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August 21, 2013
Services
Funeral services will be Saturday, August 24th, 2013 at 8:30 AM then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Friends and family are invited to visit with the family on Friday from 3- 7 PM at the funeral home.
Florentina will be laid to rest at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery next to her son Robert who died in Vietnam in August 1968.
Florentina C. “Flo” Conklin (nee Templin) age 91 of Wayne passed to her eternal reward on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 while receiving the loving care of her husband Robert who was constantly at her bedside.
She was born in Jersey City where she lived her early years where she received her formal education at a local grammar school, and then at Dickenson High School graduating with the Class of 1942. She later lived in Closter before moving to Wayne
A gentleman named Robert Conklin heard that Florentina was a mother of two sons and was having a very difficult time keeping her young family together. Robert kept on the sidelines and sent money to Flo as a benefactor to help her feed and house her family. After two years they formally met and decided to join hands in marriage.
They had a wonderful and loving marriage together and Robert became a very dedicated and loving step father to her children. He never looked back and accepted her children as his own in every way and they in turn accepted him in very positive ways as their father
Florentina was affectionately known by all as Flo and she had very admirable personality traits. She was a wonderful cook a skilled seamstress, and a talented artist, but her finest dedication in life was being a devoted mother and wife.
Her children recall that their home was full of song and good cheer emanating from this special mother. Every day the house was full of her singing and the morning wake up signal was their mother singing beautifully and happily to arouse them to a new day.
Tragedy touched her life first in losing a sister at birth, then in August 1968 her son Robert McManus who was a casualty of the Vietnam War, Then in 1997 her only brother Robert Templin, who was a Hudson County Police Officer.
Surviving to cherish the many memories of this special lady are her husband Robert E. Conklin: three sons Gary McManus and his wife Mary of Wayne, Philip Conklin and his wife Susan of West Milford, John Conklin and his wife Vicki of Pequannock; two sisters Florentina Iskra of Rockaway and Renee Budz and her husband Frank of Sussex and thirteen grandchildren including Keith, Amy, Bobbi, Tommy, Kalyn, Todd, Brett, Justin, Allana, Steven, Brendon, Jesica and Luke.
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Funeral services will be Saturday, August 24th, 2013 at 8:30 AM then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Friends and family are invited to visit with the family on Friday from 3- 7 PM at the funeral home.
Florentina will be laid to rest at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery next to her son Robert who died in Vietnam in August 1968.
August 21, 2013
Services
Funeral services will be Saturday, August 24th, 2013 at 8:30 AM then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Friends and family are invited to visit with the family on Friday from 3- 7 PM at the funeral home.
Florentina will be laid to rest at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery next to her son Robert who died in Vietnam in August 1968.
Florentina C. “Flo” Conklin (nee Templin) age 91 of Wayne passed to her eternal reward on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 while receiving the loving care of her husband Robert who was constantly at her bedside.
She was born in Jersey City where she lived her early years where she received her formal education at a local grammar school, and then at Dickenson High School graduating with the Class of 1942. She later lived in Closter before moving to Wayne
A gentleman named Robert Conklin heard that Florentina was a mother of two sons and was having a very difficult time keeping her young family together. Robert kept on the sidelines and sent money to Flo as a benefactor to help her feed and house her family. After two years they formally met and decided to join hands in marriage.
They had a wonderful and loving marriage together and Robert became a very dedicated and loving step father to her children. He never looked back and accepted her children as his own in every way and they in turn accepted him in very positive ways as their father
Florentina was affectionately known by all as Flo and she had very admirable personality traits. She was a wonderful cook a skilled seamstress, and a talented artist, but her finest dedication in life was being a devoted mother and wife.
Her children recall that their home was full of song and good cheer emanating from this special mother. Every day the house was full of her singing and the morning wake up signal was their mother singing beautifully and happily to arouse them to a new day.
Tragedy touched her life first in losing a sister at birth, then in August 1968 her son Robert McManus who was a casualty of the Vietnam War, Then in 1997 her only brother Robert Templin, who was a Hudson County Police Officer.
Surviving to cherish the many memories of this special lady are her husband Robert E. Conklin: three sons Gary McManus and his wife Mary of Wayne, Philip Conklin and his wife Susan of West Milford, John Conklin and his wife Vicki of Pequannock; two sisters Florentina Iskra of Rockaway and Renee Budz and her husband Frank of Sussex and thirteen grandchildren including Keith, Amy, Bobbi, Tommy, Kalyn, Todd, Brett, Justin, Allana, Steven, Brendon, Jesica and Luke.
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