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April 30, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Monday, May 4, 2009 at St Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne. Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, May 3, 2009 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Irene M. Kmetz, age 86 of Wayne died Thursday, April 30, 2009 at Chilton Memorial Hospital with the comfort of her family by her side. The family watched the monitors declare her passing, her resurgence to life at the sound of her pastor’s prayers, and once again her peaceful passing.
She was born in Yonkers, NY, lived in Passaic for just a couple of years, having lived in Garfield for thirty-two years before moving to Wayne fourteen years ago.
Irene was a payroll clerk, for twenty years, at the Popular Merchandise Company in Passaic and later in Garfield before retiring in 1984.
She met her husband, the late Joseph Kmetz, Jr.(August 8, 1978), at a church youth group rally between Yonkers, NY and Garfield churches. They married in 1946 and enjoyed thirty-two years of loving marriage.
She was a devoted member of St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Wayne.
Irene dedicated her life first to her children and later in life to volunteerism. She was the treasurer for Luther League in Yonkers Lutheran Church, Air Raid Warden during WWII, U.S.O.: Council Chair Lady of Entertainment, President of Local U.S.O.; Brownie and Girl Scout leader, Girl Scout council for Garfield, Clifton and Passaic, Girl Scout Advancement Committee and Camp Committee; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Garfield: Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teacher, President of P.T.O., Class Mother, Entertainment Chairperson of Mr. & Mrs. Club and Mission Guild; Saddle Brook Hospital Volunteer; Amvets & VFW volunteer, Garfield Girls Club volunteer; Office on Aging Bergen County – call person; St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Wayne: Ways & Means, Entertainment, Welca(Women of Evangelical Lutheran Church); St. Joseph Hospital volunteer: gift shop, child day care, Sterling Day(Seniors), Health Fair, Wayne Day, Golf Tournament; WIN (Wayne Interfaith Network); Center for Family Resources-Head Start(12 years); Sunrise Assisted Living volunteer; Friends of the library. She received awards for her volunteerism from: St. Josephs Wayne Hospital, Wayne “Volunteer of the Month of May 1997”, “Community Volunteer of the Year 1999 from Passaic County” and was recognized by the U.S. Health Care for “Young at Heart” Award for 1997.
She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Kmetz, Jr(1978); loving mother of Kenneth W. Kmetz and his wife Sandralee of Pensacola, FL and Barbara Macey and her husband Andrew of Wayne; loving grandmother of Eric, Patrick, Kevin and Michael Kmetz, David Macey, Sarah Kirk and her husband Jason; cherished by six great-grandchildren; loved sister of the late Gustav and Edward Matzko and Gisella Demchak.
In lieu of flowers donations to the St. Timothy Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Monday, May 4, 2009 at St Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne. Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, May 3, 2009 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
April 30, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Monday, May 4, 2009 at St Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne. Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, May 3, 2009 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Irene M. Kmetz, age 86 of Wayne died Thursday, April 30, 2009 at Chilton Memorial Hospital with the comfort of her family by her side. The family watched the monitors declare her passing, her resurgence to life at the sound of her pastor’s prayers, and once again her peaceful passing.
She was born in Yonkers, NY, lived in Passaic for just a couple of years, having lived in Garfield for thirty-two years before moving to Wayne fourteen years ago.
Irene was a payroll clerk, for twenty years, at the Popular Merchandise Company in Passaic and later in Garfield before retiring in 1984.
She met her husband, the late Joseph Kmetz, Jr.(August 8, 1978), at a church youth group rally between Yonkers, NY and Garfield churches. They married in 1946 and enjoyed thirty-two years of loving marriage.
She was a devoted member of St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Wayne.
Irene dedicated her life first to her children and later in life to volunteerism. She was the treasurer for Luther League in Yonkers Lutheran Church, Air Raid Warden during WWII, U.S.O.: Council Chair Lady of Entertainment, President of Local U.S.O.; Brownie and Girl Scout leader, Girl Scout council for Garfield, Clifton and Passaic, Girl Scout Advancement Committee and Camp Committee; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Garfield: Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teacher, President of P.T.O., Class Mother, Entertainment Chairperson of Mr. & Mrs. Club and Mission Guild; Saddle Brook Hospital Volunteer; Amvets & VFW volunteer, Garfield Girls Club volunteer; Office on Aging Bergen County – call person; St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Wayne: Ways & Means, Entertainment, Welca(Women of Evangelical Lutheran Church); St. Joseph Hospital volunteer: gift shop, child day care, Sterling Day(Seniors), Health Fair, Wayne Day, Golf Tournament; WIN (Wayne Interfaith Network); Center for Family Resources-Head Start(12 years); Sunrise Assisted Living volunteer; Friends of the library. She received awards for her volunteerism from: St. Josephs Wayne Hospital, Wayne “Volunteer of the Month of May 1997”, “Community Volunteer of the Year 1999 from Passaic County” and was recognized by the U.S. Health Care for “Young at Heart” Award for 1997.
She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Kmetz, Jr(1978); loving mother of Kenneth W. Kmetz and his wife Sandralee of Pensacola, FL and Barbara Macey and her husband Andrew of Wayne; loving grandmother of Eric, Patrick, Kevin and Michael Kmetz, David Macey, Sarah Kirk and her husband Jason; cherished by six great-grandchildren; loved sister of the late Gustav and Edward Matzko and Gisella Demchak.
In lieu of flowers donations to the St. Timothy Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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