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October 3, 2011
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9 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 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 3 -7 PM.
Josephine Marie Smith “Dolly” (nee Luzzi) age 91 of Wayne passed into life eternal peacefully on Monday, October 3, 2011 with her loving family at her bedside.
She was born in Jersey City and lived her formative years there where she received her formal education at Saint Aeden’s Parochial School and at Lincoln High School.
Josephine grew up in a household with seven children and at an early age she determined to strike out in her own, independent way. Her first job was as a waitress at Betty's Sweet Shop and later at Schraft’s Restaurant. It was at this job that she met this handsome fellow by the name of Charles Smith and, after a short courtship, they tied the knot of marriage on August 25, 1945. The final result was Charles and Dolly had thirty-nine years of “adventurous and loving” marriage together until Charles’s passing in 1984.
As a couple they enjoyed getting in the car and just going for a ride looking for new vistas and nice places to stop and eat. This was pretty much their Sunday routine and they had many favorite spots to enjoy meals. They also enjoyed golfing and lots of laughter together. Charles had a wonderful sense of humor which he readily shared with others.
Josephine will always be remembered by her family as being an excellent mother and a better grandmother. She would share with others that the next time through life she was going to skip parenting and jump right into being a grandmother.
Dolly was very dedicated to her Roman Catholic Faith with a special devotion to Mary.
She was gifted with a spontaneous self assured outspoken personality that made others take notice and admire her.
Surviving to mourn the loss of this very special mother and grandmother are one daughter Susan Marie Donnelly and her husband Mark of Wayne; one son Charles Dean Smith Jr. and his wife Eileen of Toms River; two sisters Irene Gilchrist of Wyckoff and Doris Morse of Franklin Lakes. Four grandchildren Mark and Stacy Donnelly, Julie Halka and Patrick Smith.
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Funeral services will be held Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9 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 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 3 -7 PM.
October 3, 2011
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9 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 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 3 -7 PM.
Josephine Marie Smith “Dolly” (nee Luzzi) age 91 of Wayne passed into life eternal peacefully on Monday, October 3, 2011 with her loving family at her bedside.
She was born in Jersey City and lived her formative years there where she received her formal education at Saint Aeden’s Parochial School and at Lincoln High School.
Josephine grew up in a household with seven children and at an early age she determined to strike out in her own, independent way. Her first job was as a waitress at Betty's Sweet Shop and later at Schraft’s Restaurant. It was at this job that she met this handsome fellow by the name of Charles Smith and, after a short courtship, they tied the knot of marriage on August 25, 1945. The final result was Charles and Dolly had thirty-nine years of “adventurous and loving” marriage together until Charles’s passing in 1984.
As a couple they enjoyed getting in the car and just going for a ride looking for new vistas and nice places to stop and eat. This was pretty much their Sunday routine and they had many favorite spots to enjoy meals. They also enjoyed golfing and lots of laughter together. Charles had a wonderful sense of humor which he readily shared with others.
Josephine will always be remembered by her family as being an excellent mother and a better grandmother. She would share with others that the next time through life she was going to skip parenting and jump right into being a grandmother.
Dolly was very dedicated to her Roman Catholic Faith with a special devotion to Mary.
She was gifted with a spontaneous self assured outspoken personality that made others take notice and admire her.
Surviving to mourn the loss of this very special mother and grandmother are one daughter Susan Marie Donnelly and her husband Mark of Wayne; one son Charles Dean Smith Jr. and his wife Eileen of Toms River; two sisters Irene Gilchrist of Wyckoff and Doris Morse of Franklin Lakes. Four grandchildren Mark and Stacy Donnelly, Julie Halka and Patrick Smith.
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