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February 16, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, February 20, 2017 from 4-7 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow visitation and begin in the funeral home at 7:00 PM.
June O’Rourke, age 94, of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 16, 2017.
Born in Mount Vernon, NY, June was the second of Stanley and Gladys Bosley’s four children and raised in Bloomingdale, NJ. She graduated from Butler High School with the Class of 1940.
One day while walking to a doctor’s appointment in Paterson, June didn’t pay any attention to the handsome sailor driving his car down the street but he apparently noticed her. That sailor was Stephen O’Rourke and somehow he introduced himself to June. It had to be love at first sight because two months later on August 21, 1943.They eloped to Philadelphia, PA and got married before the Justice of the Peace. Stephen, who was home on a short leave from the U.S. Navy immediately returned to service and June went back home to her family in Bloomingdale where she announced that she had just gotten married.
Stephen returned home from his Navy service and the newlyweds began a loving marriage that would span more than a half century before Stephen’s passing in 1996. They lived for a short time in Paterson and Hawthorne before moving to Bloomingdale where June gave birth to their firstborn – a son which they named Stephen. While in Bloomingdale, she and her husband Stephen ran a little convenience store out of their home. At the time televisions just were becoming available and June had one in the store. It generated more traffic in the store as “shoppers” would stop in to watch, but it didn’t increase sales. Shortly after they moved to Wayne and June again gave birth – this time to a little baby girl which they named Janice. June dedicated herself to the care of her children, creating a welcoming and loving home for all of her family.
June and Stephen had two main hobbies – collecting and traveling. They loved taking trips together to New York State to go antiquing as well as to local garage sales. Consequently, their house in Wayne was filled with wonderful artifacts, keepsakes, conversation pieces and furniture from a bygone era. The whole activity of antiquing was a real bonding experience for the two of them. Their love of traveling took them to many destinations at home in the U.S. and abroad. Since her husband loved road trips, they saw most of the U.S. states including Alaska, and they also enjoyed vacations to Switzerland and even Australia and New Zealand.
In recent years, June’s health kept her home a bit more. She’d pass the time watching television – especially British programming on the PBS Channel. She especially enjoyed it when her son Stephen would play such musical favorites as Grosz Wilhelm’s Red Sails in the Sunset and Beethoven’s Fur Elise on the piano for her.
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
June was a very friendly, approachable and talkative person with a great sense of humor. For Halloween, she’d often get dressed up herself and greet the kids who would come to her house to Trick-or-Treat for candy. Her even-keeled character and ability to be supportive and encouraging to others will be greatly missed.
June is survived by her dear son Stephen O’Rourke of Wayne; her dear daughter Janice and husband Ronald Van Dunk of Wayne; three cherished grandchildren: Courtney and husband Andrew Pharo of Loveland, OH, Miranda Sloane Van Dunk of Wayne, and Charles and wife Julie O’Rourke of Sciota, PA; her adored great-grandson Wyatt Joseph Pharo; her dear sister Ruth Trengove of Tarpon Springs, FL; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Stephen O’Rourke, Sr. in 1996 and also her brother Robert Bosley, and her sister Doris Whritenour.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in June’s name 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 Monday, February 20, 2017 from 4-7 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow visitation and begin in the funeral home at 7:00 PM.
February 16, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, February 20, 2017 from 4-7 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow visitation and begin in the funeral home at 7:00 PM.
June O’Rourke, age 94, of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 16, 2017.
Born in Mount Vernon, NY, June was the second of Stanley and Gladys Bosley’s four children and raised in Bloomingdale, NJ. She graduated from Butler High School with the Class of 1940.
One day while walking to a doctor’s appointment in Paterson, June didn’t pay any attention to the handsome sailor driving his car down the street but he apparently noticed her. That sailor was Stephen O’Rourke and somehow he introduced himself to June. It had to be love at first sight because two months later on August 21, 1943.They eloped to Philadelphia, PA and got married before the Justice of the Peace. Stephen, who was home on a short leave from the U.S. Navy immediately returned to service and June went back home to her family in Bloomingdale where she announced that she had just gotten married.
Stephen returned home from his Navy service and the newlyweds began a loving marriage that would span more than a half century before Stephen’s passing in 1996. They lived for a short time in Paterson and Hawthorne before moving to Bloomingdale where June gave birth to their firstborn – a son which they named Stephen. While in Bloomingdale, she and her husband Stephen ran a little convenience store out of their home. At the time televisions just were becoming available and June had one in the store. It generated more traffic in the store as “shoppers” would stop in to watch, but it didn’t increase sales. Shortly after they moved to Wayne and June again gave birth – this time to a little baby girl which they named Janice. June dedicated herself to the care of her children, creating a welcoming and loving home for all of her family.
June and Stephen had two main hobbies – collecting and traveling. They loved taking trips together to New York State to go antiquing as well as to local garage sales. Consequently, their house in Wayne was filled with wonderful artifacts, keepsakes, conversation pieces and furniture from a bygone era. The whole activity of antiquing was a real bonding experience for the two of them. Their love of traveling took them to many destinations at home in the U.S. and abroad. Since her husband loved road trips, they saw most of the U.S. states including Alaska, and they also enjoyed vacations to Switzerland and even Australia and New Zealand.
In recent years, June’s health kept her home a bit more. She’d pass the time watching television – especially British programming on the PBS Channel. She especially enjoyed it when her son Stephen would play such musical favorites as Grosz Wilhelm’s Red Sails in the Sunset and Beethoven’s Fur Elise on the piano for her.
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
June was a very friendly, approachable and talkative person with a great sense of humor. For Halloween, she’d often get dressed up herself and greet the kids who would come to her house to Trick-or-Treat for candy. Her even-keeled character and ability to be supportive and encouraging to others will be greatly missed.
June is survived by her dear son Stephen O’Rourke of Wayne; her dear daughter Janice and husband Ronald Van Dunk of Wayne; three cherished grandchildren: Courtney and husband Andrew Pharo of Loveland, OH, Miranda Sloane Van Dunk of Wayne, and Charles and wife Julie O’Rourke of Sciota, PA; her adored great-grandson Wyatt Joseph Pharo; her dear sister Ruth Trengove of Tarpon Springs, FL; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Stephen O’Rourke, Sr. in 1996 and also her brother Robert Bosley, and her sister Doris Whritenour.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in June’s name 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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