Marjorie Doherty

Marjorie Doherty was born in 1927, in Jersey City, NJ to Otis and Marjorie Zabriskie.  She peacefully passed away on November 8, 2022 surrounded by her family.

Marge graduated from Snyder HS with the Class of 1945 and went to work on Maiden Lane, in New York City (as she always proudly told us!)

She met her husband Joseph Doherty thru family and friends and they married on March 28, 1948. Since Joe was a merchant seaman at the time they lived with her parents at first.

In February 1952 they moved to "the country" in Wayne, they happen to come across a new development going up, stopped in to go thru the model home, builder said they could leave a deposit, and Dad jokily said all I have is ten dollars in my pocket and builder said “I’ll take it”,  They lived in the same house (which Joe had to enlarge a few times as the family grew). Her husband Joe passed in 1998 six months after celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Marge was able to be a stay at home mother to her five children. She volunteered at their school and was class mother many times!!!! In the early 70’s she was a member for the Musical Theater Group in Wayne, which she enjoyed making all the costumes and was stage manager for the productions. Later in life, she volunteered at Packanack Lake Church with their quilting group making sleeping bags for the homeless.

She loved to travel enjoying yearly vacations camping across the US and Canada with Joe and kids.  In her later years she traveled to Europe with Margaret and the entire family enjoyed a trip to Ireland.

But most of all she just loved being with family and friends.

Marge was predeceased by her parents, sisters Ella Cadden and Clare Cordes and her husband Joseph Doherty.   She is survived by her children Margaret Ellen of Wayne, Catherine Murphy (Thomas) of Columbia, NJ, Mary Post (Randy) of Greenwood Lake, NY, Joseph of Sparta and Teresa of Wayne. Also survived by her loved granddaughters Elizabeth Murphy Malik (Ben Malik) of Brooklyn and Emily Murphy of Manhattan and 17 nieces and nephews.