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January 3, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, January 6, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at the funeral home, followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Georgina Lugo, age 84 of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, January 3, 2014.
Georgina was born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, the ninth of Bernardino and Antonia (Martinez) Cubas' fourteen children.
Although her father earned only a modest wage working as overseer of a tobacco farm, his family was always grateful for the blessings they received. The virtues of hard work, responsibility, common sense, resourcefulness, and overcoming life’s setbacks were instilled in Georgina as a little girl. And she would need to rely on those lessons in the future, beginning when she contracted meningitis as an eight-year-old. As a result, she couldn’t walk for an entire year.
Such hardship did not end there. In 1964, Georgina, now married with two young girls – Barbara and Olga – left Communist Cuba in search of a better life. She and the girls initially stayed in Madrid, Spain, for six months before joining their husband and father Jose “Rafael,” who had come to the United States two years earlier to prepare the way. The family originally settled in Rockville Center, Long Island. Eleven months later, in November, 1966, Rafael died suddenly. Georgina, now left to raise the girls on her own, quickly took a job at a dry cleaner.
In 1969, the family moved to Bloomfield, NJ where Georgina became a factory worker for the Charms Lollipop Company. Doing her best to love and care for her children while working full-time making minimum wage, and never relying on welfare of any kind, she saved enough money to purchase the family’s first home in 1971, in Bloomfield. After retiring in 1991 from Harrison Cookies Inc., Georgina began a second career taking care of her grandchildren and a neighbor’s two little girls.
The things in life that Georgina truly loved centered completely around her family. She enjoyed cooking and baking, and her family was all too happy to enjoy the delicious meals and treats that she created. For Georgina, cookbooks weren’t necessary. A little bit of this and a pinch of that and she was serving her most delicious Bistec (breaded and fried steak) or oriental styled fried rice. For dessert, everyone’s favorite was Arroz con Leche and Flan.
For fun Georgina also loved to play cards or a game of dominos, sometimes putting a little friendly wager on the games, just to make them interesting. She loved spending time with her daughters and their families, and when the blessing of grandchildren came along, she cherished every moment with them. Frequently, she took her grandchildren to the park, shopping, and swimming at her daughter Olga’s home. With these warm moments came moments of humor, as Georgina was a bit of a prankster. Dressing up for Halloween, she was known to try and spook her grandchildren. And on holidays, she refused to discard torn wrapping paper on gifts, preferring that it be reused in later years.
In the 1980’s Georgina got the chance to visit her parents and siblings back in Cuba for the first time since 1964. She was grateful for the opportunity to go back to her homeland several times. Those visits afforded her the chance to bring her family much needed clothing, food, medicine and money.
As the years went on, her beloved Chuli, a black toy poodle, would become her constant companion. Yes, the poodle went shopping and even to other people's homes for card games. She was as dear to Georgina as any family member.
Georgina will be remembered for being a fantastic mother, grandmother and sister. She will forever be admired for her strength of character amidst many challenges in her life, always making the best of the situation and doing much with little. Her life truly exemplified the American dream of achieving prosperity through freedom and hard work.
Georgina is survived by her two dear daughters: Barbara and husband Michael Stieglitz, and Olga and husband Juan Izquierdo, both of Wayne; four cherished grandchildren: Jessica, Matthew, Evan and Laura; and seven loved brothers and sisters: Evaristo, Pablo, Oscar, Liduvina, all of Cuba, Aida of Miami Beach, FL, Marie Antonia “Maruca” of Wayne, and Bernardino “Nino” of Cuba.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband Jose Rafael and six brothers and sisters: Ada, America, Eneida, Eva, Horacio and Ohilda.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Georgina’s name are asked to consider donating to the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 (www.alz.org/nj).
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, January 6, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at the funeral home, followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
January 3, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, January 6, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at the funeral home, followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Georgina Lugo, age 84 of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, January 3, 2014.
Georgina was born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, the ninth of Bernardino and Antonia (Martinez) Cubas' fourteen children.
Although her father earned only a modest wage working as overseer of a tobacco farm, his family was always grateful for the blessings they received. The virtues of hard work, responsibility, common sense, resourcefulness, and overcoming life’s setbacks were instilled in Georgina as a little girl. And she would need to rely on those lessons in the future, beginning when she contracted meningitis as an eight-year-old. As a result, she couldn’t walk for an entire year.
Such hardship did not end there. In 1964, Georgina, now married with two young girls – Barbara and Olga – left Communist Cuba in search of a better life. She and the girls initially stayed in Madrid, Spain, for six months before joining their husband and father Jose “Rafael,” who had come to the United States two years earlier to prepare the way. The family originally settled in Rockville Center, Long Island. Eleven months later, in November, 1966, Rafael died suddenly. Georgina, now left to raise the girls on her own, quickly took a job at a dry cleaner.
In 1969, the family moved to Bloomfield, NJ where Georgina became a factory worker for the Charms Lollipop Company. Doing her best to love and care for her children while working full-time making minimum wage, and never relying on welfare of any kind, she saved enough money to purchase the family’s first home in 1971, in Bloomfield. After retiring in 1991 from Harrison Cookies Inc., Georgina began a second career taking care of her grandchildren and a neighbor’s two little girls.
The things in life that Georgina truly loved centered completely around her family. She enjoyed cooking and baking, and her family was all too happy to enjoy the delicious meals and treats that she created. For Georgina, cookbooks weren’t necessary. A little bit of this and a pinch of that and she was serving her most delicious Bistec (breaded and fried steak) or oriental styled fried rice. For dessert, everyone’s favorite was Arroz con Leche and Flan.
For fun Georgina also loved to play cards or a game of dominos, sometimes putting a little friendly wager on the games, just to make them interesting. She loved spending time with her daughters and their families, and when the blessing of grandchildren came along, she cherished every moment with them. Frequently, she took her grandchildren to the park, shopping, and swimming at her daughter Olga’s home. With these warm moments came moments of humor, as Georgina was a bit of a prankster. Dressing up for Halloween, she was known to try and spook her grandchildren. And on holidays, she refused to discard torn wrapping paper on gifts, preferring that it be reused in later years.
In the 1980’s Georgina got the chance to visit her parents and siblings back in Cuba for the first time since 1964. She was grateful for the opportunity to go back to her homeland several times. Those visits afforded her the chance to bring her family much needed clothing, food, medicine and money.
As the years went on, her beloved Chuli, a black toy poodle, would become her constant companion. Yes, the poodle went shopping and even to other people's homes for card games. She was as dear to Georgina as any family member.
Georgina will be remembered for being a fantastic mother, grandmother and sister. She will forever be admired for her strength of character amidst many challenges in her life, always making the best of the situation and doing much with little. Her life truly exemplified the American dream of achieving prosperity through freedom and hard work.
Georgina is survived by her two dear daughters: Barbara and husband Michael Stieglitz, and Olga and husband Juan Izquierdo, both of Wayne; four cherished grandchildren: Jessica, Matthew, Evan and Laura; and seven loved brothers and sisters: Evaristo, Pablo, Oscar, Liduvina, all of Cuba, Aida of Miami Beach, FL, Marie Antonia “Maruca” of Wayne, and Bernardino “Nino” of Cuba.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband Jose Rafael and six brothers and sisters: Ada, America, Eneida, Eva, Horacio and Ohilda.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Georgina’s name are asked to consider donating to the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 (www.alz.org/nj).
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