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June 18, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 22, 2007 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
George W. Rothwell, age 89, of Wayne died Monday, June 18, 2007 at home. His passing was quiet and peaceful while receiving the loving care of his family who were at his bedside.
George was born in Passaic where he spent his youthful years, later living in Elmwood Park and Rockledge, Florida for eighteen years until moving to Wayne ten years ago.
Mr. Rothwell, was a Lithographer for American Can Company in Edison where he worked for thirty years before his retirement in 1978. He served as a Seaman First Class in the United States Merchant Marines during World War II.
He was a parishioner of Our Lady of The Valley RC Church in Wayne and while living in Rockledge, Florida George was a parishioner of Saint Mary’s RC Church. He was also a Deputy Grand Knight and Fourth Degree Knight at Saint Mary’s and a Deputy Grand Knight at Annunciation RC Church Knights of Columbus Council 11943 in Wayne. He was an active member of the Wayne Golden Age Circle in Wayne. He also was a member and Past President of the Italian American Club.
George loved trips to Atlantic City and enjoyed hobbies including golf, boxing, and league bowling at T-Bowl Lanes in Wayne and also in Rockledge, Florida. In his younger years he was a talented Gymnast and was an accomplished diver having participated in the Passaic Diving Club.
George leaves his family with many fond memories of a very kind and considerate husband, father and grandfather, of beautiful blue eyes and tender strong hands. He gave a lot of himself and even in his autumn years he spent much of his leisure time teaching English to others who lived in his housing complex in Wayne. He had a debilitating event in his life, ten years ago, due to side effects of medicine that caused him to lose his eyesight. Despite that handicap he still played golf and bowled.
George and Fay had sixty-seven years of “loving and devoted” marriage together.
Surviving are his loving wife Fay (nee Amico) Rothwell; two sons George Rothwell and his wife Alice of Napa Valley, California and John Rothwell of Palm Coast, Florida; four daughters Marietta Steransak and her husband Steve of Kinnelon, NJ, Betty Bader and her husband Chuck of Nashville, Tennessee, Terry Durr and her husband Gary of Wayne, Patty Bullman and her husband Gary of Wayne; twelve grandchildren David Rothwell land his wife Terra of Las Vegas, Nevada, Dawn Johnson of Napa, California, Steven Steransak of Butler, NJ, Tracy Burns and her husband Matt of Ramsey, NJ, Jill Bader of Washington, DC, Eric Bader of Nashville, TN, Lisa Durr of New York City, Kelly Durr of Wayne, Ryan and Erin Durr of Wayne, Christine and Michael Bullman of Wayne; three great grandchildren Krystal and Vinnie Johnson of Napa, California and Anastasia Burns of Ramsey, NJ.
He was predeceased by his parents Joseph and Elizabeth (nee McShane) Rothwell, his sisters Margaret Gordon and Harriett Steinert, Isabel Rothwell, his brothers Edward, Robbie, Isabel, Henry and Joseph Rothwell died earlier.
Those considering a memorial in George’s memory are asked to consider NJ Right to Life, 490 Somerset Street, North Plainfield, NJ 07060.
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Funeral services will be held Friday, June 22, 2007 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
June 18, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 22, 2007 at 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
George W. Rothwell, age 89, of Wayne died Monday, June 18, 2007 at home. His passing was quiet and peaceful while receiving the loving care of his family who were at his bedside.
George was born in Passaic where he spent his youthful years, later living in Elmwood Park and Rockledge, Florida for eighteen years until moving to Wayne ten years ago.
Mr. Rothwell, was a Lithographer for American Can Company in Edison where he worked for thirty years before his retirement in 1978. He served as a Seaman First Class in the United States Merchant Marines during World War II.
He was a parishioner of Our Lady of The Valley RC Church in Wayne and while living in Rockledge, Florida George was a parishioner of Saint Mary’s RC Church. He was also a Deputy Grand Knight and Fourth Degree Knight at Saint Mary’s and a Deputy Grand Knight at Annunciation RC Church Knights of Columbus Council 11943 in Wayne. He was an active member of the Wayne Golden Age Circle in Wayne. He also was a member and Past President of the Italian American Club.
George loved trips to Atlantic City and enjoyed hobbies including golf, boxing, and league bowling at T-Bowl Lanes in Wayne and also in Rockledge, Florida. In his younger years he was a talented Gymnast and was an accomplished diver having participated in the Passaic Diving Club.
George leaves his family with many fond memories of a very kind and considerate husband, father and grandfather, of beautiful blue eyes and tender strong hands. He gave a lot of himself and even in his autumn years he spent much of his leisure time teaching English to others who lived in his housing complex in Wayne. He had a debilitating event in his life, ten years ago, due to side effects of medicine that caused him to lose his eyesight. Despite that handicap he still played golf and bowled.
George and Fay had sixty-seven years of “loving and devoted” marriage together.
Surviving are his loving wife Fay (nee Amico) Rothwell; two sons George Rothwell and his wife Alice of Napa Valley, California and John Rothwell of Palm Coast, Florida; four daughters Marietta Steransak and her husband Steve of Kinnelon, NJ, Betty Bader and her husband Chuck of Nashville, Tennessee, Terry Durr and her husband Gary of Wayne, Patty Bullman and her husband Gary of Wayne; twelve grandchildren David Rothwell land his wife Terra of Las Vegas, Nevada, Dawn Johnson of Napa, California, Steven Steransak of Butler, NJ, Tracy Burns and her husband Matt of Ramsey, NJ, Jill Bader of Washington, DC, Eric Bader of Nashville, TN, Lisa Durr of New York City, Kelly Durr of Wayne, Ryan and Erin Durr of Wayne, Christine and Michael Bullman of Wayne; three great grandchildren Krystal and Vinnie Johnson of Napa, California and Anastasia Burns of Ramsey, NJ.
He was predeceased by his parents Joseph and Elizabeth (nee McShane) Rothwell, his sisters Margaret Gordon and Harriett Steinert, Isabel Rothwell, his brothers Edward, Robbie, Isabel, Henry and Joseph Rothwell died earlier.
Those considering a memorial in George’s memory are asked to consider NJ Right to Life, 490 Somerset Street, North Plainfield, NJ 07060.
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