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Friends may visit with the family on Thursday December 29, 2016 from 4-8PM at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A funeral service will be celebrated on Friday December 30, 2016 from the funeral home at 10AM.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park in Totowa.
Jacqueline “Jackie” Farley (nee Dortch) age 90, formerly of Clifton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 27, 2016 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Jackie was born in Chester, Virginia to Milliard and Minnie Dortch. Tragedy struck Jackie’s life when she was just a small child. By the age of nine, Jackie had lost both her mother and her father. She was placed in an orphanage in Newark, NJ and lived there for the next five years where she received solid biblical truth. When Jackie was about fourteen years old, her sister Doris was able to become her legal guardian. Jackie then went to live with her sister Doris and lived in various places throughout Essex County. Sometime in 1945 Jackie met a handsome young man by the name of Thomas Farley, and after a romantic and wonderful courtship they were married in January of 1946.
Soon after they were married they moved to the City of Clifton. This is where they would call home, spend their next forty-eight years together, and raise their two daughters. Tom and Jackie cherished forty-eight years of loving and loyal marriage together until Tom’s passing in 1994. Jackie was a homemaker for many years, and a good one at that. She then, as her children got older, took a job as a payroll clerk for ADP in Clifton. She worked there full time for ten years and then five years part time afterwards until her retirement. Jackie decided to work only part time to help with her grandchildren. About five years ago Jackie moved from her life-long residence in Clifton to Wayne where she had been under the loving care of her daughter Gail and son-in-law Randy.
Jackie was a professional-like seamstress and a great cook. She hosted countless Sunday dinners for her whole family throughout her life. Her family recalls her outstanding Rice Pudding and Potato Salad in particular. She loved the endless conversations with her grandson Ian. She enjoyed solving crossword puzzles up until her passing and was a “Bingo Fanatic”. Jackie also spent many vacations in Florida where her children owned homes. Her family remembers her as being feisty yet loving and extremely devoted to her family. Jaqueline was a very special person who touched the lives of many people and will be missed by everyone that knew her.
Jackie is survived by her two daughters; Gail Klein and her husband Randy of Wayne, and Joan Swatt and her husband Kenneth of Bloomfield, one sister; Colleen Maulbeck and her husband Bernie of Sarasota, FL, and two brothers; Jimmy and Richard Dortch both of Texas, two grandsons; Ian and his wife Raquel and Christopher and his wife Meghan, and two great grandchildren; Oliver and Tessa. She is also survived by her niece Pat Visser and many nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her husband Thomas Farley in 1994, as well as her sister Doris Ryder and her husband Frank, her brothers Honey, Wesley and Steve Dortch and her nephew John Ryder.
In lieu of flowers, friends may make donations in Jackie's name to Alzheimer's New Jersey, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834.
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Friends may visit with the family on Thursday December 29, 2016 from 4-8PM at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A funeral service will be celebrated on Friday December 30, 2016 from the funeral home at 10AM.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park in Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday December 29, 2016 from 4-8PM at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A funeral service will be celebrated on Friday December 30, 2016 from the funeral home at 10AM.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park in Totowa.
Jacqueline “Jackie” Farley (nee Dortch) age 90, formerly of Clifton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 27, 2016 while receiving the loving care of her family.
Jackie was born in Chester, Virginia to Milliard and Minnie Dortch. Tragedy struck Jackie’s life when she was just a small child. By the age of nine, Jackie had lost both her mother and her father. She was placed in an orphanage in Newark, NJ and lived there for the next five years where she received solid biblical truth. When Jackie was about fourteen years old, her sister Doris was able to become her legal guardian. Jackie then went to live with her sister Doris and lived in various places throughout Essex County. Sometime in 1945 Jackie met a handsome young man by the name of Thomas Farley, and after a romantic and wonderful courtship they were married in January of 1946.
Soon after they were married they moved to the City of Clifton. This is where they would call home, spend their next forty-eight years together, and raise their two daughters. Tom and Jackie cherished forty-eight years of loving and loyal marriage together until Tom’s passing in 1994. Jackie was a homemaker for many years, and a good one at that. She then, as her children got older, took a job as a payroll clerk for ADP in Clifton. She worked there full time for ten years and then five years part time afterwards until her retirement. Jackie decided to work only part time to help with her grandchildren. About five years ago Jackie moved from her life-long residence in Clifton to Wayne where she had been under the loving care of her daughter Gail and son-in-law Randy.
Jackie was a professional-like seamstress and a great cook. She hosted countless Sunday dinners for her whole family throughout her life. Her family recalls her outstanding Rice Pudding and Potato Salad in particular. She loved the endless conversations with her grandson Ian. She enjoyed solving crossword puzzles up until her passing and was a “Bingo Fanatic”. Jackie also spent many vacations in Florida where her children owned homes. Her family remembers her as being feisty yet loving and extremely devoted to her family. Jaqueline was a very special person who touched the lives of many people and will be missed by everyone that knew her.
Jackie is survived by her two daughters; Gail Klein and her husband Randy of Wayne, and Joan Swatt and her husband Kenneth of Bloomfield, one sister; Colleen Maulbeck and her husband Bernie of Sarasota, FL, and two brothers; Jimmy and Richard Dortch both of Texas, two grandsons; Ian and his wife Raquel and Christopher and his wife Meghan, and two great grandchildren; Oliver and Tessa. She is also survived by her niece Pat Visser and many nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her husband Thomas Farley in 1994, as well as her sister Doris Ryder and her husband Frank, her brothers Honey, Wesley and Steve Dortch and her nephew John Ryder.
In lieu of flowers, friends may make donations in Jackie's name to Alzheimer's New Jersey, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834.
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