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September 25, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday September 29, 2017 at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne.
A funeral service will be held 10AM on Saturday September 30 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Elizabeth (“Betty”) J. O’Brien (nee Guinane), age 88 of Wayne, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2017.
Betty was born in Gloucester, MA and grew up in White Plains, NY. After graduation from high school, she attended Georgian Court College in Lakewood, NJ and graduated with a major in Business and minor in Spanish. While at college she met and fell in love with her roommate’s brother, David O’Brien. They were married in 1953.
They moved to New Milford, NJ and then settled in the Packanack Lake section of Wayne, NJ in 1962 to raise their five children.
After the untimely death of her husband in 1969 at the age of 43, Betty was devoted to raising her family.
Betty returned to work and had a very successful career as an Executive Assistant to the Medical Director of American Cyanamid.
Betty was dedicated to her Catholic faith and most recently was a parishioner of Our Lady of The Valley Church. Through the Church she volunteered providing homebound people with rides to their healthcare appointments. She continued her volunteer work at the Foundation For The Handicapped of Wayne where she worked with the “kids” for over 20 years.
In more recent years, Betty enjoyed residing at Sunrise of Wayne. She was an active resident who quickly made new friends and participated in all activities including bingo and rummikub. When not socializing, she was a voracious reader and could be found with a book in hand.
Betty was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. The family enjoyed many vacations visiting relatives in Old Say Brook, CT and the Jersey Shore. She will be remembered as a kind, strong woman who was sharp as a tack, and had a wonderful sense of humor. She will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew and loved her.
Betty is survived by her four children, David O’Brien and his wife Marci of Wayne, Betsy O’Brien of Coopersburg, PA, Joe O’Brien and his partner Thomas Barker of Guttenberg, NJ and Patty O’Brien of Parsippany, NJ; three grandchildren, Lisa and her husband Tommy Gyongyosi of Andover, Jacob O’Brien and Jesse O’Brien of Wayne; four great grandchildren, Alexis Alberti, Kyra Alberti, Carly Gyongyosi, Zach Gyongyosi and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband David O’Brien (1969), her daughter, Sharon Sasso (2002) and sister Mary Finch (1994).
In lieu of flowers, donations in Betty’s name may be made to the Foundation For The Handicapped, Inc., 30 Woodridge Terrace, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday September 29, 2017 at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne.
A funeral service will be held 10AM on Saturday September 30 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
September 25, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday September 29, 2017 at VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne.
A funeral service will be held 10AM on Saturday September 30 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Elizabeth (“Betty”) J. O’Brien (nee Guinane), age 88 of Wayne, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2017.
Betty was born in Gloucester, MA and grew up in White Plains, NY. After graduation from high school, she attended Georgian Court College in Lakewood, NJ and graduated with a major in Business and minor in Spanish. While at college she met and fell in love with her roommate’s brother, David O’Brien. They were married in 1953.
They moved to New Milford, NJ and then settled in the Packanack Lake section of Wayne, NJ in 1962 to raise their five children.
After the untimely death of her husband in 1969 at the age of 43, Betty was devoted to raising her family.
Betty returned to work and had a very successful career as an Executive Assistant to the Medical Director of American Cyanamid.
Betty was dedicated to her Catholic faith and most recently was a parishioner of Our Lady of The Valley Church. Through the Church she volunteered providing homebound people with rides to their healthcare appointments. She continued her volunteer work at the Foundation For The Handicapped of Wayne where she worked with the “kids” for over 20 years.
In more recent years, Betty enjoyed residing at Sunrise of Wayne. She was an active resident who quickly made new friends and participated in all activities including bingo and rummikub. When not socializing, she was a voracious reader and could be found with a book in hand.
Betty was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. The family enjoyed many vacations visiting relatives in Old Say Brook, CT and the Jersey Shore. She will be remembered as a kind, strong woman who was sharp as a tack, and had a wonderful sense of humor. She will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew and loved her.
Betty is survived by her four children, David O’Brien and his wife Marci of Wayne, Betsy O’Brien of Coopersburg, PA, Joe O’Brien and his partner Thomas Barker of Guttenberg, NJ and Patty O’Brien of Parsippany, NJ; three grandchildren, Lisa and her husband Tommy Gyongyosi of Andover, Jacob O’Brien and Jesse O’Brien of Wayne; four great grandchildren, Alexis Alberti, Kyra Alberti, Carly Gyongyosi, Zach Gyongyosi and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband David O’Brien (1969), her daughter, Sharon Sasso (2002) and sister Mary Finch (1994).
In lieu of flowers, donations in Betty’s name may be made to the Foundation For The Handicapped, Inc., 30 Woodridge Terrace, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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