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November 2, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM at the funeral home on Friday, November 9, officiated by Pastor Steve Wolosin of The Philadelphia Church.
Joan A. Roome, age 69 of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, November 2, 2012.
Joan was born in Brooklyn, NY. She lived there until she was fourteen years old, moving to Wayne in 1957. Joan welcomed the move to New Jersey with her family - her parents Frances and Martin, her brother Martin and two sisters, Dolores and Evelyn, all of whom pre-deceased her.
Once settled in Wayne, Joan caught the eye of Michael Roome. He would see Joan each evening when he picked up his father at the train station. Michael eventually got up the nerve to ask her out and they began dating. She wore his class ring on a chain around her neck and they went steady for a few years before getting married on May 2, 1964. They honeymooned in Pennsylvannia and then settled into a home in Pequannock that Michael had bought for them just a few weeks before their wedding. They had their first of three children; Michael and Kristine. They moved to Highland Lakes in 1972 and a few years later their third child, Sally, was born. They raised their children there, spending a lot of good times at the lakes. They returned to Wayne in 1999. Joan and Michael have enjoyed forty eight years of marriage, and more than fifty years together, at each other’s side.
Joan loved the beach and family vacations were most often down to the Jersey Shore. Day trips to Sandy Hook or a week in Sea Isle City always made her happy. Crabbing was one of favorite activities and she was happy to teach her children and grandchildren how to catch crabs at the shore. Her family is truly her legacy and all she really worried about; her husband, her children and her grandchildren. When her grandchildren came along, you could see just how much she loved babies, and how much she loved being their “Grams”.
Joan was also a devout Christian. She was raised Catholic in Brooklyn and recalled from her childhood when the nuns taught her how marvelous and wonderful Heaven would be and she never forgot that. She had most recently been attending services at the Philadelphia Church in Oak Ridge and her faith in Jesus Christ only grew stronger. Surely she is enjoying her reward in Heaven today.
Joan is survived by her beloved husband Michael of Wayne, her son Michael and his wife Laurie of Succasunna, NJ, her daughter Kristine Roome-Lecamp and her husband Jean-Pierre Lecamp of Stamford, CT, and she was “Grams” to a total of five grandchildren and six step-grandchildren; Matthew, Melissa, William, Rebecca, and Kaden Roome, Aaron, Zachary, and Noelle Rowe, Bryce, Carey, and Jon-Luc Lecamp.
Donations in Joan’s memory would be greatly appreciated. Please consider the National Fibromyalgia Research Association, P O Box 500, Salem, OR 97308 or visit www.nfra.net or the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM at the funeral home on Friday, November 9, officiated by Pastor Steve Wolosin of The Philadelphia Church.
November 2, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM at the funeral home on Friday, November 9, officiated by Pastor Steve Wolosin of The Philadelphia Church.
Joan A. Roome, age 69 of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, November 2, 2012.
Joan was born in Brooklyn, NY. She lived there until she was fourteen years old, moving to Wayne in 1957. Joan welcomed the move to New Jersey with her family - her parents Frances and Martin, her brother Martin and two sisters, Dolores and Evelyn, all of whom pre-deceased her.
Once settled in Wayne, Joan caught the eye of Michael Roome. He would see Joan each evening when he picked up his father at the train station. Michael eventually got up the nerve to ask her out and they began dating. She wore his class ring on a chain around her neck and they went steady for a few years before getting married on May 2, 1964. They honeymooned in Pennsylvannia and then settled into a home in Pequannock that Michael had bought for them just a few weeks before their wedding. They had their first of three children; Michael and Kristine. They moved to Highland Lakes in 1972 and a few years later their third child, Sally, was born. They raised their children there, spending a lot of good times at the lakes. They returned to Wayne in 1999. Joan and Michael have enjoyed forty eight years of marriage, and more than fifty years together, at each other’s side.
Joan loved the beach and family vacations were most often down to the Jersey Shore. Day trips to Sandy Hook or a week in Sea Isle City always made her happy. Crabbing was one of favorite activities and she was happy to teach her children and grandchildren how to catch crabs at the shore. Her family is truly her legacy and all she really worried about; her husband, her children and her grandchildren. When her grandchildren came along, you could see just how much she loved babies, and how much she loved being their “Grams”.
Joan was also a devout Christian. She was raised Catholic in Brooklyn and recalled from her childhood when the nuns taught her how marvelous and wonderful Heaven would be and she never forgot that. She had most recently been attending services at the Philadelphia Church in Oak Ridge and her faith in Jesus Christ only grew stronger. Surely she is enjoying her reward in Heaven today.
Joan is survived by her beloved husband Michael of Wayne, her son Michael and his wife Laurie of Succasunna, NJ, her daughter Kristine Roome-Lecamp and her husband Jean-Pierre Lecamp of Stamford, CT, and she was “Grams” to a total of five grandchildren and six step-grandchildren; Matthew, Melissa, William, Rebecca, and Kaden Roome, Aaron, Zachary, and Noelle Rowe, Bryce, Carey, and Jon-Luc Lecamp.
Donations in Joan’s memory would be greatly appreciated. Please consider the National Fibromyalgia Research Association, P O Box 500, Salem, OR 97308 or visit www.nfra.net or the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org
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