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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 from the funeral home, then to St. Bonaventure’s RC Church, Paterson, where at 10:15 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Marie Carroll (nee Higgins), 86 of Highland Lakes, NJ died peacefully on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in Suffern, NY. Marie lived in Wayne for forty years before moving to Highland Lakes in 1996.
Marie grew up in the Stoney Road neighborhood of Paterson where she enjoyed a fun childhood. Daily life revolved around her large, extended family and their local church; St. Bonaventure’s. Marie was raised in that church and developed a very strong faith in Christ. She was very proud of her Irish heritage as well. If you knew Marie, then you knew she was Irish! She had a wicked sense of humor, was always ready to go have some fun, and she truly knew how to enjoy life to the fullest. Of course, on the rare occasion that someone upset her, she was very capable of delivering the dreaded “Higgins glare;” squinting her eyes just so, tilting her head a bit, and without a word being spoken, she let you know how displeased she was. Her six daughters can all attest to the power of the “Higgins glare.” Naturally, she loved her family very much and there wasn’t anything she wanted more than to spent time with all of them. She was blessed with ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, all of whom she adored.
Marie was a sports fan and in true Irish form, she was always rooting for Notre Dame’s ‘Fighting Irish,’ but the New York GIANTS were he favorite football team. A loyal and devoted GIANTS fan, it was commonplace to find Marie yelling passionately at the TV set on Sunday afternoon, chastising the players or the officials for not doing their best. It was well known among her family that no one was to speak to her during a GIANTS game, and heaven forbid you try to call her on the phone when the GIANTS were playing – you would quickly learn to never do that again! Outside of football season, Marie enjoyed reading mystery novels, listening to Frank Sinatra, and doing her word search puzzles nearly every day. Summer vacations to Lavallette were an annual occurrence for many years; the last week of July through the first week of August was family time down the shore! Those were special times and her children have many memories to cherish for years to come.
Marie met her husband Edmund when they were in their early teens. Truly “high school sweethearts,” they dated for several years before marrying at St. Bon's on March 17, 1951, which was, of all days; St. Patrick’s Day! The wedding and celebration that followed was one for the history books, complete with a honeymooned at Niagara Falls. The two of them were soul mates; very loving and devoted to each other. They enjoyed traditional Sunday drives, vacations to Ireland, and they took in the occasional horse race at the Monmouth track as well. Sadly, Ed passed in 1988 after a brief struggle with ALS. They had just celebrated their thirty-seventh anniversary that year and Marie has missed him dearly ever since.
Marie was predeceased by her sisters, Kathleen Kearns & Margaret Patterson and her brother Charles.
Marie is survived by her six daughters; Ellen Buchney (Tom) of Highland Lakes, NJ, Jayne Maguire (Richard) of Marco Island, FL, Mary Rist (Ron) of Glenwood, NJ, Christine Cooper (Russel) of Franklin, NJ, Kathleen McCall of Marco Island, FL, and Beth Ann Blake (Tucker) of Vernon, NJ, her sister; Jean Trommelen (John) of Totowa Boro, NJ, one brother; Joseph Higgins (Gina) of Wyckoff, ten grandchildren: Maegan, Michael, Caitlyn, Danny, Shannon, Colleen, Kyle, Erik, Connor, and Devyn, and five great-grandchildren.
Donations to ALS Association of Greater NY, 42 Broadway, Suite 1724, New York, NY 10004 or visit:www.als-ny.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, Nov. 13, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 from the funeral home, then to St. Bonaventure’s RC Church, Paterson, where at 10:15 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 from the funeral home, then to St. Bonaventure’s RC Church, Paterson, where at 10:15 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Marie Carroll (nee Higgins), 86 of Highland Lakes, NJ died peacefully on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in Suffern, NY. Marie lived in Wayne for forty years before moving to Highland Lakes in 1996.
Marie grew up in the Stoney Road neighborhood of Paterson where she enjoyed a fun childhood. Daily life revolved around her large, extended family and their local church; St. Bonaventure’s. Marie was raised in that church and developed a very strong faith in Christ. She was very proud of her Irish heritage as well. If you knew Marie, then you knew she was Irish! She had a wicked sense of humor, was always ready to go have some fun, and she truly knew how to enjoy life to the fullest. Of course, on the rare occasion that someone upset her, she was very capable of delivering the dreaded “Higgins glare;” squinting her eyes just so, tilting her head a bit, and without a word being spoken, she let you know how displeased she was. Her six daughters can all attest to the power of the “Higgins glare.” Naturally, she loved her family very much and there wasn’t anything she wanted more than to spent time with all of them. She was blessed with ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, all of whom she adored.
Marie was a sports fan and in true Irish form, she was always rooting for Notre Dame’s ‘Fighting Irish,’ but the New York GIANTS were he favorite football team. A loyal and devoted GIANTS fan, it was commonplace to find Marie yelling passionately at the TV set on Sunday afternoon, chastising the players or the officials for not doing their best. It was well known among her family that no one was to speak to her during a GIANTS game, and heaven forbid you try to call her on the phone when the GIANTS were playing – you would quickly learn to never do that again! Outside of football season, Marie enjoyed reading mystery novels, listening to Frank Sinatra, and doing her word search puzzles nearly every day. Summer vacations to Lavallette were an annual occurrence for many years; the last week of July through the first week of August was family time down the shore! Those were special times and her children have many memories to cherish for years to come.
Marie met her husband Edmund when they were in their early teens. Truly “high school sweethearts,” they dated for several years before marrying at St. Bon's on March 17, 1951, which was, of all days; St. Patrick’s Day! The wedding and celebration that followed was one for the history books, complete with a honeymooned at Niagara Falls. The two of them were soul mates; very loving and devoted to each other. They enjoyed traditional Sunday drives, vacations to Ireland, and they took in the occasional horse race at the Monmouth track as well. Sadly, Ed passed in 1988 after a brief struggle with ALS. They had just celebrated their thirty-seventh anniversary that year and Marie has missed him dearly ever since.
Marie was predeceased by her sisters, Kathleen Kearns & Margaret Patterson and her brother Charles.
Marie is survived by her six daughters; Ellen Buchney (Tom) of Highland Lakes, NJ, Jayne Maguire (Richard) of Marco Island, FL, Mary Rist (Ron) of Glenwood, NJ, Christine Cooper (Russel) of Franklin, NJ, Kathleen McCall of Marco Island, FL, and Beth Ann Blake (Tucker) of Vernon, NJ, her sister; Jean Trommelen (John) of Totowa Boro, NJ, one brother; Joseph Higgins (Gina) of Wyckoff, ten grandchildren: Maegan, Michael, Caitlyn, Danny, Shannon, Colleen, Kyle, Erik, Connor, and Devyn, and five great-grandchildren.
Donations to ALS Association of Greater NY, 42 Broadway, Suite 1724, New York, NY 10004 or visit:www.als-ny.org.
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