Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Calls outside of office hours? No worries! Our team will respond within 10–15 minutes.
November 7, 2017
The world lost a beautiful young lady, Kerry Loftus, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, after a brief illness.
Join Us.....Drumming was her passion!
We will be celebrating Kerry's life with a drum circle gathering on Sunday December 10th at the Community Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Road, Cedar Grove, NJ. Please come and go as you please between the hours of 2 and 4:30 in the afternoon. Sneakers and jeans were her style so come casual. Hope to see you there.
Family and Friends of Kerry.
Please no alcohol or smoking on premises.
The world lost a beautiful young lady, Kerry Loftus, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, after a brief illness.
Kerry was raised in Wayne having graduated from Wayne Hills High School with the Class of 1989. She went on to earn her BS in Nursing and RN degrees from Fairfield University with the Class of 1993.
Her first job ever was working at Kay’s Bakery in Normandy Beach at the Jersey Shore. After college she worked as a nurse for a dermatology group in Montclair, an Administrator for Richards Associates Insurance in Clifton, and the Foundation for the Blind in Denville as a teacher relating to the technologies available to the blind.
Kerry was a warrior having fought through two kidney transplants, two pancreas transplants, blindness, diabetes, and did it all with a smile. She was fun loving, outgoing, always smiling, and drank coffee day and night. She would sip her hazelnut coffee and more recently Latte’s for hours on end until it was ice cold. Armed with her walking stick, coffee, and Uber app Kerry was fearless in her travels. She had a “Mr. Magoo-like” ability to narrowly avoid accidents and trouble that would make those accompanying her cringe.
Those that know Kerry will agree that she marched to a different drummer – both literally and figuratively. While working at the Foundation for the Blind she was introduced to Drum Circle Therapy that helped heal through rhythm and sound. She found great comfort in seeing the results of this therapy with the many and varied groups that were influenced by it.
To honor Kerry’s life her family is organizing a Drum Circle with WoodnDrums with whom she worked with for several years. The date and time of this Celebration of Kerry’s life will be posted here once they have been scheduled. To honor Kerry’s memory in the meantime the family asks you to order a coffee, sip it, and remember how she touched your life.
Kerry was the loving and devoted daughter of Ed and Carol “Snuffy” Loftus; beloved sister of Kevin Loftus and his wife Terri of Montville, Craig Loftus and his wife Emma of Ho-Ho-Kus, and Kristin Gallagher and her husband Scott of Verona; she was the much loved aunt of seven nieces and nephews and her much loved friend, Glenn Weissman, of Cedar Grove.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Transplant Center, RWJ St. Barnabas Health, 95 Old Short Hills Road, West Orange, NJ 07052 would be greatly appreciated.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
November 7, 2017
The world lost a beautiful young lady, Kerry Loftus, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, after a brief illness.
Join Us.....Drumming was her passion!
We will be celebrating Kerry's life with a drum circle gathering on Sunday December 10th at the Community Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Road, Cedar Grove, NJ. Please come and go as you please between the hours of 2 and 4:30 in the afternoon. Sneakers and jeans were her style so come casual. Hope to see you there.
Family and Friends of Kerry.
Please no alcohol or smoking on premises.
The world lost a beautiful young lady, Kerry Loftus, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, after a brief illness.
Kerry was raised in Wayne having graduated from Wayne Hills High School with the Class of 1989. She went on to earn her BS in Nursing and RN degrees from Fairfield University with the Class of 1993.
Her first job ever was working at Kay’s Bakery in Normandy Beach at the Jersey Shore. After college she worked as a nurse for a dermatology group in Montclair, an Administrator for Richards Associates Insurance in Clifton, and the Foundation for the Blind in Denville as a teacher relating to the technologies available to the blind.
Kerry was a warrior having fought through two kidney transplants, two pancreas transplants, blindness, diabetes, and did it all with a smile. She was fun loving, outgoing, always smiling, and drank coffee day and night. She would sip her hazelnut coffee and more recently Latte’s for hours on end until it was ice cold. Armed with her walking stick, coffee, and Uber app Kerry was fearless in her travels. She had a “Mr. Magoo-like” ability to narrowly avoid accidents and trouble that would make those accompanying her cringe.
Those that know Kerry will agree that she marched to a different drummer – both literally and figuratively. While working at the Foundation for the Blind she was introduced to Drum Circle Therapy that helped heal through rhythm and sound. She found great comfort in seeing the results of this therapy with the many and varied groups that were influenced by it.
To honor Kerry’s life her family is organizing a Drum Circle with WoodnDrums with whom she worked with for several years. The date and time of this Celebration of Kerry’s life will be posted here once they have been scheduled. To honor Kerry’s memory in the meantime the family asks you to order a coffee, sip it, and remember how she touched your life.
Kerry was the loving and devoted daughter of Ed and Carol “Snuffy” Loftus; beloved sister of Kevin Loftus and his wife Terri of Montville, Craig Loftus and his wife Emma of Ho-Ho-Kus, and Kristin Gallagher and her husband Scott of Verona; she was the much loved aunt of seven nieces and nephews and her much loved friend, Glenn Weissman, of Cedar Grove.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Transplant Center, RWJ St. Barnabas Health, 95 Old Short Hills Road, West Orange, NJ 07052 would be greatly appreciated.
Guestbook
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique. Duis cursus, mi quis viverra ornare, eros dolor interdum nulla, ut commodo diam libero vitae erat. Aenean faucibus nibh et justo cursus id rutrum lorem imperdiet. Nunc ut sem vitae risus tristique posuere.