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May 18, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 3-6 PM on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6 PM Memorial Service will be held Wednesday just after the visitation hours.
Louise Zintel, age 83, of Riverdale, passed peacefully on Friday, May 18, 2018.
She was born in Jersey City and graduated from Kearny High School with the Class of 1954. Just out of high school Louise worked for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark.
One snowy, wintery day, Mel Zintel spotted a pretty girl struggling with an extremely large package. The girl’s name was Louise Reichers and she had just purchased a still-to-be-assembled red wagon that she planned to give to her cousin Johnny Cruitt for Christmas. Mel pulled over and asked Louise if he could give her a hand to get the package home. She gratefully accepted his offer. A couple days later, Mel was back to Louise’s house to help her assemble the wagon and the two of them really hit it off! One of Mel’s favorite pastimes was going to see the big bands. His favorite band featured Joni James and he loved to take Louise to see Joni and other bands in Asbury Park and New York City. Upon his honorable discharge from the Army, Mel returned to his hometown of Kearny. They eventually married on February 25, 1956 at Grace Methodist Church in Kearny. They honeymooned in Daytona Beach, FL, not just because of the sunny warm climate, but also because they could go to the auto races on the beach. After their honeymoon, they lived in Bellville, then Kearny before purchasing their first home in North Arlington where they stayed for the next twenty years raising their two daughters, Sheri and Dori. They moved again in 1984 to Wayne where they stayed until moving down to the Jersey shore to live in an adult community. They quickly learned that life down the shore was not for them because they missed their children and grandchildren way too much. Mel and Louise moved back to North Jersey, this time settling in Riverdale where Louise has remained to this day. Mel passed away on October 7, 2013 and Louise has continued to live in Riverdale. Louise truly enjoyed time with her family and even had lunch with her daughter the day she passed.
She will be lovingly remembered as a strong, devoted, loyal and dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother. When it came to her children Louise was always there for them. She was always involved with their activities and even took on the job of President of the North Arlington PTA when the children were in high school. Both she and Mel would work the concession stand during school events. Louise and Mel took the kids on vacations to Cape Cod and Disney World and Sunday dinners in North Arlington and later in Wayne were always hosted by Louise. Her motherly dedication easily flowed into her love and care for the grandchildren. She was always available as a baby sitter and as they grew older she and Mel would attend their sporting events, and see them off to dances and proms. Louise will be remembered for her love of reading, crocheting, dancing, and the ocean. She joins her loving dogs Beauty and Holly, and her big alley cat Sly in Heaven.
Louise was the loving wife of fifty-seven years to the late Mel Zintel (2013); devoted mother of Sheri Guggiari and her husband Bob of Hamburg and Dori Zintel of Totowa; she was the cherished grandmother of Brian, Shannon, Jamie, Jenny, and James; she was also the loving cousin of Johnny Cruitt, Billy McBurney (Toni), and the late Barry McBurney; she was the affectionate former mother-in-law of Douglas Marotti (Donna).
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the ASPCA or the National Multiple Sclerosis Society would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 3-6 PM on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6 PM Memorial Service will be held Wednesday just after the visitation hours.
May 18, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 3-6 PM on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6 PM Memorial Service will be held Wednesday just after the visitation hours.
Louise Zintel, age 83, of Riverdale, passed peacefully on Friday, May 18, 2018.
She was born in Jersey City and graduated from Kearny High School with the Class of 1954. Just out of high school Louise worked for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark.
One snowy, wintery day, Mel Zintel spotted a pretty girl struggling with an extremely large package. The girl’s name was Louise Reichers and she had just purchased a still-to-be-assembled red wagon that she planned to give to her cousin Johnny Cruitt for Christmas. Mel pulled over and asked Louise if he could give her a hand to get the package home. She gratefully accepted his offer. A couple days later, Mel was back to Louise’s house to help her assemble the wagon and the two of them really hit it off! One of Mel’s favorite pastimes was going to see the big bands. His favorite band featured Joni James and he loved to take Louise to see Joni and other bands in Asbury Park and New York City. Upon his honorable discharge from the Army, Mel returned to his hometown of Kearny. They eventually married on February 25, 1956 at Grace Methodist Church in Kearny. They honeymooned in Daytona Beach, FL, not just because of the sunny warm climate, but also because they could go to the auto races on the beach. After their honeymoon, they lived in Bellville, then Kearny before purchasing their first home in North Arlington where they stayed for the next twenty years raising their two daughters, Sheri and Dori. They moved again in 1984 to Wayne where they stayed until moving down to the Jersey shore to live in an adult community. They quickly learned that life down the shore was not for them because they missed their children and grandchildren way too much. Mel and Louise moved back to North Jersey, this time settling in Riverdale where Louise has remained to this day. Mel passed away on October 7, 2013 and Louise has continued to live in Riverdale. Louise truly enjoyed time with her family and even had lunch with her daughter the day she passed.
She will be lovingly remembered as a strong, devoted, loyal and dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother. When it came to her children Louise was always there for them. She was always involved with their activities and even took on the job of President of the North Arlington PTA when the children were in high school. Both she and Mel would work the concession stand during school events. Louise and Mel took the kids on vacations to Cape Cod and Disney World and Sunday dinners in North Arlington and later in Wayne were always hosted by Louise. Her motherly dedication easily flowed into her love and care for the grandchildren. She was always available as a baby sitter and as they grew older she and Mel would attend their sporting events, and see them off to dances and proms. Louise will be remembered for her love of reading, crocheting, dancing, and the ocean. She joins her loving dogs Beauty and Holly, and her big alley cat Sly in Heaven.
Louise was the loving wife of fifty-seven years to the late Mel Zintel (2013); devoted mother of Sheri Guggiari and her husband Bob of Hamburg and Dori Zintel of Totowa; she was the cherished grandmother of Brian, Shannon, Jamie, Jenny, and James; she was also the loving cousin of Johnny Cruitt, Billy McBurney (Toni), and the late Barry McBurney; she was the affectionate former mother-in-law of Douglas Marotti (Donna).
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the ASPCA or the National Multiple Sclerosis Society would be greatly appreciated.
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