded him, ever so gently, to take the next step and get married. They were wed on May 31, 1955 in Mittelkalbach and sixty one years of a loving, devoted marriage have ensued since. Walter describes her as simply “the best,” a treasure without measure. Although they quite literally had nothing when they married, Walter said he married a rich woman because she gave him everything he could have ever dreamed of having.
Shortly after marrying, they moved to America, seeking a life better than they knew in post-war Germany. They came with little more than the clothes they were wearing, but Elizabeth was a frugal one and within a few years they were able to save enough to buy a small two family home in Passaic. Within a few more years they bought a vacant lot in Wayne and began to build their dream home together, where they have lived ever since. Elizabeth tended to the landscaping and was a master at it. She had strawberries and tomatoes, beautiful trees, and she planted flowers such that they sequentially bloomed to make the beds look lovely all season long. Her children recall her being simply a wonderful mom who was a passionate caregiver, who was always there for them. They each have fond memories of Terrace Lake, where she would take the kids every day during the summer, and several family trips back to Germany. Later, she became a full-time grandmother, helping to raise her three grandchildren, sharing her love and building a special bond with each of them. They will all miss her dearly.
Elizabeth is survived by her loving and devoted husband; Walter of Wayne, three children; Sylvia Carey of Wayne, Dorothy Auth and her husband Stephen Edgington of Montclair, and Ron Auth of Cedar Knolls, three grandchildren; Audry, Henry and Grace Edgington of Montclair.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 4-7 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 22, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 4-7 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 22, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Elizabeth Auth, age 85 of Wayne, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 with her loving husband at her bedside. She was a resident of Wayne since 1970.
Elizabeth was born in Mittelkalbach, Germany, a small farming community outside Frankfurt. She was raised on her family’s farm and later became a trained seamstress. She was able to create beautiful clothing and she even crafted her own wedding gown.
Growing up in such a small town meant that Elizabeth knew everyone. Walter Auth was one of her childhood friends who she knew since the earliest of her elementary school days, when they were both just little kids. As they matured, their friendship transformed into courtship and they found themselves in love. When Elizabeth began hinting at marriage, Walter was a bit nervous about the whole idea and unsure if he could be a good provider. Somehow, Elizabeth knew Walter better than he knew himself and she persuaded him, ever so gently, to take the next step and get married. They were wed on May 31, 1955 in Mittelkalbach and sixty one years of a loving, devoted marriage have ensued since. Walter describes her as simply “the best,” a treasure without measure. Although they quite literally had nothing when they married, Walter said he married a rich woman because she gave him everything he could have ever dreamed of having.
Shortly after marrying, they moved to America, seeking a life better than they knew in post-war Germany. They came with little more than the clothes they were wearing, but Elizabeth was a frugal one and within a few years they were able to save enough to buy a small two family home in Passaic. Within a few more years they bought a vacant lot in Wayne and began to build their dream home together, where they have lived ever since. Elizabeth tended to the landscaping and was a master at it. She had strawberries and tomatoes, beautiful trees, and she planted flowers such that they sequentially bloomed to make the beds look lovely all season long. Her children recall her being simply a wonderful mom who was a passionate caregiver, who was always there for them. They each have fond memories of Terrace Lake, where she would take the kids every day during the summer, and several family trips back to Germany. Later, she became a full-time grandmother, helping to raise her three grandchildren, sharing her love and building a special bond with each of them. They will all miss her dearly.
Elizabeth is survived by her loving and devoted husband; Walter of Wayne, three children; Sylvia Carey of Wayne, Dorothy Auth and her husband Stephen Edgington of Montclair, and Ron Auth of Cedar Knolls, three grandchildren; Audry, Henry and Grace Edgington of Montclair.
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