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March 7, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 12:30 PM on Thursday, March 10, 2011 from the funeral home then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Rd., Wayne where at 1:30 PM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Marilyn DeStefano, 65, of Wayne died March 7, 2011. Born in New York City she was raised in the Packanack Lake section of Wayne and spent most of her adult life as a Wayne resident as well.
She was a 1963 graduate of Wayne Valley H.S. and later earned a Licensed Practical Nurse diploma from Sanford Community College in Sanford, Florida.
She practiced as a LPN at Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains, New Jersey for 5 years. She also received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from William Paterson College, and practiced as a Registered Nurse at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey for 15 years. In 1996 she received a School Nurse Certification from Seton Hall University, and was a school nurse at Wayne Hills H.S. for 10 years before retiring in 2006.
Retirement allowed her to baby-sit for her grandchildren which she loved, join a book club of retired school nurses, and begin playing bridge again.
Marilyn was a parishioner of The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church where she was a Eucharistic Minister, a member of the RCIA team, and the church choir.
She is survived by her husband of 22 years, Daniel DeStefano, a son David Cassaday of Wayne; mother, Connie List of Wayne ;step children Daniel DeStefano and his wife Robin of Tuxedo, New York; Diane Lettiere and Dena Tauriello of Morris Township, New Jersey; Donna Cogavin and her husband Michael of Pompton Plains, New Jersey; Dale DeStefano and Marc Ducate of West Milford. Grandchildren Matthew and Christopher Cassaday; step grandchildren Zach, Rory, Sean, and Chloe Cogavin; Jason and Gena Lettiere; Danielle and Andriana DeStefano, and Dain Hamilton.
Memorial donations may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 12:30 PM on Thursday, March 10, 2011 from the funeral home then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Rd., Wayne where at 1:30 PM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
March 7, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 12:30 PM on Thursday, March 10, 2011 from the funeral home then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Rd., Wayne where at 1:30 PM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Marilyn DeStefano, 65, of Wayne died March 7, 2011. Born in New York City she was raised in the Packanack Lake section of Wayne and spent most of her adult life as a Wayne resident as well.
She was a 1963 graduate of Wayne Valley H.S. and later earned a Licensed Practical Nurse diploma from Sanford Community College in Sanford, Florida.
She practiced as a LPN at Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains, New Jersey for 5 years. She also received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from William Paterson College, and practiced as a Registered Nurse at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey for 15 years. In 1996 she received a School Nurse Certification from Seton Hall University, and was a school nurse at Wayne Hills H.S. for 10 years before retiring in 2006.
Retirement allowed her to baby-sit for her grandchildren which she loved, join a book club of retired school nurses, and begin playing bridge again.
Marilyn was a parishioner of The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church where she was a Eucharistic Minister, a member of the RCIA team, and the church choir.
She is survived by her husband of 22 years, Daniel DeStefano, a son David Cassaday of Wayne; mother, Connie List of Wayne ;step children Daniel DeStefano and his wife Robin of Tuxedo, New York; Diane Lettiere and Dena Tauriello of Morris Township, New Jersey; Donna Cogavin and her husband Michael of Pompton Plains, New Jersey; Dale DeStefano and Marc Ducate of West Milford. Grandchildren Matthew and Christopher Cassaday; step grandchildren Zach, Rory, Sean, and Chloe Cogavin; Jason and Gena Lettiere; Danielle and Andriana DeStefano, and Dain Hamilton.
Memorial donations may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202
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