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A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church located at 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Loretta P. Hartford, 87, of Pompton Plains and formerly of Nutley, died peacefully in her home on May 3, 2015.
Loretta graduated Summa Cum Laude from Misericordia University in 1949 with a B.A. in English and received a master’s degree in Philosophy from Marquette University.
In 1957 Loretta began what became a ground breaking career with IBM Corp. It was then that she developed critical concepts and techniques for the use of Random Access Memory on IBM’s 305 RAMAC computer, developing the first successful random access application. Many of these techniques are still in use today. After more than 20 years as a successful systems engineer, Loretta became the first woman in IBM to be named a Manufacturing Industry Specialist. Along with ninety seven men, and the two women who followed her, she continued to blaze trails in the use of computers to manage and control various industrial processes.
Loretta was very active in professional societies such as the Association for Systems Management (ASM), and the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Loretta was elected president of the Palisades Chapter of ASM in 1971, and became an APICS Fellow in 1980.
Loretta and her husband, John moved to Nutley, New Jersey in 1960, and lived there for the following fifty years. Loretta and John were enthusiastic participants in square dancing and round dancing events throughout the U.S. They were also world travelers, visiting both usual and unusual destinations across five continents. In 2010, she moved to Cedar Crest, in Pompton Plains.
She was predeceased by her husband John in 1994, her son James in 2004, and her daughter Diana Hartford-Maoli in 2005. She is survived and will be dearly missed by her daughter Cathleen Hartford-Kubo, her son-in-law Lawrence Maoli, her grandchildren, Christy DeVito, Michael and Meghan Hartford, Danielle and Alison Maoli, and Anthony Kubo, and her great grandchildren Joseph and Thomas DeVito.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478 Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or visit www.cancer.org.
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A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church located at 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Services
A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church located at 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
Loretta P. Hartford, 87, of Pompton Plains and formerly of Nutley, died peacefully in her home on May 3, 2015.
Loretta graduated Summa Cum Laude from Misericordia University in 1949 with a B.A. in English and received a master’s degree in Philosophy from Marquette University.
In 1957 Loretta began what became a ground breaking career with IBM Corp. It was then that she developed critical concepts and techniques for the use of Random Access Memory on IBM’s 305 RAMAC computer, developing the first successful random access application. Many of these techniques are still in use today. After more than 20 years as a successful systems engineer, Loretta became the first woman in IBM to be named a Manufacturing Industry Specialist. Along with ninety seven men, and the two women who followed her, she continued to blaze trails in the use of computers to manage and control various industrial processes.
Loretta was very active in professional societies such as the Association for Systems Management (ASM), and the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Loretta was elected president of the Palisades Chapter of ASM in 1971, and became an APICS Fellow in 1980.
Loretta and her husband, John moved to Nutley, New Jersey in 1960, and lived there for the following fifty years. Loretta and John were enthusiastic participants in square dancing and round dancing events throughout the U.S. They were also world travelers, visiting both usual and unusual destinations across five continents. In 2010, she moved to Cedar Crest, in Pompton Plains.
She was predeceased by her husband John in 1994, her son James in 2004, and her daughter Diana Hartford-Maoli in 2005. She is survived and will be dearly missed by her daughter Cathleen Hartford-Kubo, her son-in-law Lawrence Maoli, her grandchildren, Christy DeVito, Michael and Meghan Hartford, Danielle and Alison Maoli, and Anthony Kubo, and her great grandchildren Joseph and Thomas DeVito.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478 Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or visit www.cancer.org.
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