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March 17, 2013
Services
Relatives and friends may visit at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, 10:30 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, NJ.
Irene H. Voellmy, 93, of Bloomingdale, passed from this life on Sunday, March 17, 2013.
Irene was born in Paterson, the daughter of Benjamin Marshall and Clemence Stanley. She grew up in North Haledon with her two brothers and three sisters and graduated from Hawthorne High School. Following graduation she began working for Western Electric.
One night she went out on a double blind date. The young man that was not her date liked Irene better than the girl that was his date. His name was Charles Voellmy and that night while on the date, he rearranged the seating arrangement in the car to make sure he ended up sitting next to Irene. They fell in love and, following Charles’ service in the United States Navy, they married in July of 1945 at the First Baptist Church in Paterson. The nuptials were followed by a reception at a local hall and then an exciting honeymoon in Atlantic City. Over the 54 years of their beautiful marriage, Charles and Irene frequently visited Atlantic City. The newlyweds settled in Paterson in a two-family house that they shared with Charles’ parents. Irene continued to work as an expert circuit board assembler for Western Electric. She took a break for three years so that she could take care of their beautiful newborn baby girl which they named Bonnie Lee. Eventually, Western Electric moved the company to Kearny but Irene didn’t go with them. Instead she took a job with a company called Monsanto doing the same type of work. The family eventually moved to their own home in Fair Lawn. Through hard work, thriftiness and perseverance, they paid off the mortgage on the house, as well as the down payment loan from Charles’ parents, in seven years! They enjoyed that home for twenty-one years and, following Irene’s retirement from Meadox Medicals, Inc. she and Charlie moved south to Whiting, NJ to a nice retirement community. They enjoyed the care-free lifestyle in Whiting, playing golf and going out to dinner with good friends that had made over the years. Irene remained in Whiting for a few years after Charlie passed away in April, 2001. At this point in her life she was in her 80’s but that didn’t stop her from driving up the Garden State Parkway on many weekends to stay with her daughter Bonnie. She continued that practice until one time while driving home to Whiting, Irene had a heart-attack. Thank God for her cell phone! She called 911 from the side of the road and that cell phone probably saved her life that day! After that, it was time to move north so in 2005 Irene moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains where she stayed to the present.
Throughout the years, Irene amused herself and other with many hobbies. Some of her ceramic creations include egg plates and baskets with bunnies which she made for Easter, and Christmas plates for the season of yuletide. She enjoyed gardening and grew her own tomatoes, string beans and strawberries while living in Whiting. She had exorbitant iris gardens along the side of the house in Fair Lawn and when she moved from there, Irene took a bunch of the bulbs to plant in her gardens in Whiting. Together, she and Charlie enjoyed the music of such big-band greats as Glenn Miller and Lawrence Welk and it’s been said that she and Charlie danced a pretty mean fox-trot too. The big bands were sweet but nothing like Irene’s secret crush…..Engelbert Humperdinck! When she would hear him sing “Release Me” or “The Last Waltz” or After the Lovin…..WOW! While living at Cedar Crest, Irene could be heard singing and often times it was songs by Engelbert Humperdinck. Irene and Charlie got to enjoy some good years of traveling too. They made many a trip to Vermont with friends. Charlie and the boys would play eighteen holes of golf while the ladies shopped. Afterwards, they would all join together for dinner. Other highlighted destinations included San Francisco, California, Utah’s Zion National Park, and Nevada’s Lake Tahoe. One of the most memorable destinations was to a place where Charlie had been stationed while in the service. It was a place he always promised to take his wife. That destination was Hawaii and Charlie ultimately kept that promise. Charlie and Irene’s daughter Bonnie did a very special thing for her parents. Bonnie took each of them, separately, on vacations – Dad to see the national parks out west and Mom to Italy for her 75th birthday. They played a card game called 99 in the hotel lobby with friends they had made while there. Memories of that time were filled with joy and laughter.
The Voellmy find great comfort in knowing that Irene is now with the Lord. Her faith in God was lived out in her life through her involvement over the years at Columbia Heights Community Church in Fair Lawn, and the Community Church in Whiting and attending worship services in the nursing home at Cedar Crest Village.
Irene was predeceased by her beloved husband of 54 years, Charles Voellmy, brothers Richard and Harry Stanley and sisters Doris Wolf and Isabelle Blundo. Irene is survived by her loving daughter Bonnie Lee, sister Alice Stanley and her loving nieces and nephews.
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Relatives and friends may visit at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, 10:30 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, NJ.
March 17, 2013
Services
Relatives and friends may visit at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, 10:30 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, NJ.
Irene H. Voellmy, 93, of Bloomingdale, passed from this life on Sunday, March 17, 2013.
Irene was born in Paterson, the daughter of Benjamin Marshall and Clemence Stanley. She grew up in North Haledon with her two brothers and three sisters and graduated from Hawthorne High School. Following graduation she began working for Western Electric.
One night she went out on a double blind date. The young man that was not her date liked Irene better than the girl that was his date. His name was Charles Voellmy and that night while on the date, he rearranged the seating arrangement in the car to make sure he ended up sitting next to Irene. They fell in love and, following Charles’ service in the United States Navy, they married in July of 1945 at the First Baptist Church in Paterson. The nuptials were followed by a reception at a local hall and then an exciting honeymoon in Atlantic City. Over the 54 years of their beautiful marriage, Charles and Irene frequently visited Atlantic City. The newlyweds settled in Paterson in a two-family house that they shared with Charles’ parents. Irene continued to work as an expert circuit board assembler for Western Electric. She took a break for three years so that she could take care of their beautiful newborn baby girl which they named Bonnie Lee. Eventually, Western Electric moved the company to Kearny but Irene didn’t go with them. Instead she took a job with a company called Monsanto doing the same type of work. The family eventually moved to their own home in Fair Lawn. Through hard work, thriftiness and perseverance, they paid off the mortgage on the house, as well as the down payment loan from Charles’ parents, in seven years! They enjoyed that home for twenty-one years and, following Irene’s retirement from Meadox Medicals, Inc. she and Charlie moved south to Whiting, NJ to a nice retirement community. They enjoyed the care-free lifestyle in Whiting, playing golf and going out to dinner with good friends that had made over the years. Irene remained in Whiting for a few years after Charlie passed away in April, 2001. At this point in her life she was in her 80’s but that didn’t stop her from driving up the Garden State Parkway on many weekends to stay with her daughter Bonnie. She continued that practice until one time while driving home to Whiting, Irene had a heart-attack. Thank God for her cell phone! She called 911 from the side of the road and that cell phone probably saved her life that day! After that, it was time to move north so in 2005 Irene moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains where she stayed to the present.
Throughout the years, Irene amused herself and other with many hobbies. Some of her ceramic creations include egg plates and baskets with bunnies which she made for Easter, and Christmas plates for the season of yuletide. She enjoyed gardening and grew her own tomatoes, string beans and strawberries while living in Whiting. She had exorbitant iris gardens along the side of the house in Fair Lawn and when she moved from there, Irene took a bunch of the bulbs to plant in her gardens in Whiting. Together, she and Charlie enjoyed the music of such big-band greats as Glenn Miller and Lawrence Welk and it’s been said that she and Charlie danced a pretty mean fox-trot too. The big bands were sweet but nothing like Irene’s secret crush…..Engelbert Humperdinck! When she would hear him sing “Release Me” or “The Last Waltz” or After the Lovin…..WOW! While living at Cedar Crest, Irene could be heard singing and often times it was songs by Engelbert Humperdinck. Irene and Charlie got to enjoy some good years of traveling too. They made many a trip to Vermont with friends. Charlie and the boys would play eighteen holes of golf while the ladies shopped. Afterwards, they would all join together for dinner. Other highlighted destinations included San Francisco, California, Utah’s Zion National Park, and Nevada’s Lake Tahoe. One of the most memorable destinations was to a place where Charlie had been stationed while in the service. It was a place he always promised to take his wife. That destination was Hawaii and Charlie ultimately kept that promise. Charlie and Irene’s daughter Bonnie did a very special thing for her parents. Bonnie took each of them, separately, on vacations – Dad to see the national parks out west and Mom to Italy for her 75th birthday. They played a card game called 99 in the hotel lobby with friends they had made while there. Memories of that time were filled with joy and laughter.
The Voellmy find great comfort in knowing that Irene is now with the Lord. Her faith in God was lived out in her life through her involvement over the years at Columbia Heights Community Church in Fair Lawn, and the Community Church in Whiting and attending worship services in the nursing home at Cedar Crest Village.
Irene was predeceased by her beloved husband of 54 years, Charles Voellmy, brothers Richard and Harry Stanley and sisters Doris Wolf and Isabelle Blundo. Irene is survived by her loving daughter Bonnie Lee, sister Alice Stanley and her loving nieces and nephews.
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