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September 11, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 9:00 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 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, September 14, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Helen M. Gutt (nee Ryan) age 76 of Galloway Township, NJ died peacefully with loving family by her side on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.
Helen was born in Jersey City and raised in Harrison. While attending Queen of Peace High School North Arlington where she enjoyed popularity and later graduated, she worked the tables at Nankees Ice Cream Parlor. It was there that a certain young and extremely handsome man named Carl Gutt came in one day. Helen waited Carl’s table coming back with his selection of a Black Raspberry Parfait. They fell in love and, after courtship, they exchanged their wedding vows at Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church in North Arlington in 1957.
After love and marriage, then came the babies in the baby carriage: Helen (aka Susie), Carl M., Jeffrey T, Laura, and David. Once the children were raised Helen took a job as Medical Records Clerk at Wayne General Hospital. She enjoyed that job for twelve years developing a reputation for diagnosing her own maladies and the unsolicited maladies of family and friends.
As the children grew the family moved to their house on Sears Place in Wayne. The house quickly became a home and the place to be for swim parties every Sunday. Helen loved the atmosphere and many family memories were made during those years!
After retirement, Helen and Carl moved closer to their second love…..Poker! They moved to Galloway Township, just outside of Atlantic City. Helen’s specialty was Texas Hold’em and she was the quintessential “Lady Luck” often winning big! Retirement also brought time for spending time with cherished grandchildren and she could often be heard saying “bring me that baby!”
A woman described by those she loved as feisty and crafty, Helen loved being with family and friends as much as they loved being with her. She loved driving Cadillacs while playing Neal Diamond songs on the radio.
Helen is survived by beloved husband of 55 years, Carl, her five loving children: Helen “Susie” Anderson and husband Robert of Wayne, Carl M. and wife Sylvia of Long Valley, NJ, Jeffrey T. and wife Maura of Wayne, Laura Ferry and husband Thomas of Randolph Township, and David and wife Deanna of Hardyston, NJ; her thirteen adored grandchildren, and her two dear sisters: Pat Murphy of Whiting, NJ and Kathleen Reitsma of Howell Township, NJ.
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Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 9:00 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 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, September 14, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
September 11, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 9:00 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 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, September 14, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Helen M. Gutt (nee Ryan) age 76 of Galloway Township, NJ died peacefully with loving family by her side on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.
Helen was born in Jersey City and raised in Harrison. While attending Queen of Peace High School North Arlington where she enjoyed popularity and later graduated, she worked the tables at Nankees Ice Cream Parlor. It was there that a certain young and extremely handsome man named Carl Gutt came in one day. Helen waited Carl’s table coming back with his selection of a Black Raspberry Parfait. They fell in love and, after courtship, they exchanged their wedding vows at Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church in North Arlington in 1957.
After love and marriage, then came the babies in the baby carriage: Helen (aka Susie), Carl M., Jeffrey T, Laura, and David. Once the children were raised Helen took a job as Medical Records Clerk at Wayne General Hospital. She enjoyed that job for twelve years developing a reputation for diagnosing her own maladies and the unsolicited maladies of family and friends.
As the children grew the family moved to their house on Sears Place in Wayne. The house quickly became a home and the place to be for swim parties every Sunday. Helen loved the atmosphere and many family memories were made during those years!
After retirement, Helen and Carl moved closer to their second love…..Poker! They moved to Galloway Township, just outside of Atlantic City. Helen’s specialty was Texas Hold’em and she was the quintessential “Lady Luck” often winning big! Retirement also brought time for spending time with cherished grandchildren and she could often be heard saying “bring me that baby!”
A woman described by those she loved as feisty and crafty, Helen loved being with family and friends as much as they loved being with her. She loved driving Cadillacs while playing Neal Diamond songs on the radio.
Helen is survived by beloved husband of 55 years, Carl, her five loving children: Helen “Susie” Anderson and husband Robert of Wayne, Carl M. and wife Sylvia of Long Valley, NJ, Jeffrey T. and wife Maura of Wayne, Laura Ferry and husband Thomas of Randolph Township, and David and wife Deanna of Hardyston, NJ; her thirteen adored grandchildren, and her two dear sisters: Pat Murphy of Whiting, NJ and Kathleen Reitsma of Howell Township, NJ.
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