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August 6, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 4-7 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 10, 2018 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10:00 AM, a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Marie C. Liffers, age 90, of Wayne, died peacefully on Monday, August 6, 2018 .
Marie was born and raised in West Hoboken, known today as Union City. As a child, she was a parishioner of Holy Family R.C. Parish in Union City. She attended the church’s schools and graduated from Holy Family High School with the Class of 1945.
Marie went on for further education at Egan’s Business School in Union City. Her post-high school education prepared her for a career in the business world that began after graduation, with a position with the Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Company (A&P) working in their New York office. She eventually became a secretary with Weehawken Trust Bank. Through all of the bank’s acquisitions, takeovers, and name changes, Marie remained a gifted and talented employee, working for a career that spanned over forty years until retiring from First Jersey Bank in Union City in 1993.
As a long-time parishioner of Holy Family R.C. Church, Marie was a member of the Rosary Society. In 1963, she moved to Weehawken where she joined the St. Lawrence R.C. Church. Then in 2003, Marie moved again, this time to Siena Village in Wayne. Her Christian faith always being integral to her very being, Marie soon began regularly attending Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Parish where she often attended Monday night adoration.
In her free time, Marie invested herself into life’s most important pursuits, devotion to God and serving others who just needed a little help. No matter where she lived, she got involved in her parish by offering help or assistance to anyone who needed it. Many could testify to how Marie would take them shopping, to the doctor or to church. When she moved to Siena Village in 2003, she soon was making friends by offering assistance to the residents there too. She had a great gift for praying and could frequently be seen reciting the prayers on the back of prayer cards she had received from the funeral home when visiting a grieving family.
Marie was also a kind and loving aunt to her nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. When they were little, she was always willing to babysit them and as they got older, she enjoyed taking them out for the day or to Friendly’s for lunch or ice cream.
Though soft-spoken and humble, Marie touched many through the love she demonstrated.
Marie is survived by her dear sister Jane Picone of Wayne; her niece Patricia Picone and husband Andy of Divide, CO; two nephews: Michael R. Picone and wife Lynn of Scotch Plains, and Robert Picone and wife Eileen of Rivervale; and five great-nieces and nephews: Greg, Lauren, Katie, Matthew, and Andrew.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Marie’s name are asked to consider St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959, or online at stjude.org
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 4-7 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 10, 2018 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10:00 AM, a Funeral Mass will be offered.
August 6, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 4-7 PM.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 10, 2018 at 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10:00 AM, a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Marie C. Liffers, age 90, of Wayne, died peacefully on Monday, August 6, 2018 .
Marie was born and raised in West Hoboken, known today as Union City. As a child, she was a parishioner of Holy Family R.C. Parish in Union City. She attended the church’s schools and graduated from Holy Family High School with the Class of 1945.
Marie went on for further education at Egan’s Business School in Union City. Her post-high school education prepared her for a career in the business world that began after graduation, with a position with the Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Company (A&P) working in their New York office. She eventually became a secretary with Weehawken Trust Bank. Through all of the bank’s acquisitions, takeovers, and name changes, Marie remained a gifted and talented employee, working for a career that spanned over forty years until retiring from First Jersey Bank in Union City in 1993.
As a long-time parishioner of Holy Family R.C. Church, Marie was a member of the Rosary Society. In 1963, she moved to Weehawken where she joined the St. Lawrence R.C. Church. Then in 2003, Marie moved again, this time to Siena Village in Wayne. Her Christian faith always being integral to her very being, Marie soon began regularly attending Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Parish where she often attended Monday night adoration.
In her free time, Marie invested herself into life’s most important pursuits, devotion to God and serving others who just needed a little help. No matter where she lived, she got involved in her parish by offering help or assistance to anyone who needed it. Many could testify to how Marie would take them shopping, to the doctor or to church. When she moved to Siena Village in 2003, she soon was making friends by offering assistance to the residents there too. She had a great gift for praying and could frequently be seen reciting the prayers on the back of prayer cards she had received from the funeral home when visiting a grieving family.
Marie was also a kind and loving aunt to her nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. When they were little, she was always willing to babysit them and as they got older, she enjoyed taking them out for the day or to Friendly’s for lunch or ice cream.
Though soft-spoken and humble, Marie touched many through the love she demonstrated.
Marie is survived by her dear sister Jane Picone of Wayne; her niece Patricia Picone and husband Andy of Divide, CO; two nephews: Michael R. Picone and wife Lynn of Scotch Plains, and Robert Picone and wife Eileen of Rivervale; and five great-nieces and nephews: Greg, Lauren, Katie, Matthew, and Andrew.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Marie’s name are asked to consider St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959, or online at stjude.org
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