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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 5, 2017 from 9-11 AM. A Funeral Service will follow visiting and begin in the funeral home at 11:00 AM. Interment will take place at Fair Lawn Cemetery.
Lucia Neumane, age 83, of Mahwah and formerly of Oakland, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 31, 2016.
Lucia was born and raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Her family were prominent members of Ecuadorian society and, while Lucia enjoyed the notoriety of family accomplishments like her great-grandfather being the person who wrote the country’s national anthem, the public’s attention sometimes made it difficult to maintain a level of privacy that was optimal for healthy living. Consequently, in 1953, she decided to pursue new dreams with a new life in the United States.
Shortly after settling in River Vale, NJ, Lucia was blessed with the birth of her first daughter - baby Lucia “Lucy”, followed by her son Alexander. A few years later while back in Ecuador to visit her parents, she came to the realization that she was pregnant again. Since Ecuador law would not allow her to return to the United States in her expectant state, Lucia remained there for the duration of her pregnancy, ultimately giving birth to twins – Frank and Maria! She stayed in Ecuador until her babies turned one, then returned to the U.S.A. leaving the twins behind with her parents while she worked to secure the proper immigration paperwork to bring them home to the United States. When that feat was finally accomplished Frank and Maria were six years and they joined their older sister and brother as well as a new baby brother Luis who was born in the U.S. in 1962.
At this point in her life, a single mom, Lucia completely and lovingly dedicated her time and talents to her five children. She was able to purchase a nice home in Oakland, NJ which was where all of them spent their formative years. Meanwhile, Lucia balanced the care of the kids with full-time work – for many years with Poly Plastics in Oakland. When that company closed its doors, she went to work for International Wire in Wyckoff and, prior to retirement, she worked as an inspector with Datascope Corporation, maker of surgical and medical instruments in Oakland. There were many years where she also worked during off hours cleaning offices, just to make sure to provide the best for her family. In 1989, she moved to Mahwah where she remained until moving to Wayne in 2011.
In 1972, Lucia and the whole family were dealt a devastating blow when her daughter and their big sister “Lucy” was suddenly taken from this life at the tender age of seventeen. Lucy was Lucia’s namesake and she very much played an important role in the home as Lucia’s right hand often acting as a surrogate mom to her younger siblings while Lucia was out serving the role of breadwinner.
Despite the sometime insurmountable setbacks and disappointments of life including also losing her son Alexander in 2004, Lucia always did her best to remain optimistic. Her life was a beautiful example of selfless love and always doing what was best for the ones entrusted to her care.
Lucia was the loving and devoted mother of the late Lucy Puentes (1972), the late Alexander Puentes (2004), Frank Puentes of Monroe, NY, Maria and husband Rick Black of Somerset, and Luis and wife Mary Anne Puentes of Wayne; grandmother of: Garret, Myles, Adam, Jonathan, Taylor, Hunter, and Alex; and the dear sister of Ida Trujillo of Garfield.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 5, 2017 from 9-11 AM. A Funeral Service will follow visiting and begin in the funeral home at 11:00 AM. Interment will take place at Fair Lawn Cemetery.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, January 5, 2017 from 9-11 AM. A Funeral Service will follow visiting and begin in the funeral home at 11:00 AM. Interment will take place at Fair Lawn Cemetery.
Lucia Neumane, age 83, of Mahwah and formerly of Oakland, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 31, 2016.
Lucia was born and raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Her family were prominent members of Ecuadorian society and, while Lucia enjoyed the notoriety of family accomplishments like her great-grandfather being the person who wrote the country’s national anthem, the public’s attention sometimes made it difficult to maintain a level of privacy that was optimal for healthy living. Consequently, in 1953, she decided to pursue new dreams with a new life in the United States.
Shortly after settling in River Vale, NJ, Lucia was blessed with the birth of her first daughter - baby Lucia “Lucy”, followed by her son Alexander. A few years later while back in Ecuador to visit her parents, she came to the realization that she was pregnant again. Since Ecuador law would not allow her to return to the United States in her expectant state, Lucia remained there for the duration of her pregnancy, ultimately giving birth to twins – Frank and Maria! She stayed in Ecuador until her babies turned one, then returned to the U.S.A. leaving the twins behind with her parents while she worked to secure the proper immigration paperwork to bring them home to the United States. When that feat was finally accomplished Frank and Maria were six years and they joined their older sister and brother as well as a new baby brother Luis who was born in the U.S. in 1962.
At this point in her life, a single mom, Lucia completely and lovingly dedicated her time and talents to her five children. She was able to purchase a nice home in Oakland, NJ which was where all of them spent their formative years. Meanwhile, Lucia balanced the care of the kids with full-time work – for many years with Poly Plastics in Oakland. When that company closed its doors, she went to work for International Wire in Wyckoff and, prior to retirement, she worked as an inspector with Datascope Corporation, maker of surgical and medical instruments in Oakland. There were many years where she also worked during off hours cleaning offices, just to make sure to provide the best for her family. In 1989, she moved to Mahwah where she remained until moving to Wayne in 2011.
In 1972, Lucia and the whole family were dealt a devastating blow when her daughter and their big sister “Lucy” was suddenly taken from this life at the tender age of seventeen. Lucy was Lucia’s namesake and she very much played an important role in the home as Lucia’s right hand often acting as a surrogate mom to her younger siblings while Lucia was out serving the role of breadwinner.
Despite the sometime insurmountable setbacks and disappointments of life including also losing her son Alexander in 2004, Lucia always did her best to remain optimistic. Her life was a beautiful example of selfless love and always doing what was best for the ones entrusted to her care.
Lucia was the loving and devoted mother of the late Lucy Puentes (1972), the late Alexander Puentes (2004), Frank Puentes of Monroe, NY, Maria and husband Rick Black of Somerset, and Luis and wife Mary Anne Puentes of Wayne; grandmother of: Garret, Myles, Adam, Jonathan, Taylor, Hunter, and Alex; and the dear sister of Ida Trujillo of Garfield.
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