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Friends may visit with the family from 3-7 PM on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 26, 2015 at the funeral home. Interment will be in Saint Josephs Cemetery, Hackensack.
Frances (Fran) Annette Guerra, 75, of Succasana, New Jersey, passed away on June 18th, 2015, after a short battle with cancer. She lived comfortably in her home surrounded by loved ones up until the day of her death.
Fran was a fun-loving, thoughtful and wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Born to Pauline Kurzenski and Frederick Neske on September 16th, 1939, in Paterson, New Jersey, she was one of five children and often reminisced of adolescent times with her two brothers and two sisters in Ridgewood.
She met Anthony (Tony) Michael Guerra through a friend of hers, who happened to be his twin sister, Mary. The couple was married in 1959 and eventually settled in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. While helping Tony grow a thriving carpentry business, Fran spent the majority of her time raising their four children.
She loved cooking (particularly Italian), gardening, dancing, and listening to Frank Sinatra and the like. When they could get away, Fran loved spending family time boating and fishing in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and Montauk, New York. Later, she and Anthony explored the eastern seaboard by boat, and enjoyed travel to the west coast, Mexico, and Italy.
Nothing gave her greater joy than the arrival of grandchildren. She loved family gatherings and could always be found on the back porch or an armchair sipping a glass of wine, engaged in laughter and conversation. Since Tony’s passing in 2001, she has enjoyed daily walks with friends and dogs (most recent, Rocky), visits with her sister in California, working on house projects, and visits to church on Sunday.
Fran is preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Anthony Guerra, and grand-daughter, Valente McCrady. She is survived by her children and their spouses: Michael (Laurie) Guerra of West Brookeville, NY; Laura (Tucker) Guerra of New York, NY; Ronald (Robin) Guerra of Mercer Island, WA; Thomas (Jacquie) Guerra of Randolph, NJ; her grandchildren: Ashley, Carly, Mike, Cassidy, Thomas, Tessa and Walker; her sisters: Vera and Marion; and brothers: Paul and Fred.
Remembrances can be made to Saint Baldrick’s (click here to donate) a charity which funds the research to find cures for various childhood cancers.
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Friends may visit with the family from 3-7 PM on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 26, 2015 at the funeral home. Interment will be in Saint Josephs Cemetery, Hackensack.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 3-7 PM on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 26, 2015 at the funeral home. Interment will be in Saint Josephs Cemetery, Hackensack.
Frances (Fran) Annette Guerra, 75, of Succasana, New Jersey, passed away on June 18th, 2015, after a short battle with cancer. She lived comfortably in her home surrounded by loved ones up until the day of her death.
Fran was a fun-loving, thoughtful and wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Born to Pauline Kurzenski and Frederick Neske on September 16th, 1939, in Paterson, New Jersey, she was one of five children and often reminisced of adolescent times with her two brothers and two sisters in Ridgewood.
She met Anthony (Tony) Michael Guerra through a friend of hers, who happened to be his twin sister, Mary. The couple was married in 1959 and eventually settled in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. While helping Tony grow a thriving carpentry business, Fran spent the majority of her time raising their four children.
She loved cooking (particularly Italian), gardening, dancing, and listening to Frank Sinatra and the like. When they could get away, Fran loved spending family time boating and fishing in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and Montauk, New York. Later, she and Anthony explored the eastern seaboard by boat, and enjoyed travel to the west coast, Mexico, and Italy.
Nothing gave her greater joy than the arrival of grandchildren. She loved family gatherings and could always be found on the back porch or an armchair sipping a glass of wine, engaged in laughter and conversation. Since Tony’s passing in 2001, she has enjoyed daily walks with friends and dogs (most recent, Rocky), visits with her sister in California, working on house projects, and visits to church on Sunday.
Fran is preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Anthony Guerra, and grand-daughter, Valente McCrady. She is survived by her children and their spouses: Michael (Laurie) Guerra of West Brookeville, NY; Laura (Tucker) Guerra of New York, NY; Ronald (Robin) Guerra of Mercer Island, WA; Thomas (Jacquie) Guerra of Randolph, NJ; her grandchildren: Ashley, Carly, Mike, Cassidy, Thomas, Tessa and Walker; her sisters: Vera and Marion; and brothers: Paul and Fred.
Remembrances can be made to Saint Baldrick’s (click here to donate) a charity which funds the research to find cures for various childhood cancers.
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