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December 6, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held Monday, December 10, 2007 at 8 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 9 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-6 PM.
Josephine M. Stewart “Jo” (nee Conti) age 88 of Wayne died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the New Jersey Hospice at the Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Wayne. Her passing was tranquil and gracious as she received her eternal reward. She was being cared for by her loving family who were at her bedside.
She was born in Little Falls and had lived her formative years in Little Falls later living in Haskell before moving to Wayne forty years ago.
Jo was a skilled professional Hair Dresser who was most recently employed by Sam’s Place a Beauty Parlor located in Pompton Lakes. Her career spanned over fifty years until her retirement in 2001. She was especially good at her work, and with her kind nature she offered, perhaps a lot of psychological counseling to her clients as a by-product of her services Her work career started out as a Waitress in the Lee Bush Diner located in the Mountain View area of Wayne from 1943 to 1944. At that point in her life she decided to join the Army and serve her country in the quest for freedom.
Josephine was a true American Patriot who served in the Army Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. She would often say that her Army service was the highlight of her life. Jo received the American Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
She was a member of the American Legion Post 121 in Little Falls.
She leaves her family with many cherished memories of a very special mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She had a gift of personality that was always selfless considering the needs of others above her own. Mom was always very loving and concerned nurturing her family even through their adult years. She was a very good cook and loved to have her family gathered around her especially on holidays to share her recipes.
In her spare hours she would enjoy reading novels.
Surviving are one daughter Betty Gordon of Wayne; one son John Stewart and his wife Ruby of Shreveport, Louisiana; two grandchildren Joann Niemiec of Montclair and Robert Gordon of Lambertville; one great granddaughter Sascha Niemiec of Montclair.
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Funeral services will be held Monday, December 10, 2007 at 8 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 9 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-6 PM.
December 6, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held Monday, December 10, 2007 at 8 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 9 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-6 PM.
Josephine M. Stewart “Jo” (nee Conti) age 88 of Wayne died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the New Jersey Hospice at the Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Wayne. Her passing was tranquil and gracious as she received her eternal reward. She was being cared for by her loving family who were at her bedside.
She was born in Little Falls and had lived her formative years in Little Falls later living in Haskell before moving to Wayne forty years ago.
Jo was a skilled professional Hair Dresser who was most recently employed by Sam’s Place a Beauty Parlor located in Pompton Lakes. Her career spanned over fifty years until her retirement in 2001. She was especially good at her work, and with her kind nature she offered, perhaps a lot of psychological counseling to her clients as a by-product of her services Her work career started out as a Waitress in the Lee Bush Diner located in the Mountain View area of Wayne from 1943 to 1944. At that point in her life she decided to join the Army and serve her country in the quest for freedom.
Josephine was a true American Patriot who served in the Army Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. She would often say that her Army service was the highlight of her life. Jo received the American Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
She was a member of the American Legion Post 121 in Little Falls.
She leaves her family with many cherished memories of a very special mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She had a gift of personality that was always selfless considering the needs of others above her own. Mom was always very loving and concerned nurturing her family even through their adult years. She was a very good cook and loved to have her family gathered around her especially on holidays to share her recipes.
In her spare hours she would enjoy reading novels.
Surviving are one daughter Betty Gordon of Wayne; one son John Stewart and his wife Ruby of Shreveport, Louisiana; two grandchildren Joann Niemiec of Montclair and Robert Gordon of Lambertville; one great granddaughter Sascha Niemiec of Montclair.
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