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September 29, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, October 3, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday from the funeral home, then to St. Frances of Assisi RC Church, 868 Ringwood Avenue, Haskell where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Elizabeth “Betty” Rubiski, age 79 of Haskell, died at home on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 with her family gathered at her bedside. She fought a courageous two year battle with cancer.
Betty was born in Paterson, NJ and graduated from Central High School with the class of 1950.
Betty had been a teller at Wayne Savings for several years in Wayne and at PNC Bank on Hamburg Turnpike. She retired from there in 1995.
On one day in the 1950’s, Betty had been out with her brother at the J&J Tavern in South Paterson when she caught the attention of Joe Rubiski. They hit it off that night and decided to go out to a club in Newark for their first date. That date proved to be a success and they were married on September 26, 1959 at St. Agnes Church in Paterson. They took a honeymoon together to Virginia and toured Washington, D.C. as well. Her family treated her to a Bermuda cruise for their fiftieth wedding anniversary and they celebrated their fifty-second wedding anniversary just a few days ago.
Betty’s heart was in her home and she loved taking care of her family. She was very organized and had her way of keeping everyone else organized too – even if it meant ‘bossing’ them around a bit. She lived in Haskell for more than fifty years and would have large family gatherings at her house, especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas, with so many people they didn’t all know where to sit. But her family members all have great memories of those good times spent together. She was also very active in her children’s lives; attending all their school events and she helped found the Boy Scout Troop 132 in Haskell where she served as Secretary and Treasurer. She was also very influential with her children’s Catholic education, always being sure that they made it to church. Her family included a few four-legged members as well. There was Pudgy, Lady, and Mandy, who all passed away, and currently they have Crystal. Each of her dogs were as much a part of her family as anyone else and she loved them all dearly. While she was ill, Crystal would jump into bed with Betty and snuggle, bringing her comfort. Crystal has been wondering around the house, as if searching, ever since Betty passed away on Wednesday.
Betty is survived by her devoted husband Joseph, five children; Joseph S. Rubiski and his wife Sharon of Vernon, Diane Lane and her husband Robert of Vernon, Leslie Vitale of Haskell, Carl Vitale and his wife Jackie of Kinnelon, and Michael Vitale and his wife Irene of Haskell, six grandchildren; Alicia Rubiski of Vernon, Christina Thompson and her husband Richard of West Milford, Sean Gallanthen of Haskell, and Michele Vitale of Haskell, Carl Vitale of Texas, and Melissa Coats of Indiana, three great-grandchildren; Clay, Lauren, and Reigan, a sister; Rose Rolando of Haledon, a brother; Hugh Townsley of Haskell, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three brothers; John, Ed, and Vince Townsley.
Donations in Elizabeth’s memory to either the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or the Bloomingdale Animal Shelter, 23 Brandt Lane, Bloomingdale, NJ 07403 would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, October 3, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday from the funeral home, then to St. Frances of Assisi RC Church, 868 Ringwood Avenue, Haskell where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
September 29, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, October 3, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday from the funeral home, then to St. Frances of Assisi RC Church, 868 Ringwood Avenue, Haskell where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Elizabeth “Betty” Rubiski, age 79 of Haskell, died at home on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 with her family gathered at her bedside. She fought a courageous two year battle with cancer.
Betty was born in Paterson, NJ and graduated from Central High School with the class of 1950.
Betty had been a teller at Wayne Savings for several years in Wayne and at PNC Bank on Hamburg Turnpike. She retired from there in 1995.
On one day in the 1950’s, Betty had been out with her brother at the J&J Tavern in South Paterson when she caught the attention of Joe Rubiski. They hit it off that night and decided to go out to a club in Newark for their first date. That date proved to be a success and they were married on September 26, 1959 at St. Agnes Church in Paterson. They took a honeymoon together to Virginia and toured Washington, D.C. as well. Her family treated her to a Bermuda cruise for their fiftieth wedding anniversary and they celebrated their fifty-second wedding anniversary just a few days ago.
Betty’s heart was in her home and she loved taking care of her family. She was very organized and had her way of keeping everyone else organized too – even if it meant ‘bossing’ them around a bit. She lived in Haskell for more than fifty years and would have large family gatherings at her house, especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas, with so many people they didn’t all know where to sit. But her family members all have great memories of those good times spent together. She was also very active in her children’s lives; attending all their school events and she helped found the Boy Scout Troop 132 in Haskell where she served as Secretary and Treasurer. She was also very influential with her children’s Catholic education, always being sure that they made it to church. Her family included a few four-legged members as well. There was Pudgy, Lady, and Mandy, who all passed away, and currently they have Crystal. Each of her dogs were as much a part of her family as anyone else and she loved them all dearly. While she was ill, Crystal would jump into bed with Betty and snuggle, bringing her comfort. Crystal has been wondering around the house, as if searching, ever since Betty passed away on Wednesday.
Betty is survived by her devoted husband Joseph, five children; Joseph S. Rubiski and his wife Sharon of Vernon, Diane Lane and her husband Robert of Vernon, Leslie Vitale of Haskell, Carl Vitale and his wife Jackie of Kinnelon, and Michael Vitale and his wife Irene of Haskell, six grandchildren; Alicia Rubiski of Vernon, Christina Thompson and her husband Richard of West Milford, Sean Gallanthen of Haskell, and Michele Vitale of Haskell, Carl Vitale of Texas, and Melissa Coats of Indiana, three great-grandchildren; Clay, Lauren, and Reigan, a sister; Rose Rolando of Haledon, a brother; Hugh Townsley of Haskell, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three brothers; John, Ed, and Vince Townsley.
Donations in Elizabeth’s memory to either the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or the Bloomingdale Animal Shelter, 23 Brandt Lane, Bloomingdale, NJ 07403 would be greatly appreciated.
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