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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, July 17, 2016 from 2-5 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Valley Rd., Wayne, on Monday, July 18, 2016 at 11 AM. Entombment will follow at the Laurel Grove Mausoleum in Totowa.
Irma Neumann (nee Balko), age 89 of Wayne, died on Thursday, July 14, 2016 with her family at her side.
Irma was born in Poland and attended nursing school in Switzerland. She became a Governess for a wealthy Swiss family, caring for their young daughter while living in the Swiss Alps. After World War II, she met Heinrich Neumann in Germany and the two of them dated for five years before marrying on April 5, 1953 in Lebenstadt, Germany. They came to America, with their two young daughters, in 1957 to start a new life and settled in Wayne in 1963.
Irma was a wonderful seamstress and made many different garments for her family. Her daughters recall working in their basement for hours, cutting fabric and helping their mother. Irma was also very good at knitting and made most of her husband’s socks. She was also a devoted gardener and toiled endlessly with her crops – even teaching her granddaughters to harvest potatoes! “Oma,” as they all called her, was a terrific cook and baker. She made everything well and had a tendency to go through cooking ‘phases’ such as her “eggroll” phase, and her “sausage and peppers” phase. Her homemade bread and potato pancakes were her trademark specialties. She also enjoyed taking her granddaughters to the lake in Lincoln Park and to the beach at Sandy Hook where they made many fond memories. The girls will miss her dearly.
Irma and Henry were blessed with a very happy marriage. They traveled extensively, including two trips to Hawaii, a few visits to Germany, and even Portugal, Aruba, Cancun, Alaska, and even a few cruises. They stood by each other’s side for fifty five years before Henry passed in 2008.
Irma is survived by her two daughters; Hannelore Grieder and her husband John of Oak Ridge, NJ and Ute Mowry of Morris Plains, NJ, four granddaughters; Erin Neglio and her husband Thomas of Denville, NJ Megan Grieder and her fiancé Daniel Lyons of El Paso, TX, Kenna Mowry of Morris Plains, and Kara Mowry and her fiancé Steven Gilchrist of Scotch Plains.
In Lieu of flowers, donations in Irma's memory would be greatly appreciated to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, July 17, 2016 from 2-5 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Valley Rd., Wayne, on Monday, July 18, 2016 at 11 AM. Entombment will follow at the Laurel Grove Mausoleum in Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, July 17, 2016 from 2-5 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Valley Rd., Wayne, on Monday, July 18, 2016 at 11 AM. Entombment will follow at the Laurel Grove Mausoleum in Totowa.
Irma Neumann (nee Balko), age 89 of Wayne, died on Thursday, July 14, 2016 with her family at her side.
Irma was born in Poland and attended nursing school in Switzerland. She became a Governess for a wealthy Swiss family, caring for their young daughter while living in the Swiss Alps. After World War II, she met Heinrich Neumann in Germany and the two of them dated for five years before marrying on April 5, 1953 in Lebenstadt, Germany. They came to America, with their two young daughters, in 1957 to start a new life and settled in Wayne in 1963.
Irma was a wonderful seamstress and made many different garments for her family. Her daughters recall working in their basement for hours, cutting fabric and helping their mother. Irma was also very good at knitting and made most of her husband’s socks. She was also a devoted gardener and toiled endlessly with her crops – even teaching her granddaughters to harvest potatoes! “Oma,” as they all called her, was a terrific cook and baker. She made everything well and had a tendency to go through cooking ‘phases’ such as her “eggroll” phase, and her “sausage and peppers” phase. Her homemade bread and potato pancakes were her trademark specialties. She also enjoyed taking her granddaughters to the lake in Lincoln Park and to the beach at Sandy Hook where they made many fond memories. The girls will miss her dearly.
Irma and Henry were blessed with a very happy marriage. They traveled extensively, including two trips to Hawaii, a few visits to Germany, and even Portugal, Aruba, Cancun, Alaska, and even a few cruises. They stood by each other’s side for fifty five years before Henry passed in 2008.
Irma is survived by her two daughters; Hannelore Grieder and her husband John of Oak Ridge, NJ and Ute Mowry of Morris Plains, NJ, four granddaughters; Erin Neglio and her husband Thomas of Denville, NJ Megan Grieder and her fiancé Daniel Lyons of El Paso, TX, Kenna Mowry of Morris Plains, and Kara Mowry and her fiancé Steven Gilchrist of Scotch Plains.
In Lieu of flowers, donations in Irma's memory would be greatly appreciated to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470.
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