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November 1, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, November 9, 2012 from 6-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery in Totowa.
Janet N. Heider, age 85 of Wayne, died peacefully on Thursday, November 1, 2012.
Janet was born in Paterson and grew up in Little Falls. During her early career, she was a telephone operator at the Mountain View offices of Bell Telephone in Wayne. On one particular day, Janet and the other operators were on strike and they were all sitting in the middle of the road, causing a bit of a traffic hazard. A handsome young police officer was called in to remove the ladies from the road and once she laid eyes on Wayne police officer George Heider, the rest was history. They fell in love and were married in 1948 at the St. Agnes Episcopal Church in Little Falls. They enjoyed forty three years together before George passed in 1991.
Janet and George settled in Wayne in 1950 and she’s been living in the same house for sixty years. She served for over twenty years as a crossing guard at the Our Lady of the Valley School on Valley Road during the 1960’s and returning during the 1990’s as a school bus driver, transporting special-needs children in the ‘blue bus’.
Janet and George traveled a bit and especially enjoyed their time at Daytona Beach in Florida. They also enjoyed trips to Cooperstown, NY and even a road trip to Texas.
Janet was actively involved in helping homeless pets, especially cats, throughout the years. She was a “Homeless Tails” volunteer, working with abandoned, stray and orphaned animals, bringing food and water to the animals throughout the area. She more recently had been donating to ROAR, a rescue operation for animals of the reservation in Oklahoma. She absolutely loved cats and even as she was declining in the hospital, her main concern was for her pet cats at home – that they would be properly cared for in her absence. She was truly dedicated to their wellbeing.
Janet is survived by her loving family; son George and his wife Lynn, her daughter Barbara Pidgeon and her husband James, her grandchildren; Erin Heider, Christopher Pidgeon, Amy Giorgi and her husband Gian, and Jacklyn Heider.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Janet’s memory would be greatly appreciated. Please consider Hospice of NJ, 400 Broadacres Drive 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 or ROAR, P.O. Box 3760, Broken Arrow, OK, 74013.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, November 9, 2012 from 6-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery in Totowa.
November 1, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, November 9, 2012 from 6-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Laurel Grove Memorial Park Cemetery in Totowa.
Janet N. Heider, age 85 of Wayne, died peacefully on Thursday, November 1, 2012.
Janet was born in Paterson and grew up in Little Falls. During her early career, she was a telephone operator at the Mountain View offices of Bell Telephone in Wayne. On one particular day, Janet and the other operators were on strike and they were all sitting in the middle of the road, causing a bit of a traffic hazard. A handsome young police officer was called in to remove the ladies from the road and once she laid eyes on Wayne police officer George Heider, the rest was history. They fell in love and were married in 1948 at the St. Agnes Episcopal Church in Little Falls. They enjoyed forty three years together before George passed in 1991.
Janet and George settled in Wayne in 1950 and she’s been living in the same house for sixty years. She served for over twenty years as a crossing guard at the Our Lady of the Valley School on Valley Road during the 1960’s and returning during the 1990’s as a school bus driver, transporting special-needs children in the ‘blue bus’.
Janet and George traveled a bit and especially enjoyed their time at Daytona Beach in Florida. They also enjoyed trips to Cooperstown, NY and even a road trip to Texas.
Janet was actively involved in helping homeless pets, especially cats, throughout the years. She was a “Homeless Tails” volunteer, working with abandoned, stray and orphaned animals, bringing food and water to the animals throughout the area. She more recently had been donating to ROAR, a rescue operation for animals of the reservation in Oklahoma. She absolutely loved cats and even as she was declining in the hospital, her main concern was for her pet cats at home – that they would be properly cared for in her absence. She was truly dedicated to their wellbeing.
Janet is survived by her loving family; son George and his wife Lynn, her daughter Barbara Pidgeon and her husband James, her grandchildren; Erin Heider, Christopher Pidgeon, Amy Giorgi and her husband Gian, and Jacklyn Heider.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Janet’s memory would be greatly appreciated. Please consider Hospice of NJ, 400 Broadacres Drive 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 or ROAR, P.O. Box 3760, Broken Arrow, OK, 74013.
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