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July 12, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 10 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 11 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Joan Harper (nee Lashway) age 79 of Wayne died Saturday July 12, 2008 at the Saint Joseph’s Wayne Hospital. Her passing was quiet and peaceful.
She was born in Jersey City and lived her formative years in Jersey City later living in Uniondale, New York and Dunnellon, Florida before moving to Wayne five years ago.
Joan received her formal education at Saint Michael’s High School in Jersey City graduating with the Class of 1946.
She was a parishioner of Our Lady of The Valley RC Church in Wayne.
Mom had a beautiful smile; she loved to cook and bake and was especially adept at making wonderful brownies for everyone’s enjoyment. Joan loved sports and was a New York Yankee’s fan. She also enjoyed attending sports events for her grandchildren always rooting for their success.
Her grandchildren were an important highlight in her life and she loved them to pieces and with all of her heart.
Bill and Joan had fifty years of “a loving real partnership” marriage until Bill’s passing in September of 2001.
Surviving are three daughters Pat Sass of Mahwah, Joanne Plunkett and her husband Guy of Madison, Wisconsin, Linda O’Donnell and her husband John of Wayne; one son Bill Harper of Bellmore, New York; five grandchildren Ben Plunkett, Michael and Tracy Harper, Kevin and Katherine O’Donnell.
Tragedy struck the family in November 2007 when her daughter in law Karen Harper passed away after a courageous battle with cancer.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Joan’s memory are asked to consider the Wayne Public Library, 475 Valley Road, Wayne or the Oley Foundation, 214 Hun Memorial, Albany Medical Center, MC28, Albany, NY 12208.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 10 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 11 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
July 12, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 10 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of The Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 11 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Joan Harper (nee Lashway) age 79 of Wayne died Saturday July 12, 2008 at the Saint Joseph’s Wayne Hospital. Her passing was quiet and peaceful.
She was born in Jersey City and lived her formative years in Jersey City later living in Uniondale, New York and Dunnellon, Florida before moving to Wayne five years ago.
Joan received her formal education at Saint Michael’s High School in Jersey City graduating with the Class of 1946.
She was a parishioner of Our Lady of The Valley RC Church in Wayne.
Mom had a beautiful smile; she loved to cook and bake and was especially adept at making wonderful brownies for everyone’s enjoyment. Joan loved sports and was a New York Yankee’s fan. She also enjoyed attending sports events for her grandchildren always rooting for their success.
Her grandchildren were an important highlight in her life and she loved them to pieces and with all of her heart.
Bill and Joan had fifty years of “a loving real partnership” marriage until Bill’s passing in September of 2001.
Surviving are three daughters Pat Sass of Mahwah, Joanne Plunkett and her husband Guy of Madison, Wisconsin, Linda O’Donnell and her husband John of Wayne; one son Bill Harper of Bellmore, New York; five grandchildren Ben Plunkett, Michael and Tracy Harper, Kevin and Katherine O’Donnell.
Tragedy struck the family in November 2007 when her daughter in law Karen Harper passed away after a courageous battle with cancer.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Joan’s memory are asked to consider the Wayne Public Library, 475 Valley Road, Wayne or the Oley Foundation, 214 Hun Memorial, Albany Medical Center, MC28, Albany, NY 12208.
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