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March 22, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held 8 PM on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Lorraine G. Maurer(Thomas) age 93 of Stuart, FL, died Saturday, March 22, 2008, at home, with the comfort of her daughter Sharyn by her side.
She was born and raised on Norwood Street in East Orange, NJ having lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY and Norwood, NJ before moving to Stuart, FL.
Lorraine had a strong faith and was an active member of several churches including: the Norwood Presbyterian Church, Norwood NJ, Harrington Park Community Church, Harrington Park NJ, Stuart First United Methodist Church, Stuart FL and Christ Union Chapel, Culver Lake, NJ where she was the former president of the Chapel Guild and Women’s Club. She was also active in theatre groups and the Mr. & Mrs. Club both in Norwood.
She began her working life as a real estate broker for Lilliam M. Young Realtors, Teaneck, NJ and eventually opened her own business, Terrilee Togs in Closter, NJ in 1971. She retired in 1987 passing the business on to her son Robert and his wife Carolyn who still operate the store today.
Her family has wonderful memories of Culver Lake where they summered each year, having rented almost every home around the lake at one time or another.
Lorraine was the beloved wife of fifty-nine years to the late L. Edward Maurer (1997); loving mother of Robert Edward Maurer and his wife Carolyn of Norwood, NJ Marilyn Lefelar and her husband Robert of Wayne, NJ and Sharyn Gray and her husband Jonathan of Palm City, FL; cherished grandmother of Theresa, Robert and Darrin Maurer, Sharilyn Chemaly, Nathaniel(Dave) and Charles Burgess, Tamara Russian, Brian Gray and three step-grandchildren; Laura Barch,Vicki Corbo, Gaye Servideo and sixteen great-grandchildren; loved sister of John LN Prewitt and his wife Cynthia of Summit, NJ and Marilyn Fredrick and her husband Raymond of Sewalls Point, FL.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Treasure Coast Hospice, Mayes Center for Hope, 1202 S.E. Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997 or your favorite charity would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held 8 PM on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
March 22, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held 8 PM on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Lorraine G. Maurer(Thomas) age 93 of Stuart, FL, died Saturday, March 22, 2008, at home, with the comfort of her daughter Sharyn by her side.
She was born and raised on Norwood Street in East Orange, NJ having lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY and Norwood, NJ before moving to Stuart, FL.
Lorraine had a strong faith and was an active member of several churches including: the Norwood Presbyterian Church, Norwood NJ, Harrington Park Community Church, Harrington Park NJ, Stuart First United Methodist Church, Stuart FL and Christ Union Chapel, Culver Lake, NJ where she was the former president of the Chapel Guild and Women’s Club. She was also active in theatre groups and the Mr. & Mrs. Club both in Norwood.
She began her working life as a real estate broker for Lilliam M. Young Realtors, Teaneck, NJ and eventually opened her own business, Terrilee Togs in Closter, NJ in 1971. She retired in 1987 passing the business on to her son Robert and his wife Carolyn who still operate the store today.
Her family has wonderful memories of Culver Lake where they summered each year, having rented almost every home around the lake at one time or another.
Lorraine was the beloved wife of fifty-nine years to the late L. Edward Maurer (1997); loving mother of Robert Edward Maurer and his wife Carolyn of Norwood, NJ Marilyn Lefelar and her husband Robert of Wayne, NJ and Sharyn Gray and her husband Jonathan of Palm City, FL; cherished grandmother of Theresa, Robert and Darrin Maurer, Sharilyn Chemaly, Nathaniel(Dave) and Charles Burgess, Tamara Russian, Brian Gray and three step-grandchildren; Laura Barch,Vicki Corbo, Gaye Servideo and sixteen great-grandchildren; loved sister of John LN Prewitt and his wife Cynthia of Summit, NJ and Marilyn Fredrick and her husband Raymond of Sewalls Point, FL.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Treasure Coast Hospice, Mayes Center for Hope, 1202 S.E. Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997 or your favorite charity would be appreciated.
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