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January 30, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 2, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, February 3 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover.
She grew up in Kearny and had lived in Packanack Lake since 1953.
Margaret Jansen (nee Kelaher), age 98 of Wayne, died on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. She had lived in Packanack Lake since 1953. Margaret had worked in accounting department for many years at Cooper Labs in Parsippany.
Margaret grew up in Kearny, NJ, living on Elm Street during her younger years. She was introduced to her husband, Frank, by mutual friends and their courtship led to engagement. They married on June 10, 1944 at St. Stephen’s RC Church in Kearny, NJ and honeymooned at Atlantic City, NJ. The two of them enjoyed forty-two years together before Frank’s passing in 1986.
Margaret had always been a strong and independent woman who was loquacious and loved to tell a joke. A devoted, Catholic, she was actively involved with the Catholic Daughters of America well into her 80’s. She also volunteered at the Little Sisters of the Poor's St Joseph Home for the Elderly for many years. She enjoyed traveling and spent many summers vacationing in Wildwood, NJ. More recently she enjoyed the company of her cat; Minar. She kept her mind sharp by reading on her kindle and learning to use her iPad and iPhone to communicate with family and friends. She was practically attached at the hip to her iPad and became addicted, in a sense, to games like “Words with Friends” and Solitaire, which she spent countless hours playing. Those little devises brought her happiness and enabled her to communicate (and play!) more closely with everyone she loved. It’s important to note that she was also a breast cancer survivor for over thirty years.
Margaret is survived by her two children; William Jansen of Wayne, and Franceen Jansen Govatos of North Bergen, as well as extended family and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Frank in 1986, by her sister Rose in 1992, by her daughter-in-law; Joanne Jansen in 2016, and by her son-in-law; Ty Govatos in 2014.
Donations in Margaret’s memory would be appreciated to Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherd Ln, Totowa, NJ 07512, or visit www.littlesistersofthepoor.org.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 2, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, February 3 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover.
January 30, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 2, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, February 3 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover.
She grew up in Kearny and had lived in Packanack Lake since 1953.
Margaret Jansen (nee Kelaher), age 98 of Wayne, died on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. She had lived in Packanack Lake since 1953. Margaret had worked in accounting department for many years at Cooper Labs in Parsippany.
Margaret grew up in Kearny, NJ, living on Elm Street during her younger years. She was introduced to her husband, Frank, by mutual friends and their courtship led to engagement. They married on June 10, 1944 at St. Stephen’s RC Church in Kearny, NJ and honeymooned at Atlantic City, NJ. The two of them enjoyed forty-two years together before Frank’s passing in 1986.
Margaret had always been a strong and independent woman who was loquacious and loved to tell a joke. A devoted, Catholic, she was actively involved with the Catholic Daughters of America well into her 80’s. She also volunteered at the Little Sisters of the Poor's St Joseph Home for the Elderly for many years. She enjoyed traveling and spent many summers vacationing in Wildwood, NJ. More recently she enjoyed the company of her cat; Minar. She kept her mind sharp by reading on her kindle and learning to use her iPad and iPhone to communicate with family and friends. She was practically attached at the hip to her iPad and became addicted, in a sense, to games like “Words with Friends” and Solitaire, which she spent countless hours playing. Those little devises brought her happiness and enabled her to communicate (and play!) more closely with everyone she loved. It’s important to note that she was also a breast cancer survivor for over thirty years.
Margaret is survived by her two children; William Jansen of Wayne, and Franceen Jansen Govatos of North Bergen, as well as extended family and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Frank in 1986, by her sister Rose in 1992, by her daughter-in-law; Joanne Jansen in 2016, and by her son-in-law; Ty Govatos in 2014.
Donations in Margaret’s memory would be appreciated to Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherd Ln, Totowa, NJ 07512, or visit www.littlesistersofthepoor.org.
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