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November 22, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Thursday, November 29, 2012 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Ellen Fallon, age 90, passed quietly into eternal life at home on Thursday, November 22, 2012, surrounded by her loving family.
Born on February 20, 1922 to Samuel P. and Mary (Stemmer) Whitty in West Paterson, she graduated from St. Bonaventure’s High School, Paterson.
During WWII she followed her three brothers, three brothers-in-laws and her future husband, William J. “Bill” Fallon into the military where they served for the duration. After completing Marine Corps basic training she served as a flight instructor at MCAS Cherry Point, NC where she was meritoriously promoted to Sergeant. She and Bill were married while on leave in August 1944 and when the war ended they started a family and moved to the Packanack Lake section of Wayne.
While raising her three oldest children she worked as a Phys Ed teacher at Saint Bonaventure’s High School, Saint Mary’s High School, Benedictine Academy in Paterson, and DePaul High School in Wayne. When her youngest son reached school age, she went to work in the US Postal Service where she retired in 1990 as Supervisor of Station and Branch operations at the Packanack Lake office.
Throughout her life she remained devoted to her family, her church, and her country. She was a founding member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish where she and Bill were active in the Holy Name Society, the Councils of Catholic Men and Women, the Rosary Society, the PTA and the CYO. She was an active member and supporter of the Parents Association of Saint Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing and she served as president of the Parents Association of DePaul High School. She was also active in the Lazarus Group which provides support and comfort to the recently bereaved.
Extremely proud of her own and her family’s record of military service, she enthusiastically supported veterans causes for more than 65 years. She belonged to the Raymond Pellington Post 77 of the American Legion and later served as Commander of American Legion Post 333 in Hawthorne, the only all women’s post in Northern New Jersey. She was the last surviving WWII member of Women Marine Association, NJ2 Col. Ruth Chaney Streeter Chapter.
She was predeceased by her parents, her beloved husband of 37 years, Bill, sisters Florence (Ulrich), Ruth (Paans), and Margaret (Donnellan), and her two older brothers Eddie and Sam.
She is sadly missed by daughters Paddy Fallon, Maureen Ferrara and her husband Charlie, son William Fallon Jr, all of Wayne, NJ, son George Fallon and his wife Betsy of Stockholm, NJ and foster son William Hanley of Florida and his wife Nicole and daughter Gabby. She is also survived by her brother Leo Whitty of Vernon, NJ and sister Marie Devenney and her husband Joseph of West Paterson, NJ, five grandchildren, Amanda Fallon, Chuck Ferrara and his wife Laura, Joe Ferrara and his wife Lisa, Katie Ferrara Macones and her husband Jay, Tonia Bowman and her husband Shawn, six great-grandchildren, and scores of nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Valley Hospice, c/o Foundation Office, 223 North Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 or the Wounded Warrior Project would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Thursday, November 29, 2012 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
November 22, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Thursday, November 29, 2012 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Ellen Fallon, age 90, passed quietly into eternal life at home on Thursday, November 22, 2012, surrounded by her loving family.
Born on February 20, 1922 to Samuel P. and Mary (Stemmer) Whitty in West Paterson, she graduated from St. Bonaventure’s High School, Paterson.
During WWII she followed her three brothers, three brothers-in-laws and her future husband, William J. “Bill” Fallon into the military where they served for the duration. After completing Marine Corps basic training she served as a flight instructor at MCAS Cherry Point, NC where she was meritoriously promoted to Sergeant. She and Bill were married while on leave in August 1944 and when the war ended they started a family and moved to the Packanack Lake section of Wayne.
While raising her three oldest children she worked as a Phys Ed teacher at Saint Bonaventure’s High School, Saint Mary’s High School, Benedictine Academy in Paterson, and DePaul High School in Wayne. When her youngest son reached school age, she went to work in the US Postal Service where she retired in 1990 as Supervisor of Station and Branch operations at the Packanack Lake office.
Throughout her life she remained devoted to her family, her church, and her country. She was a founding member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish where she and Bill were active in the Holy Name Society, the Councils of Catholic Men and Women, the Rosary Society, the PTA and the CYO. She was an active member and supporter of the Parents Association of Saint Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing and she served as president of the Parents Association of DePaul High School. She was also active in the Lazarus Group which provides support and comfort to the recently bereaved.
Extremely proud of her own and her family’s record of military service, she enthusiastically supported veterans causes for more than 65 years. She belonged to the Raymond Pellington Post 77 of the American Legion and later served as Commander of American Legion Post 333 in Hawthorne, the only all women’s post in Northern New Jersey. She was the last surviving WWII member of Women Marine Association, NJ2 Col. Ruth Chaney Streeter Chapter.
She was predeceased by her parents, her beloved husband of 37 years, Bill, sisters Florence (Ulrich), Ruth (Paans), and Margaret (Donnellan), and her two older brothers Eddie and Sam.
She is sadly missed by daughters Paddy Fallon, Maureen Ferrara and her husband Charlie, son William Fallon Jr, all of Wayne, NJ, son George Fallon and his wife Betsy of Stockholm, NJ and foster son William Hanley of Florida and his wife Nicole and daughter Gabby. She is also survived by her brother Leo Whitty of Vernon, NJ and sister Marie Devenney and her husband Joseph of West Paterson, NJ, five grandchildren, Amanda Fallon, Chuck Ferrara and his wife Laura, Joe Ferrara and his wife Lisa, Katie Ferrara Macones and her husband Jay, Tonia Bowman and her husband Shawn, six great-grandchildren, and scores of nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Valley Hospice, c/o Foundation Office, 223 North Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 or the Wounded Warrior Project would be appreciated.
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