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April 5, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 10 AM at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East in Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Joan will be laid to rest with her husband Karl at the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Upper Montclair.
Joan Wiessmann (nee Marvin) age 91 of Cedar Crest Village, Pompton Plains on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Her passing took place quietly and peacefully at home. Her loving family cared for and visited her often.
She was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and came to this country with her family at age twelve. Her father was an executive auditor for Standard Oil Company, now known as Exxon-Mobil Corporation, stationed in Sao Paulo. One of Joan’s wonderful memories as a child took place in Sao Paulo where she danced for the Prince of Wales who presented her with a medal.
When her father brought his family to America they settled in Montclair, NJ. Joan received her formal grammar school education at the American School in Sao Paulo, Brazil and when she moved to Montclair, at the Montclair High School graduating with the Class of 1935. She then attended the Swarthmore finishing school. Joan met her husband Karl while on a date with his best friend and after a courtship they married in 1939. They lived their entire married life in the Packanack Lake area of Wayne before Joan moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains six and one half years ago.
Joan and Karl enjoyed a “devoted and loving” marriage together of fifty-five years until Karl’s passing in April of 1994. Joan was the proud mother of seven and mourned the loss of her son Karl Michael Wiessmann in January 2004.
Joan was gifted with a wonderful, exuberant and outgoing personality and socialized easily with others. She was a reporter for the Herald News Newspaper in Passaic and later the Bergen Record Newspaper, primarily covering the Wayne area and writing wonderful articles that served to knit the community together.
Joan was a very active participant in her home community of Packanack Lake and was a member of the Packanack Civic Club, past president of the Pack-A-Golfers , and the Pack-A-Ladies bowling leagues. She was also a member of the Packanack Community Church, the Soroptomist Club of Passaic County, the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181 Ladies Auxiliary. She was honored in 1973 receiving the Mother-of-the-Year Award from the Wayne Chapter of UNICO and had served as a trustee for the Wayne Foundation For the Handicapped. She was a member of the Packanack Chapter of the Chilton Memorial Auxiliary and the Water Gap Country Club in Pennsylvania. The greater community will always remember this wonderful lady and her vivacious personality. She welcomed all into her circle of friends and family. She maintained a positive outlook throughout her life, and brought joy to all who knew her.
Joan leaves her family with many happy memories of a very loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother. Her concern for her family and their well being was always primary. One of the highlights of her life was the arrival of grandchildren, which grew to eleven in all, plus one great grandchild.
Surviving are six children including Larry John Wiessmann and his wife Colleen of Seabrook Island, SC, Ross Edward Wiessmann and his wife Darlene of Wantage, NJ, Leslie Joan Nieskens and her husband Frank of East Northport, NY, Robin Lee Wiessmann and her husband Ken Jarin of Washington Crossing, PA, Kerry Gayle Wiessmann and her partner Beth Resko of State College, PA, Edward John Wiessmann and his wife Eva of Wantage, NJ.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Joan’s memory are asked to consider the Packanack Community Church or the Autism Society of America ,7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3067.
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Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 10 AM at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East in Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Joan will be laid to rest with her husband Karl at the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Upper Montclair.
April 5, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 10 AM at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East in Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Joan will be laid to rest with her husband Karl at the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Upper Montclair.
Joan Wiessmann (nee Marvin) age 91 of Cedar Crest Village, Pompton Plains on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Her passing took place quietly and peacefully at home. Her loving family cared for and visited her often.
She was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and came to this country with her family at age twelve. Her father was an executive auditor for Standard Oil Company, now known as Exxon-Mobil Corporation, stationed in Sao Paulo. One of Joan’s wonderful memories as a child took place in Sao Paulo where she danced for the Prince of Wales who presented her with a medal.
When her father brought his family to America they settled in Montclair, NJ. Joan received her formal grammar school education at the American School in Sao Paulo, Brazil and when she moved to Montclair, at the Montclair High School graduating with the Class of 1935. She then attended the Swarthmore finishing school. Joan met her husband Karl while on a date with his best friend and after a courtship they married in 1939. They lived their entire married life in the Packanack Lake area of Wayne before Joan moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains six and one half years ago.
Joan and Karl enjoyed a “devoted and loving” marriage together of fifty-five years until Karl’s passing in April of 1994. Joan was the proud mother of seven and mourned the loss of her son Karl Michael Wiessmann in January 2004.
Joan was gifted with a wonderful, exuberant and outgoing personality and socialized easily with others. She was a reporter for the Herald News Newspaper in Passaic and later the Bergen Record Newspaper, primarily covering the Wayne area and writing wonderful articles that served to knit the community together.
Joan was a very active participant in her home community of Packanack Lake and was a member of the Packanack Civic Club, past president of the Pack-A-Golfers , and the Pack-A-Ladies bowling leagues. She was also a member of the Packanack Community Church, the Soroptomist Club of Passaic County, the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181 Ladies Auxiliary. She was honored in 1973 receiving the Mother-of-the-Year Award from the Wayne Chapter of UNICO and had served as a trustee for the Wayne Foundation For the Handicapped. She was a member of the Packanack Chapter of the Chilton Memorial Auxiliary and the Water Gap Country Club in Pennsylvania. The greater community will always remember this wonderful lady and her vivacious personality. She welcomed all into her circle of friends and family. She maintained a positive outlook throughout her life, and brought joy to all who knew her.
Joan leaves her family with many happy memories of a very loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother. Her concern for her family and their well being was always primary. One of the highlights of her life was the arrival of grandchildren, which grew to eleven in all, plus one great grandchild.
Surviving are six children including Larry John Wiessmann and his wife Colleen of Seabrook Island, SC, Ross Edward Wiessmann and his wife Darlene of Wantage, NJ, Leslie Joan Nieskens and her husband Frank of East Northport, NY, Robin Lee Wiessmann and her husband Ken Jarin of Washington Crossing, PA, Kerry Gayle Wiessmann and her partner Beth Resko of State College, PA, Edward John Wiessmann and his wife Eva of Wantage, NJ.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Joan’s memory are asked to consider the Packanack Community Church or the Autism Society of America ,7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3067.
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