Lorraine Monk

Lorraine Florence Monk, age 87, of Wayne, passed away on Friday, October 31^st, 2025 with her daughter by her side.

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Lorraine was born to Olga & George Arnold in Hackensack, NJ. She was raised in New Milford, NJ. She graduated from Immaculata College and went on to teach Latin and English until her first daughter was born. When she went back to work, she became a bookkeeper for a law firm in Hackensack.

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Lorraine was a loving and caring mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was a member of the Brownstone Quilters and the Prayer Shawl Ministry at St. Anne’s Church in Fairlawn. Her passions were watching tennis, doing her crosswords and jigsaw puzzles, knitting, and going to the opera.

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Lorraine was blessed with two daughters and two wonderful sons-in-law, Sandra Boes & William Boes, and Donna Rossi & Tom Rossi. Unfortunately, Donna Rossi predeceased her mother in 2017. She was blessed with four handsome grandsons, Kevin Rossi (spouse Aubrey Nagle), James Rossi (spouse Kacee Rossi), Brett Boes, and Christopher Boes, who unfortunately predeceased her in 2016 at the age of 20. She was then blessed with a beautiful great-granddaughter Zoey Rossi (parents James & Kacee Rossi), who is 3 ½ years old. She is also survived by her loving sister and brother-in-law Adele & George Zawisa, her two nephews Michael Zawisa (spouse Tina Zawisa) and John Zawisa (spouse Daria Zawisa), and her great niece and nephew Koriann & Dylan (parents John & Daria).

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In lieu of flowers, Lorraine asked that memorial donations be made to the Chris Boes Foundation in honor of her grandson. A check can be sent to Sandra & Bill Boes at 49 High Street, West Milford, NJ 07480, made out to Chris Boes Foundation, or via Venmo to William Boes @chrisboesfoundation