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March 25, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, March 27, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Service, celebrating Laura’s life, will take place on Friday, March 28, 2014 at 11:30 AM followed by interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Laura E. McNulty (nee Moyer), age 95 of Wayne, passed peacefully into eternal rest on Tuesday morning, March 25, 2014.
In 1918, the year Laura was born in Cooper Township, PA, World War I was ending, the Spanish Flu became a pandemic, and General Motors Corporation acquired Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. Laura grew up in Windburn, PA and she was a proud graduate of Cooper Township High School!
Following graduation, Laura’s close friends encouraged her to go on a blind date with a young gentleman named Clarence McNulty. The date went very well! Laura was love-struck and even followed Clarence, also known as Mac and Leroy, to New York State when he took a job there. They married on Saturday, October 25, 1941 at the Pompton Lakes Reformed Church. Following the wedding, they honeymooned at the Roserne Cabins alongside Route 23 North in Butler. They also called those cabins their first home. About a year later, Laura gave birth to a beautiful baby girl which she and Leroy named Donna.
The family eventually moved to Haskell, a place they called home for most of Laura’s adult life. She eventually relocated to Pompton Lakes before moving to Care One in Wayne in 2011.
When Donna turned twelve, Laura went to work as a trimmer with Valley Knitting Mills in Wanaque. She enjoyed that job for over 20 years. In 1977 she decided to retire so she could spend more time with her husband Mac. Laura and Mac enjoyed a very loving marriage. In celebration of their 25th anniversary in 1966, together they drove across the United States. Then, from California, they boarded a plane to Hawaii. Always friendly and never shy, they made friends on that trip and later travelled to Australia to see them.
Because of Laura’s sweet and caring personality, she was never lacking for friends and she loved to entertain them in her and Mac’s home. In the younger years of their marriage, Laura hosted many summer cookouts and, during the Christmas holidays, she loved to have friends over on New Years Eve so she could proudly show them her Christmas tree adorned with over 400 ornaments – lots of them handmade!
Laura poured herself into the lives of others. She corresponded by letter with countless friends she met along life’s pathway, typically writing over 500 letters a year and sending over 200 cards at Christmas. A self-confessed shopaholic, most of the time, she wasn’t buying for herself. Always thoughtful of others, she would see something in the store and think how nice it would be for someone, so she’d buy it for them.
Laura was a long-time member of the Midvale United Methodist Church of Wanaque where, earlier in life, she sang in the choir, taught Sunday School and helped with church dinners.
She will be adoringly remembered for her kindness, her smile and her light-hearted sense of humor. On her 90th birthday she was presented with a beautiful birthday cake with a large number 9 and number 0 candle. Laura promptly flipped the number 9 over, making it a number 6. Then that big smile appeared on her face!
Laura is survived by her loving daughter Donna Mecky of Wayne, and her two nephews: George and Daniel Araway. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Mac in 1986, her sister Ruth Araway in 2011, her brother Doyle Moyer in 1943, and her son-in-law Freddy Mecky in 2008.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Laura’s name are asked to consider the Midvale United Methodist Church, 490 Ringwood Ave, Wanaque, NJ 07645.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, March 27, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Service, celebrating Laura’s life, will take place on Friday, March 28, 2014 at 11:30 AM followed by interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
March 25, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, March 27, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Service, celebrating Laura’s life, will take place on Friday, March 28, 2014 at 11:30 AM followed by interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Laura E. McNulty (nee Moyer), age 95 of Wayne, passed peacefully into eternal rest on Tuesday morning, March 25, 2014.
In 1918, the year Laura was born in Cooper Township, PA, World War I was ending, the Spanish Flu became a pandemic, and General Motors Corporation acquired Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. Laura grew up in Windburn, PA and she was a proud graduate of Cooper Township High School!
Following graduation, Laura’s close friends encouraged her to go on a blind date with a young gentleman named Clarence McNulty. The date went very well! Laura was love-struck and even followed Clarence, also known as Mac and Leroy, to New York State when he took a job there. They married on Saturday, October 25, 1941 at the Pompton Lakes Reformed Church. Following the wedding, they honeymooned at the Roserne Cabins alongside Route 23 North in Butler. They also called those cabins their first home. About a year later, Laura gave birth to a beautiful baby girl which she and Leroy named Donna.
The family eventually moved to Haskell, a place they called home for most of Laura’s adult life. She eventually relocated to Pompton Lakes before moving to Care One in Wayne in 2011.
When Donna turned twelve, Laura went to work as a trimmer with Valley Knitting Mills in Wanaque. She enjoyed that job for over 20 years. In 1977 she decided to retire so she could spend more time with her husband Mac. Laura and Mac enjoyed a very loving marriage. In celebration of their 25th anniversary in 1966, together they drove across the United States. Then, from California, they boarded a plane to Hawaii. Always friendly and never shy, they made friends on that trip and later travelled to Australia to see them.
Because of Laura’s sweet and caring personality, she was never lacking for friends and she loved to entertain them in her and Mac’s home. In the younger years of their marriage, Laura hosted many summer cookouts and, during the Christmas holidays, she loved to have friends over on New Years Eve so she could proudly show them her Christmas tree adorned with over 400 ornaments – lots of them handmade!
Laura poured herself into the lives of others. She corresponded by letter with countless friends she met along life’s pathway, typically writing over 500 letters a year and sending over 200 cards at Christmas. A self-confessed shopaholic, most of the time, she wasn’t buying for herself. Always thoughtful of others, she would see something in the store and think how nice it would be for someone, so she’d buy it for them.
Laura was a long-time member of the Midvale United Methodist Church of Wanaque where, earlier in life, she sang in the choir, taught Sunday School and helped with church dinners.
She will be adoringly remembered for her kindness, her smile and her light-hearted sense of humor. On her 90th birthday she was presented with a beautiful birthday cake with a large number 9 and number 0 candle. Laura promptly flipped the number 9 over, making it a number 6. Then that big smile appeared on her face!
Laura is survived by her loving daughter Donna Mecky of Wayne, and her two nephews: George and Daniel Araway. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Mac in 1986, her sister Ruth Araway in 2011, her brother Doyle Moyer in 1943, and her son-in-law Freddy Mecky in 2008.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Laura’s name are asked to consider the Midvale United Methodist Church, 490 Ringwood Ave, Wanaque, NJ 07645.
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