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September 11, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday at the funeral home and burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Irma May Zuberer (nee Barker), age 88 of Paterson, died on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Her passing was unexpected but peaceful, with her family at her side.
Irma was born in Paterson and lived there her entire life. In fact, she’s only ever lived in two houses; first with her parents, and the second after getting married, and both of them were in Paterson.
She graduated from Central High School with the class of 1940 and played basketball there. She was known as “Hips-Irma” by her teammates for her feisty, unmatched ability to fend off her opponents, and “Spit-curl” Irma, for her hip hair style.
“Vivacious” is probably the best word used to describe Irma. You would never find moss under her feet and if you weren’t up to her speed, you had better get out of the way! She enjoyed life to the fullest and was lots of fun to be with. As a young lady, she would seek out the spotlight whether it was singing, acting in a minstrel show or just having a good time and this lifestyle endowed her with many loving friends over the years, all of whom she cherished. Her high energy never withered even as she reached into her 80’s. She kept a clean house like no one else, loved to cook and was great at it, and simply had a wonderful, extroverted personality that will certainly be missed by all.
Irma was a lifetime member of and sang with the choir at the Westside United Methodist Church in Paterson and only recently, when the church closed, did she begin attending services at the Totowa United Methodist Church. She volunteered at the Thrift Shop with the Wayne Hospital Women’s Auxiliary, and was also a member of the Our Lady of Pompeii Senior Citizens.
In 1941 she married Ernest H. Zuberer and they took a drive to Maine for their honeymoon. As you can imagine, the cars and highways of 1941 were not what they are today and a road trip to Maine was serious adventure. That honeymoon was just the beginning of their great adventure together, as they enjoyed each other for fifty nine years before his passing in 2000.
Irma is survived by her three loving children; Barbara Meyers and her husband Andrew of Paterson, Jean Frankel and her husband Gregg of Tewksbury, NJ, and Dr. Ernest Zuberer Jr. and his wife Jean Smith of Tampa, FL, seven grandchildren; Anne Zuberer and her husband Dr. Kevin Davis of Nashville, TN, Lyn Claus and her husband Jeffery of Houston, TX, Ernest Bud Zuberer of Tampa, FL, Andrew Meyers and his wife Tarin of Garnersville, NY, Keith Meyers of Parsippany, NJ, Tara and Chelsea Frankel, both of Tewksbury, NJ, eight great-grandchildren, and one sister; Jean Johnston of Winter Park, FL. She was predeceased by seven siblings.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday at the funeral home and burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
September 11, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday at the funeral home and burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Irma May Zuberer (nee Barker), age 88 of Paterson, died on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Her passing was unexpected but peaceful, with her family at her side.
Irma was born in Paterson and lived there her entire life. In fact, she’s only ever lived in two houses; first with her parents, and the second after getting married, and both of them were in Paterson.
She graduated from Central High School with the class of 1940 and played basketball there. She was known as “Hips-Irma” by her teammates for her feisty, unmatched ability to fend off her opponents, and “Spit-curl” Irma, for her hip hair style.
“Vivacious” is probably the best word used to describe Irma. You would never find moss under her feet and if you weren’t up to her speed, you had better get out of the way! She enjoyed life to the fullest and was lots of fun to be with. As a young lady, she would seek out the spotlight whether it was singing, acting in a minstrel show or just having a good time and this lifestyle endowed her with many loving friends over the years, all of whom she cherished. Her high energy never withered even as she reached into her 80’s. She kept a clean house like no one else, loved to cook and was great at it, and simply had a wonderful, extroverted personality that will certainly be missed by all.
Irma was a lifetime member of and sang with the choir at the Westside United Methodist Church in Paterson and only recently, when the church closed, did she begin attending services at the Totowa United Methodist Church. She volunteered at the Thrift Shop with the Wayne Hospital Women’s Auxiliary, and was also a member of the Our Lady of Pompeii Senior Citizens.
In 1941 she married Ernest H. Zuberer and they took a drive to Maine for their honeymoon. As you can imagine, the cars and highways of 1941 were not what they are today and a road trip to Maine was serious adventure. That honeymoon was just the beginning of their great adventure together, as they enjoyed each other for fifty nine years before his passing in 2000.
Irma is survived by her three loving children; Barbara Meyers and her husband Andrew of Paterson, Jean Frankel and her husband Gregg of Tewksbury, NJ, and Dr. Ernest Zuberer Jr. and his wife Jean Smith of Tampa, FL, seven grandchildren; Anne Zuberer and her husband Dr. Kevin Davis of Nashville, TN, Lyn Claus and her husband Jeffery of Houston, TX, Ernest Bud Zuberer of Tampa, FL, Andrew Meyers and his wife Tarin of Garnersville, NY, Keith Meyers of Parsippany, NJ, Tara and Chelsea Frankel, both of Tewksbury, NJ, eight great-grandchildren, and one sister; Jean Johnston of Winter Park, FL. She was predeceased by seven siblings.
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