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December 29, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 2, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Saturday, January 3, 2008 at the Park Evangelical Free Church, 4 Roosevelt Pl., New City, NY.(directions below)
Interment will be in the Park Evangelical Free Church Cemetery, New City, NY, following the service on Saturday.
Directions to church/cemetery
Park Evangelical Free Church (service time 10 AM) 4 Roosevelt Place, New City, NY 10956 846-634-3353
Take I-287 North to the New York Thruway South(Towards Tappan Zee Bridge) Or Garden State Parkway North to the New York Thruway South(Towards Tappan Zee Bridge)
Then
Take the NY Thruway(I-87 South)/(I-287 East) to exit 13N…to the Palisades Parkway to the first exit…Exit 10…at the end of the ramp turn left onto Germonds Road…in a very short distance turn right at the light onto North Middletown Road(County Rte 33)…this will change names into S. Little Tor Road(County Rte 33)…in one mile turn left onto Roosevelt Place…make your first right into the church parking lot.
Marilyn Nilsen (nee Omland) age 71 of Jackson, formerly of West Milford, died Monday, December 29, 2008 at the Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune with her family by her side.
She was born in Bronx, NY and raised in New City, NY having lived in Bergenfield (28 years) and West Milford (20 years) before moving to Jackson last year.
Marilyn graduated from Clarkstown High School, New City, NY with the class of 1955 and continued her education at Barrington Bible College in Barrington, RI with the class of 1957.
She was a secretary for the American Cyanamid Corporation, Wayne and Lederle Labs, Nanuet.
Marilyn truly enjoyed being a mom and grandmother and took great pleasure in knitting, sewing, cooking and baking. Most recently she took great pride in the accomplishments of her grandchildren.
In 1958 she was at a youth group meeting and met Glenn Nilsen. Glenn took her on a date miniature golfing in Nanuet, NY. They fell in love and married on September 10, 1960 at the Park Evangelical Free Church in New City and have enjoyed forty-eight years of a blessed marriage.
She is the beloved wife of Glenn Nilsen; the loving mother of Debora Brown and her husband William of Wyckoff, Donna Thomas and her husband Stephen of Annandale, Dean Nilsen and his wife Maria of Bristow, VA, Derek Nilsen and his wife Krista of Sandy, UT and Diane Boylan and her husband Bob of Washougal, WA; cherished grandmother of William Brown (21), Alexander Brown (16), Mackenzie Brown (15), Ashlee Thomas (15), Katie Thomas (13), Matthew Nilsen (12), Michael Nilsen (10), Rachel Nilsen (8), Thomas Child (20), Tyler Nilsen (11), Hunter Nilsen (7), Nicholas Boylan (11), Karl Boylan (10), Rebecca Boylan (8), and Peter Boylan (6); loved sister of Harry Omland of Littleton, CO, Kent Omland and his wife Carol of Thornton, CO and Nancy Gundersen and her husband Gordon of Woodstock, NY.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Camp Spofford, 24 Route 9A, Spofford, NH, 03462 (www.campspofford.org) would be appreciated in memory of Marilyn.
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Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 2, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Saturday, January 3, 2008 at the Park Evangelical Free Church, 4 Roosevelt Pl., New City, NY.(directions below)
Interment will be in the Park Evangelical Free Church Cemetery, New City, NY, following the service on Saturday.
Directions to church/cemetery
Park Evangelical Free Church (service time 10 AM) 4 Roosevelt Place, New City, NY 10956 846-634-3353
Take I-287 North to the New York Thruway South(Towards Tappan Zee Bridge) Or Garden State Parkway North to the New York Thruway South(Towards Tappan Zee Bridge)
Then
Take the NY Thruway(I-87 South)/(I-287 East) to exit 13N…to the Palisades Parkway to the first exit…Exit 10…at the end of the ramp turn left onto Germonds Road…in a very short distance turn right at the light onto North Middletown Road(County Rte 33)…this will change names into S. Little Tor Road(County Rte 33)…in one mile turn left onto Roosevelt Place…make your first right into the church parking lot.
December 29, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 2, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Saturday, January 3, 2008 at the Park Evangelical Free Church, 4 Roosevelt Pl., New City, NY.(directions below)
Interment will be in the Park Evangelical Free Church Cemetery, New City, NY, following the service on Saturday.
Directions to church/cemetery
Park Evangelical Free Church (service time 10 AM) 4 Roosevelt Place, New City, NY 10956 846-634-3353
Take I-287 North to the New York Thruway South(Towards Tappan Zee Bridge) Or Garden State Parkway North to the New York Thruway South(Towards Tappan Zee Bridge)
Then
Take the NY Thruway(I-87 South)/(I-287 East) to exit 13N…to the Palisades Parkway to the first exit…Exit 10…at the end of the ramp turn left onto Germonds Road…in a very short distance turn right at the light onto North Middletown Road(County Rte 33)…this will change names into S. Little Tor Road(County Rte 33)…in one mile turn left onto Roosevelt Place…make your first right into the church parking lot.
Marilyn Nilsen (nee Omland) age 71 of Jackson, formerly of West Milford, died Monday, December 29, 2008 at the Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune with her family by her side.
She was born in Bronx, NY and raised in New City, NY having lived in Bergenfield (28 years) and West Milford (20 years) before moving to Jackson last year.
Marilyn graduated from Clarkstown High School, New City, NY with the class of 1955 and continued her education at Barrington Bible College in Barrington, RI with the class of 1957.
She was a secretary for the American Cyanamid Corporation, Wayne and Lederle Labs, Nanuet.
Marilyn truly enjoyed being a mom and grandmother and took great pleasure in knitting, sewing, cooking and baking. Most recently she took great pride in the accomplishments of her grandchildren.
In 1958 she was at a youth group meeting and met Glenn Nilsen. Glenn took her on a date miniature golfing in Nanuet, NY. They fell in love and married on September 10, 1960 at the Park Evangelical Free Church in New City and have enjoyed forty-eight years of a blessed marriage.
She is the beloved wife of Glenn Nilsen; the loving mother of Debora Brown and her husband William of Wyckoff, Donna Thomas and her husband Stephen of Annandale, Dean Nilsen and his wife Maria of Bristow, VA, Derek Nilsen and his wife Krista of Sandy, UT and Diane Boylan and her husband Bob of Washougal, WA; cherished grandmother of William Brown (21), Alexander Brown (16), Mackenzie Brown (15), Ashlee Thomas (15), Katie Thomas (13), Matthew Nilsen (12), Michael Nilsen (10), Rachel Nilsen (8), Thomas Child (20), Tyler Nilsen (11), Hunter Nilsen (7), Nicholas Boylan (11), Karl Boylan (10), Rebecca Boylan (8), and Peter Boylan (6); loved sister of Harry Omland of Littleton, CO, Kent Omland and his wife Carol of Thornton, CO and Nancy Gundersen and her husband Gordon of Woodstock, NY.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Camp Spofford, 24 Route 9A, Spofford, NH, 03462 (www.campspofford.org) would be appreciated in memory of Marilyn.
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