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July 31, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, August 2, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, August 3, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Margaret M. “Peggy” Boniface, (nee McAloney), age 80 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 as her family supported her with their love. Born on October 26, 1932 in Newark, NJ, she was the youngest of five children of Charles William Hunter McAloney and Anne McAloney (Sullivan). Peggy graduated from St Vincent's Academy in Newark in 1950, and was employed by American Oil from 1950 to 1959.
She met her husband Leonard “Lenny” Boniface one night at a dance. Lenny had a friend who really wanted to go out with Peggy but was too afraid to ask. Being the good friend that he was, Lenny told his friend not to worry and that he would set up the date. When he got to the dance, he realized he liked Peggy too and since his friend was away serving in the Navy, Lenny decided to ask her out himself. She graciously accepted and they began to date. In 1957, Lenny was drafted into the U.S. Army and following his return, he and Peggy married on June 20, 1959 at St. Peters Church in Bellville. Following their honeymoon to Cape Cod they settled in Verona where they remained until 1960 when they started a family and moved to Wayne.
Peggy was devoted to her faith and was a long-time parishioner of Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Wayne where she belonged to the Amity Club. She loved to shop, especially with her two daughters and she had fun getting together with her friends for a game of bridge. She thoroughly loved spending time with her grandchildren and considered having all of her family gathered together at home in Wayne, or at their summer home on Cape Cod, to be one of life’s greatest blessings. A day was not complete if Peggy couldn’t enjoy a few cups of tea and she considered chocolate a special treat – especially if it was made by Godiva!
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Leonard Boniface; her six children: David Boniface of Kinnelon, Laura Pheloung of Essex Fells, John Boniface of Wayne, Diana Hatton of Mountain Lakes, Charles Boniface of Hoboken and Leonard Boniface, Jr. of Wayne; her seven grandchildren: William, Bridgette, Danielle, Ryan, Margaret “Meg”, Owen, and Lennox; and her sister Nancy Poplaski of Toms River, NJ. She was predeceased by her sister Kathleen Renken and her two brothers: Leslie and William McAloney.
Peggy was a loving part of the extended Boniface family, which includes Ernest and Margaret Boniface, Theresa and Carroll McGuire, Thomas and Sigrid Boniface, all of Wayne; Louise Rafter of Walnut Creek, CA; Rudy and Mina Boniface of Paris, France; and Peter and Delores Boniface of East Sandwich, MA; and over 30 nieces and nephews.
Devoted wife and mother, grandmother of seven, she will be missed by all for her kindness, grace, beauty and unconditional love.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, August 2, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, August 3, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
July 31, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, August 2, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, August 3, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Margaret M. “Peggy” Boniface, (nee McAloney), age 80 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 as her family supported her with their love. Born on October 26, 1932 in Newark, NJ, she was the youngest of five children of Charles William Hunter McAloney and Anne McAloney (Sullivan). Peggy graduated from St Vincent's Academy in Newark in 1950, and was employed by American Oil from 1950 to 1959.
She met her husband Leonard “Lenny” Boniface one night at a dance. Lenny had a friend who really wanted to go out with Peggy but was too afraid to ask. Being the good friend that he was, Lenny told his friend not to worry and that he would set up the date. When he got to the dance, he realized he liked Peggy too and since his friend was away serving in the Navy, Lenny decided to ask her out himself. She graciously accepted and they began to date. In 1957, Lenny was drafted into the U.S. Army and following his return, he and Peggy married on June 20, 1959 at St. Peters Church in Bellville. Following their honeymoon to Cape Cod they settled in Verona where they remained until 1960 when they started a family and moved to Wayne.
Peggy was devoted to her faith and was a long-time parishioner of Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Wayne where she belonged to the Amity Club. She loved to shop, especially with her two daughters and she had fun getting together with her friends for a game of bridge. She thoroughly loved spending time with her grandchildren and considered having all of her family gathered together at home in Wayne, or at their summer home on Cape Cod, to be one of life’s greatest blessings. A day was not complete if Peggy couldn’t enjoy a few cups of tea and she considered chocolate a special treat – especially if it was made by Godiva!
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Leonard Boniface; her six children: David Boniface of Kinnelon, Laura Pheloung of Essex Fells, John Boniface of Wayne, Diana Hatton of Mountain Lakes, Charles Boniface of Hoboken and Leonard Boniface, Jr. of Wayne; her seven grandchildren: William, Bridgette, Danielle, Ryan, Margaret “Meg”, Owen, and Lennox; and her sister Nancy Poplaski of Toms River, NJ. She was predeceased by her sister Kathleen Renken and her two brothers: Leslie and William McAloney.
Peggy was a loving part of the extended Boniface family, which includes Ernest and Margaret Boniface, Theresa and Carroll McGuire, Thomas and Sigrid Boniface, all of Wayne; Louise Rafter of Walnut Creek, CA; Rudy and Mina Boniface of Paris, France; and Peter and Delores Boniface of East Sandwich, MA; and over 30 nieces and nephews.
Devoted wife and mother, grandmother of seven, she will be missed by all for her kindness, grace, beauty and unconditional love.
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