Jean Elizabeth Marc

Jean Elizabeth Marc, age 95, of Wayne passed Friday, July 8, 2022.

She was born to Ernest and Elizabeth Zober and raised in Garfield.  She graduated from Garfield High School with the Class of 1944.

It was through Jean’s best friend in high school that she met Francis Marc.  WWII was raging and Francis was going into the US Air Force, when he returned, they were inseparable and were married on April 4, 1948 at Saint Johns Lutheran Church in Passaic. Jean and Francis had an “excellent marriage” of fifty-one years that was blessed with one daughter Pamela.

Jean was dedicated to her Christian faith and was an active member of both St John Lutheran Church in Passaic and later Saint Timothy Lutheran Church in Wayne.

Jean and Francis lived on Cecilia Drive for over 65 years where neighbors became a close-knit family of lifelong friends.  Her house was the gathering place for all the family holidays, the door was always open.  They loved company and hosted many super-bowl parties, 4th of July celebrations and impromptu gatherings.  On many Saturday evenings, friends joined them for lively games of Trivial Pursuit.  Jean was sociable, talked to everyone, even strangers in the department store changing rooms.  Jean had many life-long friends.  She was a gentle soul who loved all animals and had dogs her entire life.  

For years Jean and Francis spent vacation time at Long Beach Island where they rented various houses and family and friends were always welcomed to join them. In their retirement Jean traveled annually with Francis’ 379th Bomb Group and enjoyed cruising with Francis visiting Alaska, Hawaii and many Caribbean Islands.    After Francis passed, Jean continued to travel, attending the 379th Bomb Group gathering in Seattle, Washington, and Jean, Pam & David attended the Washington DC gathering.  Jean, Pam, David & Marc traveled to England to visit David’s family and visit Kimbolton where Francis was stationed during WWII.

Jean’s first job was with the Railway Express Company in New York City, and she later worked as a Head Cashier for the Sears Roebuck & Company before dedicating herself to raising her daughter.  In 1960 Jean and her husband Francis bought the Bloomingdale Dry Cleaners Company at 60 Main Street in Bloomingdale.  Several years later they purchased the laundromat next door and ran both businesses until retiring in 1984.

Jean was the loving wife of fifty-one years to the late Francis (d. 2005); she was the devoted mother of Pam Richardson and her husband David of Wayne; she was the cherished grandmother of Marc Richardson and his wife Lauren of Jersey City.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St Timothy Memorial Fund, 395 Valley Road, Wayne NJ 07470 or the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad would be greatly appreciated.