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September 30, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 4, 2013, from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at the First Reformed Church, 529 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 10:00 AM. Please meet directly at the church.
Interment will follow in the church’s cemetery.
Marie Ryan, age 89 of Pompton Plains, died peacefully on Monday, September 30, 2013.
Born in Brooklyn, NY on April 30 1924, to Marguerite and Charles Lester Scouten, Marie had one younger sister, Joan Parliment.
As a long-time leader of the Campfire Girls, Marie enjoyed a certain measure of fame because of a picture which was painted of her dressed in her uniform. That painting was displayed in the United Nations for many years.
Marie graduated from Bay Ridge High School in Brooklyn and secretarial school at Scudder in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
Marie met her husband-to-be, Jim Ryan in Brooklyn, N.Y. They grew up down the block from each other and knew each other casually. In Sept.1942 they started writing each other while Jim was in the Army, stationed at Camp Croft in South Carolina. In Feb. 1943, while Jim was on furlough, they had their first date. Five months later on July 14, 1943 they had their second date and, on that date, became official engaged!. The next day they exchanged engagement rings and married one month later, Aug. 14, 1943. It was the beginning of a beautiful 62-year-marriage.
At the end of World War II Marie and Jim lived on 47th Street in Brooklyn and Jim worked at Dupont while attending night school. Marie followed Jim as he attended and graduated from a 3-2 program at St. Lawrence University and MIT. While at St. Lawrence Marie was the secretary to the professor and she became friends of the secretary to the dean.
Marie and Jim’s first child, Randy was born in September 1944. They lived in St. Lawrence and after Jim graduated from college they moved to Mountain View, N.J. where Marie's grandparents had a home.
They welcomed their second son Steve in 1950 and their third child, Debbie, in March, 1955.
Marie and Jim moved to 12 Woodland Court in Pompton Plains in 1953. They lived in that beautiful home and called in “home-sweet-home” for over 60 years.
Together they became involved in the First Reformed Church in Pompton Plains while living in Mountain View and remained faithful members of the church all of the years they lived in Pompton Plains.
Marie owned the Lantern Shop in Pompton Plains, a gift and card shop for 38 years. She worked closely with the First Reformed Church where she was the Woman's Guild president and organized many pot-luck dinners. Marie worked closely with Stu Debow as the church expanded and she designed and helped to furnish Friendship Hall. She was also instrumental in starting the nursery school at the church.
After selling the Lantern Shop she managed the gift shop at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. Then in her seventies she started a flower business selling plants to Northern New Jersey hospitals until Jim's death in February, 2005.
Marie loved to cook and bake and she loved to travel. Jim and Marie went to many far-away places including Greece, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Paris.
She loved to sew and, as the kids were growing up, she made many clothes for them. She also enjoyed crossword puzzles, bridge games and later in life she turned into a devoted Yankees fan.
Surviving are two sons: Randy and wife Sylvia of Collierville, TN, and Steven and wife Peggy of Greenville, SC; one daughter: Debbie and husband George King of Pompton Plains; six grandchildren: Chris, Suzanne, Matt, David, Jimmy, and Pam; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband Jim and her sister Joan Parliment.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Marie’s name are asked to consider NewBridge Services, P.O. Box 336, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 or online at www.newbridge.org. NewBridge Services is a non-profit organization that helps bring balance to people’s lives through counseling, housing and education.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 4, 2013, from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at the First Reformed Church, 529 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 10:00 AM. Please meet directly at the church.
Interment will follow in the church’s cemetery.
September 30, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 4, 2013, from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at the First Reformed Church, 529 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 10:00 AM. Please meet directly at the church.
Interment will follow in the church’s cemetery.
Marie Ryan, age 89 of Pompton Plains, died peacefully on Monday, September 30, 2013.
Born in Brooklyn, NY on April 30 1924, to Marguerite and Charles Lester Scouten, Marie had one younger sister, Joan Parliment.
As a long-time leader of the Campfire Girls, Marie enjoyed a certain measure of fame because of a picture which was painted of her dressed in her uniform. That painting was displayed in the United Nations for many years.
Marie graduated from Bay Ridge High School in Brooklyn and secretarial school at Scudder in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
Marie met her husband-to-be, Jim Ryan in Brooklyn, N.Y. They grew up down the block from each other and knew each other casually. In Sept.1942 they started writing each other while Jim was in the Army, stationed at Camp Croft in South Carolina. In Feb. 1943, while Jim was on furlough, they had their first date. Five months later on July 14, 1943 they had their second date and, on that date, became official engaged!. The next day they exchanged engagement rings and married one month later, Aug. 14, 1943. It was the beginning of a beautiful 62-year-marriage.
At the end of World War II Marie and Jim lived on 47th Street in Brooklyn and Jim worked at Dupont while attending night school. Marie followed Jim as he attended and graduated from a 3-2 program at St. Lawrence University and MIT. While at St. Lawrence Marie was the secretary to the professor and she became friends of the secretary to the dean.
Marie and Jim’s first child, Randy was born in September 1944. They lived in St. Lawrence and after Jim graduated from college they moved to Mountain View, N.J. where Marie's grandparents had a home.
They welcomed their second son Steve in 1950 and their third child, Debbie, in March, 1955.
Marie and Jim moved to 12 Woodland Court in Pompton Plains in 1953. They lived in that beautiful home and called in “home-sweet-home” for over 60 years.
Together they became involved in the First Reformed Church in Pompton Plains while living in Mountain View and remained faithful members of the church all of the years they lived in Pompton Plains.
Marie owned the Lantern Shop in Pompton Plains, a gift and card shop for 38 years. She worked closely with the First Reformed Church where she was the Woman's Guild president and organized many pot-luck dinners. Marie worked closely with Stu Debow as the church expanded and she designed and helped to furnish Friendship Hall. She was also instrumental in starting the nursery school at the church.
After selling the Lantern Shop she managed the gift shop at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. Then in her seventies she started a flower business selling plants to Northern New Jersey hospitals until Jim's death in February, 2005.
Marie loved to cook and bake and she loved to travel. Jim and Marie went to many far-away places including Greece, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Paris.
She loved to sew and, as the kids were growing up, she made many clothes for them. She also enjoyed crossword puzzles, bridge games and later in life she turned into a devoted Yankees fan.
Surviving are two sons: Randy and wife Sylvia of Collierville, TN, and Steven and wife Peggy of Greenville, SC; one daughter: Debbie and husband George King of Pompton Plains; six grandchildren: Chris, Suzanne, Matt, David, Jimmy, and Pam; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband Jim and her sister Joan Parliment.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Marie’s name are asked to consider NewBridge Services, P.O. Box 336, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 or online at www.newbridge.org. NewBridge Services is a non-profit organization that helps bring balance to people’s lives through counseling, housing and education.
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