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October 29, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, November 1, 2010, from 2-5 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Frances (Speroni) Evers, age 78, died peacefully on Friday, October 29, 2010, after a short battle with cancer. Her family was by her side at her home in Wayne.
Fran was born August 15, 1932, the youngest of seven children. Her parents, Eugenio and Louisa Speroni, were immigrants from Italy.
Fran grew up in Salamanca, NY, then a bustling railroad town. Despite her own lack of any formal education, Fran’s mother insisted that all of her children not only finish high school but pursue post-secondary education. For Fran, after graduating from Salamanca High School in 1949, it was a nursing degree from the University of Buffalo.
Even after moving away from Salamanca, Fran remained very close to her parents and to her sister Irene (the only one to call her "Frannie"), returning for regular visits. She never stopped referring to where she grew up as "home". She will be buried there alongside her parents and her older brother Peter.
Fran met her future husband, Jack, then a student at nearby St. Bonaventure, while on a double date with her sister Irene. They married in 1955 and moved to Westmont, NJ where Jack took a job selling concrete pipe and Fran worked as a surgical nurse.
After the birth of their two children and a law degree for Jack, Fran and her family moved to Wayne in 1961.
Although she left her nursing career to be a full-time homemaker, Fran’s nursing skills were not forgotten or left idle for very long. The care of her daughter, Valerie, born with developmental disabilities and then acquiring additional medical problems later in life, was a major focus over Fran’s entire life. She was Valerie’s primary caregiver until very recently when her own health prevented her from continuing. Fran was also the primary caregiver for Jack during a prolonged and challenging illness that lead to his death in 1996.
Always an athlete, Fran did find time to pursue golf and bowling and counted her fellow golfers and bowlers among her closest friends. During the colder months, many a Sunday afternoon was spent following the professionals on TV. She loved Arnold Palmer; Jack Nicklaus, not so much. Her latest favorite was Phil Mickelson.
She loved to grow flowers in the yard, and had a very good, usually quite dry, sense of humor. She also made a terrific New York Style cheesecake, the recipe for which was featured in a profile of her in the Wayne Today Newspaper in 1971.
A dog lover, Champ, Bandit (in his own way), Whitney and especially Sam left indelible marks on her heart.
Fran is survived by her daughter Valerie, of Wayne, her son John and his wife Caroline, of New Haven, VT, her sisters Irene Speroni and Mary Dolecki, both of Salamanca, NY, and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 291, Wayne, NJ 07474-0291 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Monday, November 1, 2010, from 2-5 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
October 29, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, November 1, 2010, from 2-5 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Frances (Speroni) Evers, age 78, died peacefully on Friday, October 29, 2010, after a short battle with cancer. Her family was by her side at her home in Wayne.
Fran was born August 15, 1932, the youngest of seven children. Her parents, Eugenio and Louisa Speroni, were immigrants from Italy.
Fran grew up in Salamanca, NY, then a bustling railroad town. Despite her own lack of any formal education, Fran’s mother insisted that all of her children not only finish high school but pursue post-secondary education. For Fran, after graduating from Salamanca High School in 1949, it was a nursing degree from the University of Buffalo.
Even after moving away from Salamanca, Fran remained very close to her parents and to her sister Irene (the only one to call her "Frannie"), returning for regular visits. She never stopped referring to where she grew up as "home". She will be buried there alongside her parents and her older brother Peter.
Fran met her future husband, Jack, then a student at nearby St. Bonaventure, while on a double date with her sister Irene. They married in 1955 and moved to Westmont, NJ where Jack took a job selling concrete pipe and Fran worked as a surgical nurse.
After the birth of their two children and a law degree for Jack, Fran and her family moved to Wayne in 1961.
Although she left her nursing career to be a full-time homemaker, Fran’s nursing skills were not forgotten or left idle for very long. The care of her daughter, Valerie, born with developmental disabilities and then acquiring additional medical problems later in life, was a major focus over Fran’s entire life. She was Valerie’s primary caregiver until very recently when her own health prevented her from continuing. Fran was also the primary caregiver for Jack during a prolonged and challenging illness that lead to his death in 1996.
Always an athlete, Fran did find time to pursue golf and bowling and counted her fellow golfers and bowlers among her closest friends. During the colder months, many a Sunday afternoon was spent following the professionals on TV. She loved Arnold Palmer; Jack Nicklaus, not so much. Her latest favorite was Phil Mickelson.
She loved to grow flowers in the yard, and had a very good, usually quite dry, sense of humor. She also made a terrific New York Style cheesecake, the recipe for which was featured in a profile of her in the Wayne Today Newspaper in 1971.
A dog lover, Champ, Bandit (in his own way), Whitney and especially Sam left indelible marks on her heart.
Fran is survived by her daughter Valerie, of Wayne, her son John and his wife Caroline, of New Haven, VT, her sisters Irene Speroni and Mary Dolecki, both of Salamanca, NY, and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 291, Wayne, NJ 07474-0291 would be appreciated.
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