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Friends may visit with the family from 8 AM – 12 Noon on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 12 noon funeral service will be held on Tuesday just after the visitation hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Jean Voelkner age 79, of Naples Florida, a forty-three year resident of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, January 30, 2015.
Jean was born in Clifton to John and Genevieve Budnik. She graduated first in her class at Clifton High School. Her first job was with Hoffman-LaRoche Pharmaceuticals in Nutley. Jean married the love of her life Thomas Voelkner in 1960 and moved to Wayne where they raised their three children Robert, Karen, and Marianne.
Jean worked alongside her husband for thirty-eight years to build a successful State Farm Insurance Agency in Wayne. Jean and her husband were founding parishioners of Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Wayne. She was an active member of the Wayne Woman's Club and Soroptimist International.
Jean had a passion for reading and cooking. She was an avid tennis player who made life long friends on the court. Jean and her husband moved to Naples, Florida in 2003, where she tried relentlessly to master the game of golf.
Jean will be remembered by her family sitting with Tom, watching the sun set and saying, "Thank you God for another day."
Jean is predeceased by her beloved husband Thomas in December 2013. Jean is survived by her loving children Robert and his wife Sharon, Marianne Hierholzer and her husband Greg, and Karen Hempstead. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, her angels who completed her already wonderful life. She is the dear sister of Patricia Budnik Tilli. Jean's family would like to thank family and friends who have helped to make this journey easier over this past year with their continued love and support. Her kids are most appreciative and although they will miss both their mom and dad greatly, they smile knowing they are together again holding hands and laughing, just like they always did.
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Friends may visit with the family from 8 AM – 12 Noon on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 12 noon funeral service will be held on Tuesday just after the visitation hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 8 AM – 12 Noon on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 12 noon funeral service will be held on Tuesday just after the visitation hours.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Jean Voelkner age 79, of Naples Florida, a forty-three year resident of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, January 30, 2015.
Jean was born in Clifton to John and Genevieve Budnik. She graduated first in her class at Clifton High School. Her first job was with Hoffman-LaRoche Pharmaceuticals in Nutley. Jean married the love of her life Thomas Voelkner in 1960 and moved to Wayne where they raised their three children Robert, Karen, and Marianne.
Jean worked alongside her husband for thirty-eight years to build a successful State Farm Insurance Agency in Wayne. Jean and her husband were founding parishioners of Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Wayne. She was an active member of the Wayne Woman's Club and Soroptimist International.
Jean had a passion for reading and cooking. She was an avid tennis player who made life long friends on the court. Jean and her husband moved to Naples, Florida in 2003, where she tried relentlessly to master the game of golf.
Jean will be remembered by her family sitting with Tom, watching the sun set and saying, "Thank you God for another day."
Jean is predeceased by her beloved husband Thomas in December 2013. Jean is survived by her loving children Robert and his wife Sharon, Marianne Hierholzer and her husband Greg, and Karen Hempstead. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, her angels who completed her already wonderful life. She is the dear sister of Patricia Budnik Tilli. Jean's family would like to thank family and friends who have helped to make this journey easier over this past year with their continued love and support. Her kids are most appreciative and although they will miss both their mom and dad greatly, they smile knowing they are together again holding hands and laughing, just like they always did.
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