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January 10, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 5-7 PM on Friday, January 18, 2013 at the Calvary Assembly, 605 Lackawanna Ave, Woodland Park. A 7 PM funeral service will follow the visitation hours on Friday.
Heidi Cullere age 35 of Oakland died suddenly in an accident on Thursday, January 10, 2013.
She was born in Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and raised in Oakland. She attended Dogwood Hills Elementary and Valley Middle Schools in Oakland having graduated from Hawthorne Christian Academy High School with the class of 1995. Heidi loved to sing and at Hawthorne Christian Academy she was a member of the choir and selected for the Servants of the King Choir.
From a young age Heidi learned a strong work ethic. Her first job was helping her dad repair a roof. He remembers her scrambling right up the ladder. She later worked at the Burger King in Oakland and as a security guard at Marcal Paper in Elmwood Park. Never one to conform, Heidi soon found a job with Public Service Electric and Gas as a pipe fitter. She got her Commercial Drivers License (CDL) and was driving a PSE&G truck, operating a back hoe and even a jack hammer. A secretarial job opened up at PSE&G and Heidi took it. She was soon bored and moved on to work at a florist, delivered Chinese Food for a short time, and became a personal driver for Andre William of WB Williams Paving in Wayne. It is here that she was re-introduced to the world of trucking and now paving. She enjoyed working in the paving industry. She took a great deal of pride in the trucks and equipment she was responsible for, always keeping them maintained and clean. Heidi also worked for TFI Fleet Maintenance where she would test trucks after being serviced to assure they were road worthy. After work, Heidi was a picture of femininity. She was known for her beautiful curly hair and vibrant smile. She had her own sense of style and was always a vision... she was not your average bear.
Heidi will be remembered as a person who loved life, was always hands on, and loved a challenge. She was a true lover of nature, flowers, and people. Her happy, fun loving, encouraging personality was infectious. She always had a smile, was a gifted confidant as she always knew what to say to make you feel better. All this being said Heidi would never sugar coat anything she said and yet she was gentle at the same time. A sparkle in her eye she connected easily with people and never met a stranger. To know her was truly to love her.
Heidi was the loving daughter of Al and Sue Cullere; cherished sister of Heather Cullere and her significant other Jose Ramierez of Paterson, and cherished sister of James Cullere and his wife Jenna of Oakland; dear granddaughter of Mickey Cullere and his wife Margaret of Dumont, Erla Jane Cullere of Oakland, and the late Evelyn and Bill DeVos; devoted girlfriend of 14 years to Felito Serrano of Paterson; much loved aunt of Brandie, Paige, and Seth Ramirez, and James William (LJ) Cullere; loved niece of Bill DeVos, Kathy & James Danaher, Karen and John Erichsen. Also loved by her many extended aunts, uncles, cousins and countless friends. Lovingly remembered by Pastors Robert & Jennifer Smith, the Lighthouse family and Calvary Assembly church families.
Heidi will also be greatly missed by her “adopted family” her best friend Eurydice Rodriguez, second mom Maria Rodriguez, brother Gabriel Rodriguez, and niece Jacinda Star Cedeno.
In lieu of flowers a memorial garden, in honor of Heidi’s love of flowers, is being established. Donations toward the garden can be made by making a check out to “Sue Cullere” – please mail to: Calvary Assembly, 605 Lackawanna Ave., Woodland Park, NJ 07424 and be sure to include your name and address.
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Friends may visit with the family from 5-7 PM on Friday, January 18, 2013 at the Calvary Assembly, 605 Lackawanna Ave, Woodland Park. A 7 PM funeral service will follow the visitation hours on Friday.
January 10, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 5-7 PM on Friday, January 18, 2013 at the Calvary Assembly, 605 Lackawanna Ave, Woodland Park. A 7 PM funeral service will follow the visitation hours on Friday.
Heidi Cullere age 35 of Oakland died suddenly in an accident on Thursday, January 10, 2013.
She was born in Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and raised in Oakland. She attended Dogwood Hills Elementary and Valley Middle Schools in Oakland having graduated from Hawthorne Christian Academy High School with the class of 1995. Heidi loved to sing and at Hawthorne Christian Academy she was a member of the choir and selected for the Servants of the King Choir.
From a young age Heidi learned a strong work ethic. Her first job was helping her dad repair a roof. He remembers her scrambling right up the ladder. She later worked at the Burger King in Oakland and as a security guard at Marcal Paper in Elmwood Park. Never one to conform, Heidi soon found a job with Public Service Electric and Gas as a pipe fitter. She got her Commercial Drivers License (CDL) and was driving a PSE&G truck, operating a back hoe and even a jack hammer. A secretarial job opened up at PSE&G and Heidi took it. She was soon bored and moved on to work at a florist, delivered Chinese Food for a short time, and became a personal driver for Andre William of WB Williams Paving in Wayne. It is here that she was re-introduced to the world of trucking and now paving. She enjoyed working in the paving industry. She took a great deal of pride in the trucks and equipment she was responsible for, always keeping them maintained and clean. Heidi also worked for TFI Fleet Maintenance where she would test trucks after being serviced to assure they were road worthy. After work, Heidi was a picture of femininity. She was known for her beautiful curly hair and vibrant smile. She had her own sense of style and was always a vision... she was not your average bear.
Heidi will be remembered as a person who loved life, was always hands on, and loved a challenge. She was a true lover of nature, flowers, and people. Her happy, fun loving, encouraging personality was infectious. She always had a smile, was a gifted confidant as she always knew what to say to make you feel better. All this being said Heidi would never sugar coat anything she said and yet she was gentle at the same time. A sparkle in her eye she connected easily with people and never met a stranger. To know her was truly to love her.
Heidi was the loving daughter of Al and Sue Cullere; cherished sister of Heather Cullere and her significant other Jose Ramierez of Paterson, and cherished sister of James Cullere and his wife Jenna of Oakland; dear granddaughter of Mickey Cullere and his wife Margaret of Dumont, Erla Jane Cullere of Oakland, and the late Evelyn and Bill DeVos; devoted girlfriend of 14 years to Felito Serrano of Paterson; much loved aunt of Brandie, Paige, and Seth Ramirez, and James William (LJ) Cullere; loved niece of Bill DeVos, Kathy & James Danaher, Karen and John Erichsen. Also loved by her many extended aunts, uncles, cousins and countless friends. Lovingly remembered by Pastors Robert & Jennifer Smith, the Lighthouse family and Calvary Assembly church families.
Heidi will also be greatly missed by her “adopted family” her best friend Eurydice Rodriguez, second mom Maria Rodriguez, brother Gabriel Rodriguez, and niece Jacinda Star Cedeno.
In lieu of flowers a memorial garden, in honor of Heidi’s love of flowers, is being established. Donations toward the garden can be made by making a check out to “Sue Cullere” – please mail to: Calvary Assembly, 605 Lackawanna Ave., Woodland Park, NJ 07424 and be sure to include your name and address.
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