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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 9-11 AM. A funeral mass will be held at 11:30AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Jeannette (nee Moavero) McBride, age 89 of Wayne, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2016.
Jeannette was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the daughter of Alphonso and Blanche (Cesareo) Moavero. She graduated from Stamford High School with the Class of 1945 and then came to Jersey City, New Jersey to attend St. Francis School of Nursing.
During the height of World War II, the U.S. Army (Army Corps of Engineers) was sponsoring young women to attend nursing school and Jeannette was awarded a scholarship. The Army was anticipating a great need for nurses as the war continued on and the invasion of Japan seemed imminent. These student nurses were known as “Nurse-Cadets.” She completed her nursing education at St. Francis, earning her R.N., but by that time the war was over and the Army sent Jeannette home.
While a student nurse at St. Francis she met a recently discharged soldier, Bill McBride, from Hoboken. They were married on April 30, 1949. They lived in Clifton and then Wayne for many years, where they raised their four children, Peggy, Barbara, Janice and Billy, before moving to Boynton Beach, Florida in 1975. They were married for fifty-five years before Bill passed away in 2004.
Jeannette was a natural caregiver and practiced as a nurse for her entire working career. She worked at many area hospitals in Northern New Jersey, as well as with the Visiting Nurse Service of Little Falls, before moving to Florida. She then worked at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Lantana, Florida. After retirement, she continued lending a hand to the residents of her community with the simple day-to-day medical chores that come about. She became known as their own “Florence Nightingale.”
She found much joy in the retirement community of “Leisureville” in Boynton Beach, FL where she and Bill settled and participated in the many activities they offered. There was hardly a day that went by that you didn’t find her at the clubhouse.
She remained in Florida until 2007 before moving back to New Jersey to be closer to her daughters.
Jeannette was predeceased by her husband William (2004) and son William, Jr. (1973). She is survived by her three daughters: Peggy Camisa (Ernie) of Clifton, Barbara Schlachter (John) of Wayne, Janice Kramer (Jon) of Wayne; and five grandchildren: Laurie and Jessica Schlachter of Wayne, Amy Gnida (Christopher) of Pompton Plains and James and Alec Kramer of Wayne; one sister, Florence Corrente of RI. She was also predeceased by a sister, Barbara Lupinacci (2001) of CT and brother, Vincent Moavero (2015) of FL.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 9-11 AM. A funeral mass will be held at 11:30AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 9-11 AM. A funeral mass will be held at 11:30AM at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Jeannette (nee Moavero) McBride, age 89 of Wayne, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2016.
Jeannette was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the daughter of Alphonso and Blanche (Cesareo) Moavero. She graduated from Stamford High School with the Class of 1945 and then came to Jersey City, New Jersey to attend St. Francis School of Nursing.
During the height of World War II, the U.S. Army (Army Corps of Engineers) was sponsoring young women to attend nursing school and Jeannette was awarded a scholarship. The Army was anticipating a great need for nurses as the war continued on and the invasion of Japan seemed imminent. These student nurses were known as “Nurse-Cadets.” She completed her nursing education at St. Francis, earning her R.N., but by that time the war was over and the Army sent Jeannette home.
While a student nurse at St. Francis she met a recently discharged soldier, Bill McBride, from Hoboken. They were married on April 30, 1949. They lived in Clifton and then Wayne for many years, where they raised their four children, Peggy, Barbara, Janice and Billy, before moving to Boynton Beach, Florida in 1975. They were married for fifty-five years before Bill passed away in 2004.
Jeannette was a natural caregiver and practiced as a nurse for her entire working career. She worked at many area hospitals in Northern New Jersey, as well as with the Visiting Nurse Service of Little Falls, before moving to Florida. She then worked at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Lantana, Florida. After retirement, she continued lending a hand to the residents of her community with the simple day-to-day medical chores that come about. She became known as their own “Florence Nightingale.”
She found much joy in the retirement community of “Leisureville” in Boynton Beach, FL where she and Bill settled and participated in the many activities they offered. There was hardly a day that went by that you didn’t find her at the clubhouse.
She remained in Florida until 2007 before moving back to New Jersey to be closer to her daughters.
Jeannette was predeceased by her husband William (2004) and son William, Jr. (1973). She is survived by her three daughters: Peggy Camisa (Ernie) of Clifton, Barbara Schlachter (John) of Wayne, Janice Kramer (Jon) of Wayne; and five grandchildren: Laurie and Jessica Schlachter of Wayne, Amy Gnida (Christopher) of Pompton Plains and James and Alec Kramer of Wayne; one sister, Florence Corrente of RI. She was also predeceased by a sister, Barbara Lupinacci (2001) of CT and brother, Vincent Moavero (2015) of FL.
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