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April 3, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, April 6, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Our Lady of Magnificat Church, 2 Miller Road, Kinnelon.
Karen Elizabeth Goralski, age 39, of Kinnelon, passed away after a long battle with cancer on Friday, April 3, 2009, with the comfort of family and friends by her side.
Karen was born in 1969 and raised in Pequannock Township. She graduated Montclair State University and began her teaching career at Essex County Vocational Schools where she changed the lives of many of her students. After 12 years, Karen returned to her hometown to teach at Pequannock Valley Middle School where she earned Teacher of the Year honors. She was active as coach of both the H.S. and P.V. colorguard and faculty advisor of the yearbook.
Karen is survived by her loving husband James Peter Goralski and daughter Kathryn Elizabeth Goralski. Karen is also survived by her parents Jack and Bette Valle of Pequannock, brothers Jack, Rich and Mike and their families as well as members of the Goralski family.
Karen was a Kinnelon Girl Scout Leader, assisted with a Destination Imagination Team and taught CCD at Our Lady of Magnificat.
For those considering an expression of sympathy: memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or flowers would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Monday, April 6, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Our Lady of Magnificat Church, 2 Miller Road, Kinnelon.
April 3, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, April 6, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Our Lady of Magnificat Church, 2 Miller Road, Kinnelon.
Karen Elizabeth Goralski, age 39, of Kinnelon, passed away after a long battle with cancer on Friday, April 3, 2009, with the comfort of family and friends by her side.
Karen was born in 1969 and raised in Pequannock Township. She graduated Montclair State University and began her teaching career at Essex County Vocational Schools where she changed the lives of many of her students. After 12 years, Karen returned to her hometown to teach at Pequannock Valley Middle School where she earned Teacher of the Year honors. She was active as coach of both the H.S. and P.V. colorguard and faculty advisor of the yearbook.
Karen is survived by her loving husband James Peter Goralski and daughter Kathryn Elizabeth Goralski. Karen is also survived by her parents Jack and Bette Valle of Pequannock, brothers Jack, Rich and Mike and their families as well as members of the Goralski family.
Karen was a Kinnelon Girl Scout Leader, assisted with a Destination Imagination Team and taught CCD at Our Lady of Magnificat.
For those considering an expression of sympathy: memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or flowers would be appreciated.
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