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June 17, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Friday, June 21, 2013, 10 AM at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Margaret F. Douma (nee Dowd), age 60 of Haledon, died unexpectedly on Monday, June 17, 2013.
Margie was raised in Paterson and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School with the class of 1970. Shortly after graduating, she began working for PSE&G in their Paterson office. She worked her way through the ranks becoming a multi-office Customer Service Supervisor. She retired just last year after a career of over forty years. PSEG not only provided employment but, in the early 1970’s, a chance for Margie to find her soul mate. She met Ron Douma (a coworker) and kindled a relationship that led to their marriage on August 30, 1975. They wed at the Calvary Gospel Church in Wayne and soon after set off on a Niagara Falls honeymoon. They first settled in Paterson before moving to Haledon in 1980. They have enjoyed a very fun and loving marriage for thirty eight years, filled with lots of laughs and great family memories.
She was a member of Richfield Christian Reformed Church in Clifton as a Deacon, Treasurer, and Bible school teacher.
Margie was a voracious reader, sometimes finishing three or four books per week. She was also a Soap Opera fanatic, recording them constantly and breaking several DVRs in the process. She was thrilled to recently meet a few soap opera actors in person. She was a fan of all TV in fact; especially reality shows like Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Judge Judy. Many times you could see a bit of Judy’s flair in Margie.
Margie also had an eclectic collection of decorations for her home and added new things with a somewhat daily frequency. She didn’t just decorate for the holidays, but for the seasons and just about any other reason you can think of! She has literally dozens of boxes of decorations for any occasion from: candles to flags to snowmen to a soap dispenser that plays Yankee Doodle Dandy. She was a catalog shopper from the start but recently moved to the internet to increase her ordering efficiency – the UPS driver knew her well. Margie had a great zest for life and decorating her house was just another way to have fun. Margie was a very thoughtful and caring person, very giving of herself and really loved to see others having fun as well. She loved to give gifts and put a lot of thought into them. She would often surprise her family or friends with gifts months after they may have casually mentioned an idea or a particular item. She enjoyed seeing people’s reactions to receiving their gifts. She was as much about sharing as she was about having fun – and she had plenty of fun.
Family vacations to LBI were the ‘best 2 weeks of their lives’ each summer, when the whole family would gather at the Holgate beach house together. She loved the sun, the pool, and reading her magazines and morning newspapers. Margie had many close friends and she cared deeply for them all. She will be missed by so many.
Margie is survived by her husband Ron of Haledon, her daughter Lauren Douma of Scranton, PA, her son Jason Douma and his wife Jennifer of Wayne, her brother Thomas Dowd and his wife Carole of Kinnelon, niece Shannon Murphy and her husband Kevin of Kinnelon, nephew Brendan Dowd and his wife Elizabeth of Wayne, step-daughter Amy Brooks and her husband Patrick of North Haledon, step-grandchildren; Andrew and Jenna Brooks of North Haledon. She was predeceased by her brother Perry Dowd, mother Ruth Dowd, and father Thomas Dowd.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Friday, June 21, 2013, 10 AM at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
June 17, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Friday, June 21, 2013, 10 AM at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Margaret F. Douma (nee Dowd), age 60 of Haledon, died unexpectedly on Monday, June 17, 2013.
Margie was raised in Paterson and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School with the class of 1970. Shortly after graduating, she began working for PSE&G in their Paterson office. She worked her way through the ranks becoming a multi-office Customer Service Supervisor. She retired just last year after a career of over forty years. PSEG not only provided employment but, in the early 1970’s, a chance for Margie to find her soul mate. She met Ron Douma (a coworker) and kindled a relationship that led to their marriage on August 30, 1975. They wed at the Calvary Gospel Church in Wayne and soon after set off on a Niagara Falls honeymoon. They first settled in Paterson before moving to Haledon in 1980. They have enjoyed a very fun and loving marriage for thirty eight years, filled with lots of laughs and great family memories.
She was a member of Richfield Christian Reformed Church in Clifton as a Deacon, Treasurer, and Bible school teacher.
Margie was a voracious reader, sometimes finishing three or four books per week. She was also a Soap Opera fanatic, recording them constantly and breaking several DVRs in the process. She was thrilled to recently meet a few soap opera actors in person. She was a fan of all TV in fact; especially reality shows like Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Judge Judy. Many times you could see a bit of Judy’s flair in Margie.
Margie also had an eclectic collection of decorations for her home and added new things with a somewhat daily frequency. She didn’t just decorate for the holidays, but for the seasons and just about any other reason you can think of! She has literally dozens of boxes of decorations for any occasion from: candles to flags to snowmen to a soap dispenser that plays Yankee Doodle Dandy. She was a catalog shopper from the start but recently moved to the internet to increase her ordering efficiency – the UPS driver knew her well. Margie had a great zest for life and decorating her house was just another way to have fun. Margie was a very thoughtful and caring person, very giving of herself and really loved to see others having fun as well. She loved to give gifts and put a lot of thought into them. She would often surprise her family or friends with gifts months after they may have casually mentioned an idea or a particular item. She enjoyed seeing people’s reactions to receiving their gifts. She was as much about sharing as she was about having fun – and she had plenty of fun.
Family vacations to LBI were the ‘best 2 weeks of their lives’ each summer, when the whole family would gather at the Holgate beach house together. She loved the sun, the pool, and reading her magazines and morning newspapers. Margie had many close friends and she cared deeply for them all. She will be missed by so many.
Margie is survived by her husband Ron of Haledon, her daughter Lauren Douma of Scranton, PA, her son Jason Douma and his wife Jennifer of Wayne, her brother Thomas Dowd and his wife Carole of Kinnelon, niece Shannon Murphy and her husband Kevin of Kinnelon, nephew Brendan Dowd and his wife Elizabeth of Wayne, step-daughter Amy Brooks and her husband Patrick of North Haledon, step-grandchildren; Andrew and Jenna Brooks of North Haledon. She was predeceased by her brother Perry Dowd, mother Ruth Dowd, and father Thomas Dowd.
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