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April 10, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, April 13, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the funeral home.
Emily Ohlhoff (nee Bodenmann), age 87 of Wayne, died on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at the Sunrise Assisted Living in Wayne.
Emily was born in North Bergen, the youngest of five siblings. As a youngster Emily helped in the family embroidery business, threading and running the machines which produced fine embroidery for Barbizon Lingerie. She was introduced to her future husband, Henry, by mutual friends, and they quickly fell in love. They were married in 1943, and lived in North Bergen until 1947. During World War II, Emily worked in a war plant winding bomb sights, becoming what was known as a ‘Rosie the Riveter’, so important in the war effort. In 1947, Emily, Henry and Henry’s parents moved to Harmony Lane in Wayne. Harmony Lane was unique in that each home was built and occupied by close friends or relatives providing a wonderful environment to raise their children. In the summers, Emily and Henry would host picnics which usually included swimming in the Harmony Club pool. They also enjoyed traveling including many summer trips to Block Island and trips to Bermuda and Europe. In later years they also enjoyed many of the Wayne Township sponsored trips to Canada and the Eastern US. Emily was accomplished at knitting and needlework and her family cherishes many of the handmade items that she made for them over the years. Emily and Henry enjoyed fifty five years in a very loving marriage until Henry’s passing in 1998.
Emily is survived by her two loving children: Henry Ohlhoff and his wife Patricia of Franklin Lakes, NJ and Linda Linder and her husband John of Schaumburg, Illinois, seven wonderful grandchildren; Andrew Linder of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Kathryn Haran and her husband Patrick of Chicago, Illinois, Christopher Ohlhoff and his wife Alison of Oak Park, Illinois, Jessica Telesmanich and her husband James of Midland Park, NJ, Jill Andersen and her husband Paul of Morristown, NJ, Craig Mahonchak and his wife Carissa of Superior, Colorado, and Karen Costello of Malvern, PA, as well as twelve cherished great-grandchildren.
If friends so wish, memorial donations to the Alzheimer's Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or Compassionate Care Hospice, 21-00 Route 208, Suite 105, Fairlawn, NJ 07410, 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 Friday, April 13, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the funeral home.
April 10, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, April 13, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the funeral home.
Emily Ohlhoff (nee Bodenmann), age 87 of Wayne, died on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at the Sunrise Assisted Living in Wayne.
Emily was born in North Bergen, the youngest of five siblings. As a youngster Emily helped in the family embroidery business, threading and running the machines which produced fine embroidery for Barbizon Lingerie. She was introduced to her future husband, Henry, by mutual friends, and they quickly fell in love. They were married in 1943, and lived in North Bergen until 1947. During World War II, Emily worked in a war plant winding bomb sights, becoming what was known as a ‘Rosie the Riveter’, so important in the war effort. In 1947, Emily, Henry and Henry’s parents moved to Harmony Lane in Wayne. Harmony Lane was unique in that each home was built and occupied by close friends or relatives providing a wonderful environment to raise their children. In the summers, Emily and Henry would host picnics which usually included swimming in the Harmony Club pool. They also enjoyed traveling including many summer trips to Block Island and trips to Bermuda and Europe. In later years they also enjoyed many of the Wayne Township sponsored trips to Canada and the Eastern US. Emily was accomplished at knitting and needlework and her family cherishes many of the handmade items that she made for them over the years. Emily and Henry enjoyed fifty five years in a very loving marriage until Henry’s passing in 1998.
Emily is survived by her two loving children: Henry Ohlhoff and his wife Patricia of Franklin Lakes, NJ and Linda Linder and her husband John of Schaumburg, Illinois, seven wonderful grandchildren; Andrew Linder of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Kathryn Haran and her husband Patrick of Chicago, Illinois, Christopher Ohlhoff and his wife Alison of Oak Park, Illinois, Jessica Telesmanich and her husband James of Midland Park, NJ, Jill Andersen and her husband Paul of Morristown, NJ, Craig Mahonchak and his wife Carissa of Superior, Colorado, and Karen Costello of Malvern, PA, as well as twelve cherished great-grandchildren.
If friends so wish, memorial donations to the Alzheimer's Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or Compassionate Care Hospice, 21-00 Route 208, Suite 105, Fairlawn, NJ 07410, would be greatly appreciated.
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