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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday morning, April 13, 2015 from 9-11 AM.
A Funeral Service will immediately follow the time of visitation and will begin at 11:00 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at First Reformed Church Cemetery, Pompton Plains.
Ida M. Kish, age 101, of Pompton Plains and formerly of Wayne, died peacefully in the comfort of her own home and went to her eternal rest on Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
Clearly blessed with longevity, Ida was really sick only one time in her 101 years on this earth. That was when she suffered a ruptured appendix at age thirteen and it almost took her life. The doctor didn’t give her much chance to live but a nurse suggested treating her with something that had only every been used before on American Soldiers…..formaldehyde. It worked!
Born in 1913, a a little over a year after the Titanic sank, she was raised in Kearny. She graduated from Glen Ridge High School with the Class of 1931 and went on to secretarial school for further education, working for Westinghouse Corporation during World War II.
Ida met the love of her life, Stephen Kish and they married on November 22, 1939 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Harrison. Their first home as husband and wife was with her parents and there she gave birth to her firstborn - a son named Charles in 1941. Shortly thereafter, this little family of three moved to Nutley where they grew to a family of four upon the birth of Ida’s second son Raymond. She settled into the role of full-time mother and homemaker. In 1948 the family moved to Pompton Plains and later to the Pines Lake section of Wayne. Ida remained in Wayne until 2006 when she moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains, remaining there until her passing.
Ida was the consummate mother and homemaker. She was an avid and practical gardener who primarily planted that which could be harvested for consumption. She tended to her beautiful lush grape vines and peach and apple trees as well as lots of different kinds of vegetables. She made delicious grape jelly and she canned whatever could not be consumed before it spoiled.
Ida’s idea of relaxation was spending her spare time making beautiful creations with oil paints. She took a few courses but she had a natural artistic talent. Most of her paintings featured landscapes but she also liked to paint portraits of her boys and later her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also painted a portrait of herself and her husband Stephen which hung in her house and which she enjoyed right to the end of her earthly journey. Many of the frames which adorn her creations were made by her husband Stephen. She and Stephen traveled extensively in their retirement years and especially enjoyed trips they took to Hawaii, Australia, England and Germany.
Ida had a great faith and had been a loyal member of First Reformed Church in Pompton Plains since 1948. She was also a former member of the Pompton Plains Women’s Club as well as the Golden Age Club of Wayne. Giving of herself, she spent some years volunteering and giving to patients as a Pink Lady at Chilton Hospital in Pompton Plains.
Over the span of her 101 years, Ida witnessed a lot including much that the average person takes for granted including the development of the motor vehicle and commercial air travel, the establishment of hotels and motels throughout the world, the development of routine heart surgery and transplants, the discovery of DNA, a man walking on the moon (watching this on an invention called the television), having things paid with credit cards and a whole myriad of other inventions and discoveries.
She was a smart woman who knew what she wanted in life. She loved her family always holding them near and dear to her heart.
Ida is survived by her two dear sons: Charles and wife Joyce Kish of Hamburg, NJ and Lakeville, PA, and Raymond and wife Bonnie of Boynton Beach, FL and Brookfield, CT; Five cherished grandchildren: Laura, Dawn, Kevin, Stephanie, and Ryan; and ten adored great-grandchildren: Kyle, David, Zachary, Hayley, Joey, Ashley, Jake, Evan, Brennan, and Lauren.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband Stephen in 1984 and her brother Carl Sietz.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Ida’s name are asked to consider the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312 or at www.diabetes.org/donate.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday morning, April 13, 2015 from 9-11 AM.
A Funeral Service will immediately follow the time of visitation and will begin at 11:00 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at First Reformed Church Cemetery, Pompton Plains.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday morning, April 13, 2015 from 9-11 AM.
A Funeral Service will immediately follow the time of visitation and will begin at 11:00 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at First Reformed Church Cemetery, Pompton Plains.
Ida M. Kish, age 101, of Pompton Plains and formerly of Wayne, died peacefully in the comfort of her own home and went to her eternal rest on Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
Clearly blessed with longevity, Ida was really sick only one time in her 101 years on this earth. That was when she suffered a ruptured appendix at age thirteen and it almost took her life. The doctor didn’t give her much chance to live but a nurse suggested treating her with something that had only every been used before on American Soldiers…..formaldehyde. It worked!
Born in 1913, a a little over a year after the Titanic sank, she was raised in Kearny. She graduated from Glen Ridge High School with the Class of 1931 and went on to secretarial school for further education, working for Westinghouse Corporation during World War II.
Ida met the love of her life, Stephen Kish and they married on November 22, 1939 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Harrison. Their first home as husband and wife was with her parents and there she gave birth to her firstborn - a son named Charles in 1941. Shortly thereafter, this little family of three moved to Nutley where they grew to a family of four upon the birth of Ida’s second son Raymond. She settled into the role of full-time mother and homemaker. In 1948 the family moved to Pompton Plains and later to the Pines Lake section of Wayne. Ida remained in Wayne until 2006 when she moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains, remaining there until her passing.
Ida was the consummate mother and homemaker. She was an avid and practical gardener who primarily planted that which could be harvested for consumption. She tended to her beautiful lush grape vines and peach and apple trees as well as lots of different kinds of vegetables. She made delicious grape jelly and she canned whatever could not be consumed before it spoiled.
Ida’s idea of relaxation was spending her spare time making beautiful creations with oil paints. She took a few courses but she had a natural artistic talent. Most of her paintings featured landscapes but she also liked to paint portraits of her boys and later her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also painted a portrait of herself and her husband Stephen which hung in her house and which she enjoyed right to the end of her earthly journey. Many of the frames which adorn her creations were made by her husband Stephen. She and Stephen traveled extensively in their retirement years and especially enjoyed trips they took to Hawaii, Australia, England and Germany.
Ida had a great faith and had been a loyal member of First Reformed Church in Pompton Plains since 1948. She was also a former member of the Pompton Plains Women’s Club as well as the Golden Age Club of Wayne. Giving of herself, she spent some years volunteering and giving to patients as a Pink Lady at Chilton Hospital in Pompton Plains.
Over the span of her 101 years, Ida witnessed a lot including much that the average person takes for granted including the development of the motor vehicle and commercial air travel, the establishment of hotels and motels throughout the world, the development of routine heart surgery and transplants, the discovery of DNA, a man walking on the moon (watching this on an invention called the television), having things paid with credit cards and a whole myriad of other inventions and discoveries.
She was a smart woman who knew what she wanted in life. She loved her family always holding them near and dear to her heart.
Ida is survived by her two dear sons: Charles and wife Joyce Kish of Hamburg, NJ and Lakeville, PA, and Raymond and wife Bonnie of Boynton Beach, FL and Brookfield, CT; Five cherished grandchildren: Laura, Dawn, Kevin, Stephanie, and Ryan; and ten adored great-grandchildren: Kyle, David, Zachary, Hayley, Joey, Ashley, Jake, Evan, Brennan, and Lauren.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband Stephen in 1984 and her brother Carl Sietz.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Ida’s name are asked to consider the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312 or at www.diabetes.org/donate.
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