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March 27, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Thursday March 29, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral Services will be held at 10AM on Friday March 30, 2018 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Mary C. Donovan, known as “Dolores”, formerly of Wayne passed away peacefully on Tuesday March 27, 2018 at age ninety-four, in the presence of and while receiving the loving care of her family.
Dolores was born in 1923 to James and Mary Connelly in Elizabeth, NJ, and there she was raised with her sister Peggy. After graduating from Battin High School with the class of 1941, Dolores worked briefly for Western Electric before earning a position as a Secretary for Catholic Charities of the Arch Diocese of Newark. In 1951, she met a handsome young man by the name of James Donovan. Their first date was at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, where they would enjoy dining and spending time together. Dolores and James only dated for about six months, but as fate would have it they fell in love and were married on November 3, 1951 at St Michaels Roman Catholic Church in Elizabeth, and honeymooned in Williamsburg, VA.
Dolores and James lived briefly in Kearney before settling in Packanack Lake, where they would raise their two daughters, Mary Ann and Patricia. There they would continue to spend 45 years of loving and joyful marriage.
Dolores returned to the workplace after her children had grown and became a Nurse’s Aide for the Lincoln Park and Alps Manor Nursing Homes in Wayne. Later she was a playground assistant and cafeteria aide at the Fallon School, also in Wayne, until her retirement in 1974. After James' passing in 1996, Dolores moved to St. Joseph's senior living facilities in Totowa, in 2001.
Dolores was a garage sale aficionado, often rising bright and early on weekend mornings to find a great deal, along with her best friend Marilyn. Of all Mary interests and hobbies, her greatest passion was for her family. Dolores loved to host holiday and Sunday Dinners. She was known as a spirited woman, energetic and full of life, and you always knew where you stood with her. She was what you would call “Old Fashioned” and held herself and her family to a high moral standard.” Above all, Dolores always conducted herself as a “Lady.” She and her husband James we're people of extremely strong faith and devoted to their Roman Catholic Religion. Dolores was an extraordinary person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by her family, friends, and all who knew her.
Dolores is survived by her two daughters; Mary Ann Donovan of Pompton Plains, and Patricia Donovan of Newton, three grandchildren; Gina Scouten and her husband Ronald, Alex Ezzo, and Rose Ezzo, one great grandchild; Milo James Scouten, one niece Elizabeth Harper and her husband James and family, two nephews; Peter Marcino and his partner Juliet Weber, and James Marcino and his wife Christine and family. She was predeceased by her husband James Donovan in 1996 as well as her sister Margaret Marcino in 2017 and her brother-in-law George Marcino in 2012.
In lieu of flowers, friends wishing to make donations in Mary’s name are asked to consider Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherd Lane, Totowa, NJ 07512 or Oasis-A Haven for Women and Children, 59 Mill St, Paterson, NJ 07501.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Thursday March 29, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral Services will be held at 10AM on Friday March 30, 2018 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
March 27, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Thursday March 29, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral Services will be held at 10AM on Friday March 30, 2018 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Mary C. Donovan, known as “Dolores”, formerly of Wayne passed away peacefully on Tuesday March 27, 2018 at age ninety-four, in the presence of and while receiving the loving care of her family.
Dolores was born in 1923 to James and Mary Connelly in Elizabeth, NJ, and there she was raised with her sister Peggy. After graduating from Battin High School with the class of 1941, Dolores worked briefly for Western Electric before earning a position as a Secretary for Catholic Charities of the Arch Diocese of Newark. In 1951, she met a handsome young man by the name of James Donovan. Their first date was at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, where they would enjoy dining and spending time together. Dolores and James only dated for about six months, but as fate would have it they fell in love and were married on November 3, 1951 at St Michaels Roman Catholic Church in Elizabeth, and honeymooned in Williamsburg, VA.
Dolores and James lived briefly in Kearney before settling in Packanack Lake, where they would raise their two daughters, Mary Ann and Patricia. There they would continue to spend 45 years of loving and joyful marriage.
Dolores returned to the workplace after her children had grown and became a Nurse’s Aide for the Lincoln Park and Alps Manor Nursing Homes in Wayne. Later she was a playground assistant and cafeteria aide at the Fallon School, also in Wayne, until her retirement in 1974. After James' passing in 1996, Dolores moved to St. Joseph's senior living facilities in Totowa, in 2001.
Dolores was a garage sale aficionado, often rising bright and early on weekend mornings to find a great deal, along with her best friend Marilyn. Of all Mary interests and hobbies, her greatest passion was for her family. Dolores loved to host holiday and Sunday Dinners. She was known as a spirited woman, energetic and full of life, and you always knew where you stood with her. She was what you would call “Old Fashioned” and held herself and her family to a high moral standard.” Above all, Dolores always conducted herself as a “Lady.” She and her husband James we're people of extremely strong faith and devoted to their Roman Catholic Religion. Dolores was an extraordinary person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by her family, friends, and all who knew her.
Dolores is survived by her two daughters; Mary Ann Donovan of Pompton Plains, and Patricia Donovan of Newton, three grandchildren; Gina Scouten and her husband Ronald, Alex Ezzo, and Rose Ezzo, one great grandchild; Milo James Scouten, one niece Elizabeth Harper and her husband James and family, two nephews; Peter Marcino and his partner Juliet Weber, and James Marcino and his wife Christine and family. She was predeceased by her husband James Donovan in 1996 as well as her sister Margaret Marcino in 2017 and her brother-in-law George Marcino in 2012.
In lieu of flowers, friends wishing to make donations in Mary’s name are asked to consider Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherd Lane, Totowa, NJ 07512 or Oasis-A Haven for Women and Children, 59 Mill St, Paterson, NJ 07501.
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