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May 3, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from 2-4PM and 6-7:30 PM.
A Funeral Service will be held immediately following the time of visitation and will begin in the funeral home at 7:30 PM.
Marianne Steiner, age 58, of Wanaque, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at home. Her family was there to surround her with their love at the time of her passing.
Marianne is survived by her two dear daughters: Cindy and husband Jeff Cain of Flemington, and Jassmine Steiner of Wanaque; one adored granddaughter: Sophie Cain; her loving mother: Carolyn Steiner of Wanaque; her much-loved siblings: Anton J., Jr. and wife Nancy Steiner of Jefferson, Diane and husband Richard Demarest of Boise, ID, Nancy Kay of Wanaque, and Robert and wife Stacey Steiner of Haskell; and thirteen nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her loving father Anton, Sr. in 1989.
The third of Anton and Carolyn Steiner’s five children, Marianne was born in 1958 in the City of Paterson. She spent the first six years of her life growing up in Fair Lawn, then her family moved to Haskell where she received her education from St. Francis Elementary School and Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque, graduating with the Class of 1976.
As a little girl of just six years old, her parents could already tell that Marianne was an independent little one who knew very well what she did and didn’t want. The story is told of her love for chocolate ice cream and how her mother would not let her eat it one time because she was wearing a pure white dress. Instead Mom offered Marianne vanilla ice cream as an alternative. Now most people would have found vanilla ice cream to be a delicious substitute, but not Marianne! She chose instead to have no ice cream at all as everyone else sat around enjoying theirs.
Following her post-high school education at Berkley Secretarial School, Marianne worked several jobs including with AT&T in Morristown, selling airtime for a local radio station, and pursuing independent sales. True to her strong-willed, independent nature, she ultimately found her niche, starting her own company in Wanaque, NJ on March 17, 1998. Marianne fittingly named the company Steiner Industrial, Inc. and for the next nineteen years she led the company to enjoy great success as a leading distributor of coated abrasives (think sandpaper) and related products. She was proud that her company was a Certified Female-Owned Small Business and of her service as Past-President of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI).
Marianne’s philosophy was to work hard, make money, and then give it away. She found great joy in contributing much of her spare time, energy and resources to Soroptimist International - an organization special to her heart for their mission of seeking to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world. If you went into Marianne’s house, you’d be sure to regularly see a small mountain of gifts that she purchased here and there so that she could quickly bless someone she thought could use a little encouragement and joy.
The only thing more important to Marianne than her career and charity work was family. She was a devoted and loving mother to Cindy and Jassmine and her face lit up whenever she spent time with her granddaughter, Sophie. You could always count on her to be the first person on the floor to play with her nieces and nephews when they were little. When the family stopped the practice of exchanging gifts at Christmas because it was getting too big, Marianne couldn’t resist continuing to spoil the little ones.
Marianne was a genuine lover of people and was a wonderful friend. Almost everything she endeavored, she did primarily to make the lives of those around her a little bit better. So, as a bowler on the Thursday early bird bowling league at the former Butler Bowl, to Marianne, it wasn’t about the best average or winning the championship. Instead it was about the fun of being together and enjoying the camaraderie. She also liked letting her hair down with friends by going out for a night of dancing and she enjoyed crocheting. She would make beautiful baby blankets to give to friends or to donate and she even made her daughter Jassmine a crocheted purse.
Marianne had a strong faith and she preferred walking through life close with God. Her faith helped sustain her through her courageous battle with cancer over the last ten months.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Marianne’s name are asked to consider one of the following charities: Roots & Wings (Supporting young adults who age out of foster care) 75 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 303, Denville, NJ 07834 (www.rootsandwingsnj.org), Strengthen Our Sisters, Inc. (Breaking the cycle of domestic violence, poverty and abuse) P.O. Box 359 Wanaque, NJ 07456 (www.strengthenoursisters.org), Lupus Research Alliance, 275 Madison Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10016 (www.lupusresearch.org), or Wayne Interfaith Network Food Pantry, P.O. Box 3341, Wayne, NJ 07474-3341.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from 2-4PM and 6-7:30 PM.
A Funeral Service will be held immediately following the time of visitation and will begin in the funeral home at 7:30 PM.
May 3, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from 2-4PM and 6-7:30 PM.
A Funeral Service will be held immediately following the time of visitation and will begin in the funeral home at 7:30 PM.
Marianne Steiner, age 58, of Wanaque, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at home. Her family was there to surround her with their love at the time of her passing.
Marianne is survived by her two dear daughters: Cindy and husband Jeff Cain of Flemington, and Jassmine Steiner of Wanaque; one adored granddaughter: Sophie Cain; her loving mother: Carolyn Steiner of Wanaque; her much-loved siblings: Anton J., Jr. and wife Nancy Steiner of Jefferson, Diane and husband Richard Demarest of Boise, ID, Nancy Kay of Wanaque, and Robert and wife Stacey Steiner of Haskell; and thirteen nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her loving father Anton, Sr. in 1989.
The third of Anton and Carolyn Steiner’s five children, Marianne was born in 1958 in the City of Paterson. She spent the first six years of her life growing up in Fair Lawn, then her family moved to Haskell where she received her education from St. Francis Elementary School and Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque, graduating with the Class of 1976.
As a little girl of just six years old, her parents could already tell that Marianne was an independent little one who knew very well what she did and didn’t want. The story is told of her love for chocolate ice cream and how her mother would not let her eat it one time because she was wearing a pure white dress. Instead Mom offered Marianne vanilla ice cream as an alternative. Now most people would have found vanilla ice cream to be a delicious substitute, but not Marianne! She chose instead to have no ice cream at all as everyone else sat around enjoying theirs.
Following her post-high school education at Berkley Secretarial School, Marianne worked several jobs including with AT&T in Morristown, selling airtime for a local radio station, and pursuing independent sales. True to her strong-willed, independent nature, she ultimately found her niche, starting her own company in Wanaque, NJ on March 17, 1998. Marianne fittingly named the company Steiner Industrial, Inc. and for the next nineteen years she led the company to enjoy great success as a leading distributor of coated abrasives (think sandpaper) and related products. She was proud that her company was a Certified Female-Owned Small Business and of her service as Past-President of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI).
Marianne’s philosophy was to work hard, make money, and then give it away. She found great joy in contributing much of her spare time, energy and resources to Soroptimist International - an organization special to her heart for their mission of seeking to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world. If you went into Marianne’s house, you’d be sure to regularly see a small mountain of gifts that she purchased here and there so that she could quickly bless someone she thought could use a little encouragement and joy.
The only thing more important to Marianne than her career and charity work was family. She was a devoted and loving mother to Cindy and Jassmine and her face lit up whenever she spent time with her granddaughter, Sophie. You could always count on her to be the first person on the floor to play with her nieces and nephews when they were little. When the family stopped the practice of exchanging gifts at Christmas because it was getting too big, Marianne couldn’t resist continuing to spoil the little ones.
Marianne was a genuine lover of people and was a wonderful friend. Almost everything she endeavored, she did primarily to make the lives of those around her a little bit better. So, as a bowler on the Thursday early bird bowling league at the former Butler Bowl, to Marianne, it wasn’t about the best average or winning the championship. Instead it was about the fun of being together and enjoying the camaraderie. She also liked letting her hair down with friends by going out for a night of dancing and she enjoyed crocheting. She would make beautiful baby blankets to give to friends or to donate and she even made her daughter Jassmine a crocheted purse.
Marianne had a strong faith and she preferred walking through life close with God. Her faith helped sustain her through her courageous battle with cancer over the last ten months.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Marianne’s name are asked to consider one of the following charities: Roots & Wings (Supporting young adults who age out of foster care) 75 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 303, Denville, NJ 07834 (www.rootsandwingsnj.org), Strengthen Our Sisters, Inc. (Breaking the cycle of domestic violence, poverty and abuse) P.O. Box 359 Wanaque, NJ 07456 (www.strengthenoursisters.org), Lupus Research Alliance, 275 Madison Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10016 (www.lupusresearch.org), or Wayne Interfaith Network Food Pantry, P.O. Box 3341, Wayne, NJ 07474-3341.
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