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February 20, 2022
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A memorial will be arranged at a later date. Family and friends will be notified.
A memorial service has been planned for Jean. Friends are invited to visit at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral on Thursday, May 26th, 2022 from 4 PM - 6 PM. A funeral service will be held at 6 PM at the funeral home.
Jean E. (Barker) Caruso of Wayne NJ passed away peacefully on February 20.2022 at the amazing age of 101 years old. She was born in Orange New Jersey to the loving parents of Walter Burr Barker and Elizabeth Marine Barker. Although Jean was actually born in Orange NJ she resided as a child in upstate New York and then moved to Wanaque NJ where her father served as Mayor.
She lived in Wayne when she met Joseph Caruso and fell in love. They married and not only did Jean then gain a husband, but she also gained a family .... a daughter, Diana Caruso Lobosco, a son-in-law Gennaro Lobosco, a granddaughter, Alexandria Lobosco and a grandson, Michael Lobosco. As the years passed her inherited family grew to include for great grandsons, Max, Chase, Gavin, and Joseph.
Joe and Jean resided in Wayne until the passing of her husband Joe when Jean decided to sell her home and move to Cedar Crest in Pompton Plains where she stayed until she needed additional care at which time she became a resident of the Passaic County Preakness Health Care Center.
Jean worked and retired from the Pompton Lakes School district where she taught in both elementary schools. She was a member of the Packanack Community Church where she was an active member of the choir.
What a long life! Jean was an educator, a traveler, an avid learner, a bird watcher, a "green thumb" gardener and a ballroom dancer with her husband Joe. She lived a full life and is now reunited with her parents, her husband and her beloved pets. Tom Cat and Percy her dauchhound.
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A memorial will be arranged at a later date. Family and friends will be notified.
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