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November 21, 2019
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Wed., Nov. 27, 2019, at the funeral home. Josephine will then be laid to rest with her husband Rudolph at the Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah, NJ.
Josephine Winkler, age 102 of Wayne died peacefully at home while receiving the loving care of her daughters. She was a greatly appreciated hostess at the Paris Inn in Wayne for twenty years.
Josephine grew up in Niagara Falls, NY, the eldest of seven children. She epitomized perseverance and always maintained a positive outlook despite the circumstances.
Respect for herself and others was an important part of who she was.
One day in the spring of 1950, Josephine had finished her shift as a waitress in a local restaurant in Niagara Falls. The hostess asked Josephine if she would please take care of a young man who had been waiting a long time for a table. She did, and three months later they were married! Josephine and her husband, Rudolph, settle in Wayne, built their house in the early 1950’s, and raised their family.
Josephine was widowed in 1966 and returned to the restaurant business. She worked as a hostess at “Dan’s Steakhouse” in Wayne and then moved to the Paris Inn, where she remained in her hostess position until age 75.
She was proud to become a grandmother at age 80! Josephine loved her daughters dearly and they loved her even more in return.
Her family is grateful to have had her in their lives so many wonderful years.
She will be missed by them all.
Josephine is survived by her two daughters; Frances Winkler of Wayne, Deborah Winkler-Giesey, husband George Giesey, and their daughter Adelaide Giesey of Bloomfield, NJ, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband Rudolph in 1966 and by all six of her younger siblings; Tony Vecchiarelli, Benny Vecchiarelli, John Vecchiarelli, Jessie Morinello, Mary Pileggi, and Angie Donovan, all of Niagara Falls, NY.
Friends wishing to make a donation in Josephine's memory are asked to consider St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959, www.stjude.org.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Wed., Nov. 27, 2019, at the funeral home. Josephine will then be laid to rest with her husband Rudolph at the Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah, NJ.
November 21, 2019
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Wed., Nov. 27, 2019, at the funeral home. Josephine will then be laid to rest with her husband Rudolph at the Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah, NJ.
Josephine Winkler, age 102 of Wayne died peacefully at home while receiving the loving care of her daughters. She was a greatly appreciated hostess at the Paris Inn in Wayne for twenty years.
Josephine grew up in Niagara Falls, NY, the eldest of seven children. She epitomized perseverance and always maintained a positive outlook despite the circumstances.
Respect for herself and others was an important part of who she was.
One day in the spring of 1950, Josephine had finished her shift as a waitress in a local restaurant in Niagara Falls. The hostess asked Josephine if she would please take care of a young man who had been waiting a long time for a table. She did, and three months later they were married! Josephine and her husband, Rudolph, settle in Wayne, built their house in the early 1950’s, and raised their family.
Josephine was widowed in 1966 and returned to the restaurant business. She worked as a hostess at “Dan’s Steakhouse” in Wayne and then moved to the Paris Inn, where she remained in her hostess position until age 75.
She was proud to become a grandmother at age 80! Josephine loved her daughters dearly and they loved her even more in return.
Her family is grateful to have had her in their lives so many wonderful years.
She will be missed by them all.
Josephine is survived by her two daughters; Frances Winkler of Wayne, Deborah Winkler-Giesey, husband George Giesey, and their daughter Adelaide Giesey of Bloomfield, NJ, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband Rudolph in 1966 and by all six of her younger siblings; Tony Vecchiarelli, Benny Vecchiarelli, John Vecchiarelli, Jessie Morinello, Mary Pileggi, and Angie Donovan, all of Niagara Falls, NY.
Friends wishing to make a donation in Josephine's memory are asked to consider St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959, www.stjude.org.
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