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February 21, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, February 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4pm and 7-9 PM.
Esther J. Domes (nee Graf-Fredericks) age 90 of Wayne on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Hospice of New Jersey at Saint Josephs Hospital in Wayne. Her passing was quiet and peaceful with her loving family at her side.
She was born in Paterson and had lived in Haledon before moving to Wayne fifty-one years ago.
Esther spent her formative years in Haledon and received her formal education at Paterson Central High School graduating with the Class of 1936.
She was employed as a Collator at Haband Company in Prospect Park for many years before her retirement in 1984.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Wayne.
Mom leaves her children with many fond memories of a very loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was always family oriented and enjoyed hosting family picnics and nurtured her children in their religious faith. By nature she was practical and well organized in whatever she did. She loved her family with all of her heart. Thanks Mom.
Her children recall especially happy times when the family went camping and as kids being stuffed into sleeping bags, outdoor cooking and going to church with Mom.
In her spare time her most enjoyable hobbies were crafts, making dolls and Polka dancing. She also had music in her bones and composed her own song “In The Evening” which she sang often. One of her favorite hymns was “How Great Thou Art”.
“In The Evening” by Esther Domes In the Evening When my daily work is through Tho I’m weary, I’m not blue In the Evening In the evening Gone is every care and woe My heart’s singing as I go In the Evening.
She was married to Joseph H. Fredericks on September 8, 1940 and had a “good and loving” marriage together for thirty-three years until Joseph’s passing in 1973. In 1977 she married Henry Domes and had twenty-five years of marriage until Henry’s passing in 2002.
She was a member of the Wayne Golden Age Circle.
Esther enjoyed the company of her faithful companion “Shadow” the cat.
Surviving are one son Joseph Fredericks and his wife Carol of Oceanside, California; two daughters Diane Martin and her husband Dave of Green Pond and Janice Fredericks of Wayne; one brother Art Graf of Mexico; six grandchildren Kimberly, Jennifer, Andy, and Phil Fredericks all of Oceanside, California, Holly Campbell of Rockaway, Heather Touw of West Milford; seven great grandchildren Payton, Parker, and Paige Campbell, Kaylee, Jacob, Renee and Brett Touw; also survived by two stepdaughters Linda Tackas and Carol Berube; five step grandchildren and eight step great grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her sisters Ruth Staudinger, Beryl Boyd and her brother Edward Graf.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Esther’s memory are asked to consider a donation to the United Methodist Church of Wayne, 99 Parish Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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Funeral services will be held Friday, February 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4pm and 7-9 PM.
February 21, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, February 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4pm and 7-9 PM.
Esther J. Domes (nee Graf-Fredericks) age 90 of Wayne on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Hospice of New Jersey at Saint Josephs Hospital in Wayne. Her passing was quiet and peaceful with her loving family at her side.
She was born in Paterson and had lived in Haledon before moving to Wayne fifty-one years ago.
Esther spent her formative years in Haledon and received her formal education at Paterson Central High School graduating with the Class of 1936.
She was employed as a Collator at Haband Company in Prospect Park for many years before her retirement in 1984.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Wayne.
Mom leaves her children with many fond memories of a very loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was always family oriented and enjoyed hosting family picnics and nurtured her children in their religious faith. By nature she was practical and well organized in whatever she did. She loved her family with all of her heart. Thanks Mom.
Her children recall especially happy times when the family went camping and as kids being stuffed into sleeping bags, outdoor cooking and going to church with Mom.
In her spare time her most enjoyable hobbies were crafts, making dolls and Polka dancing. She also had music in her bones and composed her own song “In The Evening” which she sang often. One of her favorite hymns was “How Great Thou Art”.
“In The Evening” by Esther Domes In the Evening When my daily work is through Tho I’m weary, I’m not blue In the Evening In the evening Gone is every care and woe My heart’s singing as I go In the Evening.
She was married to Joseph H. Fredericks on September 8, 1940 and had a “good and loving” marriage together for thirty-three years until Joseph’s passing in 1973. In 1977 she married Henry Domes and had twenty-five years of marriage until Henry’s passing in 2002.
She was a member of the Wayne Golden Age Circle.
Esther enjoyed the company of her faithful companion “Shadow” the cat.
Surviving are one son Joseph Fredericks and his wife Carol of Oceanside, California; two daughters Diane Martin and her husband Dave of Green Pond and Janice Fredericks of Wayne; one brother Art Graf of Mexico; six grandchildren Kimberly, Jennifer, Andy, and Phil Fredericks all of Oceanside, California, Holly Campbell of Rockaway, Heather Touw of West Milford; seven great grandchildren Payton, Parker, and Paige Campbell, Kaylee, Jacob, Renee and Brett Touw; also survived by two stepdaughters Linda Tackas and Carol Berube; five step grandchildren and eight step great grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her sisters Ruth Staudinger, Beryl Boyd and her brother Edward Graf.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Esther’s memory are asked to consider a donation to the United Methodist Church of Wayne, 99 Parish Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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