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September 24, 2024
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, September 27, 2024 from 4-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held Friday, 7:00 PM, at the funeral home, at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
Emily (nee Budz) Stanchak, age 95, of Wayne for over fifty years, passed peacefully on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
Emily was originally from Chicago, Illinois. She lost both of her parents to tuberculosis by the time she was six years old, and soon after that she lost her aunt, who had been caring for her. Emily lived as an orphan through the next seven years, residing in the children’s wing of the local hospital where her parents had died. Eventually, distant relatives were located in Clifton, New Jersey, and they took Emily in as a foster child. Her new home was located right across the street from a handsome young man named Walter Stanchak. When Walter got out of the Navy, they began dating and it didn’t take long for Walter to know she was a very special girl. They were married on June 4, 1950, and moved into an unfinished attic room over Walter’s parent’s apartment. They didn’t have two nickels to rub together, literally, but they had each other. Emily worked while Walt went to school to become a funeral director, and she supported him while he began his career. Walter often felt guilty that his new bride had to work so hard to support them both, but he was focused on his career and knew brighter days were ahead of them. In 1953, their vision took shape and together they opened the Stanchak Funeral Home on Van Houten Avenue in Clifton. There were a lot of funeral homes in Clifton, so in 1963, Walt and Emily decided to move to Wayne where they opened the Park View Funeral Home. They purchased the old Methodist Church in the Mountain View section of town and served the Wayne and Lincoln Park communities for more than twenty years. Emily was by his side through it all, working at the funeral home and raising their family at the same time. They enjoyed nearly sixty-four years of marriage, side by side through it all, before Walter’s passing ten years ago. Emily has missed him terribly ever since, and their heavenly reunion is sure to be a joyous one for both of them.
Emily was a steadfast New York Mets fan and for many years the neighbors could gauge how the Mets were doing from Emily and Walter’s yelling at the television during the game. Emily was a devoted homemaker and a great cook. A few years back, a friend said to her “you must really love to cook,” to which she replied “not really. I only cooked because my husband loves to eat.” Her children and grandchildren all rave about her cooking and will surely miss all of those fantastic family meals at her home. Emily was especially sweet and kind, gracious to a fault, caring, and always grateful. Even in recent years, as she suffered with dementia, she would repeatedly say ‘thank you’ to her caregivers, and lovingly express her gratitude over and over to the nurses and aids who helped her. Sometimes she couldn’t thank them enough.
Emily was the devoted mother of three children; Linda Adamo and her husband Joe Barrow of Brick, John Stanchak and his wife Nancy of Wayne, and Jo Ann Cavallo and her husband Joe of Brick, six grandchildren; Michael Adamo (fiance' Molly Nash), Daniel Adamo (Christina), Jessica Stanchak Bonner (Paul), John Stanchak, Samantha Cavallo, and Joseph Cavallo and two great grandchildren; Cameron John and Joseph Douglas
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to would be appreciated to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas, www.woundedwarriorproject.org
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, September 27, 2024 from 4-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held Friday, 7:00 PM, at the funeral home, at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
September 24, 2024
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, September 27, 2024 from 4-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held Friday, 7:00 PM, at the funeral home, at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
Emily (nee Budz) Stanchak, age 95, of Wayne for over fifty years, passed peacefully on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
Emily was originally from Chicago, Illinois. She lost both of her parents to tuberculosis by the time she was six years old, and soon after that she lost her aunt, who had been caring for her. Emily lived as an orphan through the next seven years, residing in the children’s wing of the local hospital where her parents had died. Eventually, distant relatives were located in Clifton, New Jersey, and they took Emily in as a foster child. Her new home was located right across the street from a handsome young man named Walter Stanchak. When Walter got out of the Navy, they began dating and it didn’t take long for Walter to know she was a very special girl. They were married on June 4, 1950, and moved into an unfinished attic room over Walter’s parent’s apartment. They didn’t have two nickels to rub together, literally, but they had each other. Emily worked while Walt went to school to become a funeral director, and she supported him while he began his career. Walter often felt guilty that his new bride had to work so hard to support them both, but he was focused on his career and knew brighter days were ahead of them. In 1953, their vision took shape and together they opened the Stanchak Funeral Home on Van Houten Avenue in Clifton. There were a lot of funeral homes in Clifton, so in 1963, Walt and Emily decided to move to Wayne where they opened the Park View Funeral Home. They purchased the old Methodist Church in the Mountain View section of town and served the Wayne and Lincoln Park communities for more than twenty years. Emily was by his side through it all, working at the funeral home and raising their family at the same time. They enjoyed nearly sixty-four years of marriage, side by side through it all, before Walter’s passing ten years ago. Emily has missed him terribly ever since, and their heavenly reunion is sure to be a joyous one for both of them.
Emily was a steadfast New York Mets fan and for many years the neighbors could gauge how the Mets were doing from Emily and Walter’s yelling at the television during the game. Emily was a devoted homemaker and a great cook. A few years back, a friend said to her “you must really love to cook,” to which she replied “not really. I only cooked because my husband loves to eat.” Her children and grandchildren all rave about her cooking and will surely miss all of those fantastic family meals at her home. Emily was especially sweet and kind, gracious to a fault, caring, and always grateful. Even in recent years, as she suffered with dementia, she would repeatedly say ‘thank you’ to her caregivers, and lovingly express her gratitude over and over to the nurses and aids who helped her. Sometimes she couldn’t thank them enough.
Emily was the devoted mother of three children; Linda Adamo and her husband Joe Barrow of Brick, John Stanchak and his wife Nancy of Wayne, and Jo Ann Cavallo and her husband Joe of Brick, six grandchildren; Michael Adamo (fiance' Molly Nash), Daniel Adamo (Christina), Jessica Stanchak Bonner (Paul), John Stanchak, Samantha Cavallo, and Joseph Cavallo and two great grandchildren; Cameron John and Joseph Douglas
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to would be appreciated to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas, www.woundedwarriorproject.org
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