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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, May 13, 2016 from 5-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, May 14 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, NY.
Josephine Ladonne, age 91, died on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
Born on October 7, 1924 in the Bronx, NY. Sister of Michael, Lucy, Angie, and Laura.
Married John Ladonne on June 20, 1959 in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan. They met while she was working as an Executive Secretary and he as a buyer for Macy’s in New York, NY. They enjoyed all of the wonderful restaurants and Broadway shows that Manhattan had to offer during their courtship and early marriage. Throughout their forty-six years of marriage, until John’s death, they were deeply in love and committed to each other.
They settle first in the Bronx, then New Hyde Park, and finally in Dix Hills, NY, where they raised their three children; Joseph, Lisa, and Robert. She was a homemaker for many years and then took a job as the school secretary for Madonna Heights School for Girls, where she worked for almost two decades, nurturing the students and enjoying the great friendship of her co-workers. She was committed to her Roman Catholic faith and took much comfort in prayer.
Later in life, she and John lived in Ramsey, NJ and the later in Wayne, NJ.
Josephine loved to entertain and was famous for her lavish annual Thanksgiving feast, complete with beautiful table settings and homemade treats. In addition, she enjoyed decorating her home, shopping in Garden City, vacations in Montauk, NY and later in Spring Lake and Wildwood Crest, NJ. Being near the ocean gave her happiness and peace.
A loving and giving mother, she took great pride in the fact that she and John were able to give their three children college educations. She loved her six grandchildren; Michael and Timothy Ladonne, Laura and Christine DiTaranti, Sarah Schipper and Robert Anderson and enjoyed helping them grow. She was blessed to see them all grow into wonderful adults. Her life was dedicated to loving and nurturing her beautiful family. She was loved and will be greatly missed.
She is survived by her son Joseph Ladonne and his wife Nancy of Glen Spey, NY, her daughter; Lisa DiTaranti and her husband Richard of Wayne, NJ, and her son; Robert Ladonne and his wife Lisa of Upper Chichester, PA as well as her sister: Lucy Pomeroy of Tannersville, PA, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, May 13, 2016 from 5-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, May 14 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, NY.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, May 13, 2016 from 5-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, May 14 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Entombment will follow at the Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, NY.
Josephine Ladonne, age 91, died on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
Born on October 7, 1924 in the Bronx, NY. Sister of Michael, Lucy, Angie, and Laura.
Married John Ladonne on June 20, 1959 in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan. They met while she was working as an Executive Secretary and he as a buyer for Macy’s in New York, NY. They enjoyed all of the wonderful restaurants and Broadway shows that Manhattan had to offer during their courtship and early marriage. Throughout their forty-six years of marriage, until John’s death, they were deeply in love and committed to each other.
They settle first in the Bronx, then New Hyde Park, and finally in Dix Hills, NY, where they raised their three children; Joseph, Lisa, and Robert. She was a homemaker for many years and then took a job as the school secretary for Madonna Heights School for Girls, where she worked for almost two decades, nurturing the students and enjoying the great friendship of her co-workers. She was committed to her Roman Catholic faith and took much comfort in prayer.
Later in life, she and John lived in Ramsey, NJ and the later in Wayne, NJ.
Josephine loved to entertain and was famous for her lavish annual Thanksgiving feast, complete with beautiful table settings and homemade treats. In addition, she enjoyed decorating her home, shopping in Garden City, vacations in Montauk, NY and later in Spring Lake and Wildwood Crest, NJ. Being near the ocean gave her happiness and peace.
A loving and giving mother, she took great pride in the fact that she and John were able to give their three children college educations. She loved her six grandchildren; Michael and Timothy Ladonne, Laura and Christine DiTaranti, Sarah Schipper and Robert Anderson and enjoyed helping them grow. She was blessed to see them all grow into wonderful adults. Her life was dedicated to loving and nurturing her beautiful family. She was loved and will be greatly missed.
She is survived by her son Joseph Ladonne and his wife Nancy of Glen Spey, NY, her daughter; Lisa DiTaranti and her husband Richard of Wayne, NJ, and her son; Robert Ladonne and his wife Lisa of Upper Chichester, PA as well as her sister: Lucy Pomeroy of Tannersville, PA, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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