Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Calls outside of office hours? No worries! Our team will respond within 10–15 minutes.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 3-8 PM on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 3, 2016 at the funeral home.
Marilyn J. (Klimko) Niethe, age 73, of Wayne, passed Monday, May 30, 2016, at home with the comfort of family by her side.
She was born and raised in Newark having lived on Lyons Avenue near Schley Street throughout her youth. Marilyn attended Weequahic High School in Newark with the Class of 1960.
One day Marilyn was outside her home and a boy named Karl Niethe, whose brother she knew, waved to her as he drove by in a black 1957 Ford Continental with yellow seats. Karl was driving family to Wyckoff and waved as he left. Upon returning he saw Marilyn again and waved. She returned his wave, he hung a u-turn, and the rest is history. Their first date was to see a movie at the Bergen Street Theatre in Newark. Karl entered the US Army and was stationed in Germany. Karl called Marilyn from Germany and asked for her hand in marriage. She said yes and her mom drove her to Newark Airport and put her on an airplane to Germany to get married. Marilyn and Karl married at the Kelly Barracks Chapel in Stuttgart-Mohringen, Germany on Sunday, August 7, 1960. The newlyweds lived in an apartment just off the base. Marilyn would do all her shopping at the base commissary as she only spoke English and that was the primary language spoken on base.
Marilyn and Karl returned to the United States and lived with Karl’s parents in Newark before finding an apartment on Nayden Avenue in Irvington. They eventually moved to the rural farm town know as Wayne in 1964.
Marilyn was a dedicated homemaker and once her children became old enough she took on volunteering and helping as a teacher’s aid at the JFK Elementary School in Wayne. Her children attended the A.P. Terhune Middle School and on one occasion when Marilyn and a few other aides found out the principal’s wife had a baby daughter, they ran a set of bloomers up the school’s flagpole to announce the birth. The Wayne Police were summoned and the bloomers were taken down. She eventually found a position working at the American Cyanamid Corporation, just down the street, in their logistics department. Marilyn would work in logistics for the TSK Corporation in Oakland, and retired from the Advantage Cheese Distributors in Fairfield in 2003.
Marilyn will be remembered as one of the toughest women you will ever know; she was a true warrior. She was tough as nails, never complained, and always put the needs of others before her own. This tough personality was forged when her daughter Robin passed away at just eighteen months old. Living through the loss of a child steeled both Marilyn and Karl against most anything life could throw at them. Knowing this you can understand how after having Kevin break his leg for the second time, in the same spot, she put him on a flexible flyer sled and dragged him about 2 miles to Dr. Gortych’s house to have the fracture set.
Marilyn truly loved children. Annually she would go to Karl’s company Christmas party where she would dress as Santa Claus and distribute gifts to literally 100’s of kids at the party. She is also rumored to have shown up at her children’s Halloween Parade at A.P. Terhune School dressed in a huge Big Bird costume she made. As you can imagine the kids were embarrassed as can be, but as time went by they became very proud of the loving mom they had. The lengths she would go to were legendary. When her daughter Donna won a Z100 Radio contest for a flight to London to see the group Duran Duran, Marilyn was right by her side and they had a great time.
She also had a place in her heart for animals. She loved them all. As a young girl, she had a pet squirrel that would scurry up her sleeve. She was always picking up stray dogs and cats and trying to put them back together with their owners. She adopted a Schnauzer named Frisky, had a Yellow Labrador Retriever named Mysha, and rescued a dog from Paterson named Taylor.
Marilyn was an awesome cook. She could make just about anything. The one thing she made the best was whatever someone else desired. From cakes, deserts, cabbage & noodles, pierogies, deviled eggs, potato salad, meatballs, baked ziti, stuffed cabbage, beef stroganoff, just to name a few – she delighted in feeding the stomachs and hearts of others. The only problem is Marilyn didn’t know how to cook for just a few. She would make enough food to feed an army.
She was the beloved wife of fifty-six years to Karl Niethe; devoted mother of the late Robin Niethe(1961), Donna Niethe of Clifton, Kevin Niethe and his wife Karen of Wayne, and Glenn Niethe of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Zachary, Aaron, and Corey Niethe; and much loved sister of Joseph Klimko and his wife Grace of Clark, and Monica Schimpff and her husband Steve of Lee, MA.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne, NJ 07470, www.laurelwoodarboretum.org, would be appreciated.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Friends may visit with the family from 3-8 PM on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 3, 2016 at the funeral home.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 3-8 PM on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 3, 2016 at the funeral home.
Marilyn J. (Klimko) Niethe, age 73, of Wayne, passed Monday, May 30, 2016, at home with the comfort of family by her side.
She was born and raised in Newark having lived on Lyons Avenue near Schley Street throughout her youth. Marilyn attended Weequahic High School in Newark with the Class of 1960.
One day Marilyn was outside her home and a boy named Karl Niethe, whose brother she knew, waved to her as he drove by in a black 1957 Ford Continental with yellow seats. Karl was driving family to Wyckoff and waved as he left. Upon returning he saw Marilyn again and waved. She returned his wave, he hung a u-turn, and the rest is history. Their first date was to see a movie at the Bergen Street Theatre in Newark. Karl entered the US Army and was stationed in Germany. Karl called Marilyn from Germany and asked for her hand in marriage. She said yes and her mom drove her to Newark Airport and put her on an airplane to Germany to get married. Marilyn and Karl married at the Kelly Barracks Chapel in Stuttgart-Mohringen, Germany on Sunday, August 7, 1960. The newlyweds lived in an apartment just off the base. Marilyn would do all her shopping at the base commissary as she only spoke English and that was the primary language spoken on base.
Marilyn and Karl returned to the United States and lived with Karl’s parents in Newark before finding an apartment on Nayden Avenue in Irvington. They eventually moved to the rural farm town know as Wayne in 1964.
Marilyn was a dedicated homemaker and once her children became old enough she took on volunteering and helping as a teacher’s aid at the JFK Elementary School in Wayne. Her children attended the A.P. Terhune Middle School and on one occasion when Marilyn and a few other aides found out the principal’s wife had a baby daughter, they ran a set of bloomers up the school’s flagpole to announce the birth. The Wayne Police were summoned and the bloomers were taken down. She eventually found a position working at the American Cyanamid Corporation, just down the street, in their logistics department. Marilyn would work in logistics for the TSK Corporation in Oakland, and retired from the Advantage Cheese Distributors in Fairfield in 2003.
Marilyn will be remembered as one of the toughest women you will ever know; she was a true warrior. She was tough as nails, never complained, and always put the needs of others before her own. This tough personality was forged when her daughter Robin passed away at just eighteen months old. Living through the loss of a child steeled both Marilyn and Karl against most anything life could throw at them. Knowing this you can understand how after having Kevin break his leg for the second time, in the same spot, she put him on a flexible flyer sled and dragged him about 2 miles to Dr. Gortych’s house to have the fracture set.
Marilyn truly loved children. Annually she would go to Karl’s company Christmas party where she would dress as Santa Claus and distribute gifts to literally 100’s of kids at the party. She is also rumored to have shown up at her children’s Halloween Parade at A.P. Terhune School dressed in a huge Big Bird costume she made. As you can imagine the kids were embarrassed as can be, but as time went by they became very proud of the loving mom they had. The lengths she would go to were legendary. When her daughter Donna won a Z100 Radio contest for a flight to London to see the group Duran Duran, Marilyn was right by her side and they had a great time.
She also had a place in her heart for animals. She loved them all. As a young girl, she had a pet squirrel that would scurry up her sleeve. She was always picking up stray dogs and cats and trying to put them back together with their owners. She adopted a Schnauzer named Frisky, had a Yellow Labrador Retriever named Mysha, and rescued a dog from Paterson named Taylor.
Marilyn was an awesome cook. She could make just about anything. The one thing she made the best was whatever someone else desired. From cakes, deserts, cabbage & noodles, pierogies, deviled eggs, potato salad, meatballs, baked ziti, stuffed cabbage, beef stroganoff, just to name a few – she delighted in feeding the stomachs and hearts of others. The only problem is Marilyn didn’t know how to cook for just a few. She would make enough food to feed an army.
She was the beloved wife of fifty-six years to Karl Niethe; devoted mother of the late Robin Niethe(1961), Donna Niethe of Clifton, Kevin Niethe and his wife Karen of Wayne, and Glenn Niethe of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Zachary, Aaron, and Corey Niethe; and much loved sister of Joseph Klimko and his wife Grace of Clark, and Monica Schimpff and her husband Steve of Lee, MA.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne, NJ 07470, www.laurelwoodarboretum.org, would be appreciated.
Guestbook