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October 26, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at the funeral home, followed by burial at the East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton, NJ.
Elizabeth Caraballo, age 56 of Wayne, died peacefully on Sunday, October 26, 2014 after a valiant battle with lung cancer. Liz grew up in the Stony Road neighborhood of Paterson, right on the border with West Paterson. She graduated from Passaic Valley High School with the class of 1976.
Liz’s career began at Merrimac Industries in West Caldwell and over the years she worked for Treasure Island, Drug Fair and Walgreens. She had been a fixture at the Walgreens on Valley Road for many years. She always came home with something, be it some new kind of candy, a funny gift, or a special treat for her family.
Liz enjoyed reading and she was an excellent photographer. She loved taking pictures and her family has boxes of photos to prove it. Her greatest love was undoubtedly her family. She was a wonderful, supportive, and encouraging mom who always made sure her children knew how loved they truly were. She became a sort of surrogate mom to many of her children’s friends, some of whom endearingly call her ‘mom.” She was the ‘class mom’ in elementary school, a field trip chaperone on many occasions, and also volunteered in the school library of JFK Elementary School in Wayne. She was actively involved in their lives and always there for them. She was also a great ‘shopping buddy’ and would walk around for hours with you. She could sometimes shop all day and if her indecision got the best of her, she would come home with nothing at all. She loved to get gifts for others and rarely bought anything for herself. She was a selfless person in many ways and was always thinking about the happiness of those around her.
In 1981, Liz met her husband, Osvaldo at work. They went out together after work one day and quickly fell for each other. They married on October 6, 1985 at St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church in Paterson and had no time for a honeymoon; they went right back to work the next day! They settled into Liz’s home in Paterson before moving to Wayne in 1994. They made a great pair together and rarely had an argument that lasted for more than five minutes. She was the greatest person he ever met and he will surely miss her big heart and loving smile.
Liz is survived by her loving husband Osvaldo of Wayne, her daughter; Larissa and her husband Bosco of Parsippany, her sons; Matthew of Wayne and Osvaldo, Jr. and his wife Lori of Nutley, one sister; Raisa Ogarkow and her husband Harold Simon of Simi Valley, CA, two grandchildren; Daniel and Jessica Caraballo of Nutley, and two nephews; Christopher and Greg Simon of Simi Valley, CA.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at the funeral home, followed by burial at the East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton, NJ.
October 26, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at the funeral home, followed by burial at the East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton, NJ.
Elizabeth Caraballo, age 56 of Wayne, died peacefully on Sunday, October 26, 2014 after a valiant battle with lung cancer. Liz grew up in the Stony Road neighborhood of Paterson, right on the border with West Paterson. She graduated from Passaic Valley High School with the class of 1976.
Liz’s career began at Merrimac Industries in West Caldwell and over the years she worked for Treasure Island, Drug Fair and Walgreens. She had been a fixture at the Walgreens on Valley Road for many years. She always came home with something, be it some new kind of candy, a funny gift, or a special treat for her family.
Liz enjoyed reading and she was an excellent photographer. She loved taking pictures and her family has boxes of photos to prove it. Her greatest love was undoubtedly her family. She was a wonderful, supportive, and encouraging mom who always made sure her children knew how loved they truly were. She became a sort of surrogate mom to many of her children’s friends, some of whom endearingly call her ‘mom.” She was the ‘class mom’ in elementary school, a field trip chaperone on many occasions, and also volunteered in the school library of JFK Elementary School in Wayne. She was actively involved in their lives and always there for them. She was also a great ‘shopping buddy’ and would walk around for hours with you. She could sometimes shop all day and if her indecision got the best of her, she would come home with nothing at all. She loved to get gifts for others and rarely bought anything for herself. She was a selfless person in many ways and was always thinking about the happiness of those around her.
In 1981, Liz met her husband, Osvaldo at work. They went out together after work one day and quickly fell for each other. They married on October 6, 1985 at St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church in Paterson and had no time for a honeymoon; they went right back to work the next day! They settled into Liz’s home in Paterson before moving to Wayne in 1994. They made a great pair together and rarely had an argument that lasted for more than five minutes. She was the greatest person he ever met and he will surely miss her big heart and loving smile.
Liz is survived by her loving husband Osvaldo of Wayne, her daughter; Larissa and her husband Bosco of Parsippany, her sons; Matthew of Wayne and Osvaldo, Jr. and his wife Lori of Nutley, one sister; Raisa Ogarkow and her husband Harold Simon of Simi Valley, CA, two grandchildren; Daniel and Jessica Caraballo of Nutley, and two nephews; Christopher and Greg Simon of Simi Valley, CA.
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