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February 28, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 2, 2012 from 4-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, March 3, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Mary Rest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
Parents Hugh and Margaret MaGuire both travelled from Ireland in the early 1900’s. Born East Orange, New Jersey, November 25, 1913.
Mary C. MaGuire married Alan A. Woodruff, Jr., also of Newark, New Jersey, in 1941 after meeting Woody, as he was known, at a dance. Woody was a salesman at Columbia Ribbon and Carbon, New York, New York until he retired in 1973. He was an avid photographer and a devoted golfer. He was a member of Rockaway River Country Club, The New York Athletic Club and Packanack Golf Course. They celebrated their 61st Wedding Anniversary with a party at the Rainbow Room in New York on June 14, 2001 (Flag Day).
Alan A. Woodruff, her devoted husband, passed away May 14, 2002.
Mary C. Woodruff worked as a salesgirl at Hanes, Upper Montclair, but retired in 1949 to become a devoted Mother to Mary Eileen and Susan Ann Woodruff. Mimi, as she is known, is married to Francis A Novak of Deal, New Jersey. Currently Mimi is a first grade teacher at the Kiels School in Kinnelon, New Jersey and they reside in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. She graduated from Georgian Court College, Lakewood, New Jersey with a degree in Primary Education.
Susan is married to Jerome E. Barnett of Boscobel, Wisconsin and they are long-time residents of East 28th Street, Manhattan and more recently Hampton Bays, New York. Susan is an artist/photographer having graduated with a degree in Art History from Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York and the School of Visual Arts, New York.
In 1950 Alan and Mary moved to Packanack Lake, New Jersey, a private lake community where Woody built the renowned family home with the beautiful lawn. They resided at Packanack Lake for 61 years. Mary was often seen at the East Side beach where she sat with her friends including her dear friend DeDe Sausville, now of Venice Florida. In later years she could be seen “walking around the lake” with Gretchie Tiedeman who lived close by. One of her favorite pastimes was having lunch with “the girls” at Miranda’s, “across the lake”. Mary often ventured into New York on the 191 bus to meet her daughter Susan who then worked at an art gallery on Madison Avenue. On Saturday afternoons Mary could be seen with her daughter Mimi having lunch at their favorite restaurant Portobello’s in Oakland, New Jersey. She remained a devoted mother and considered her daughters “my greatest achievement”.
Prior to her passing she lived an independent life at her home after her husband died in 2002. She enjoyed her newspaper, her daughter’s daily telephone calls and her view of the lake. Her favorite poem was “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer which she had memorized from grade school. She could still recite it as she had a remarkable memory and keen sense of Irish wit. She attributed her long life of 98 years to her “family” as she said when asked her secret.
She is survived by her daughters, Mary Eileen (Mimi) Novak of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and Susan A. Barnett of Manhattan along with her son-in-laws Francis A. Novak and Jerome E. Barnett. She outlived her three sisters Margaret, Catherine and Elizabeth and has a surviving niece, Betsye Hanratty, of Manhattan who will attend her funeral.
Donation’s in Mary’s name can be made to Eva’s Village, 393 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07501, and would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 2, 2012 from 4-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, March 3, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Mary Rest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
February 28, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 2, 2012 from 4-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, March 3, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Mary Rest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
Parents Hugh and Margaret MaGuire both travelled from Ireland in the early 1900’s. Born East Orange, New Jersey, November 25, 1913.
Mary C. MaGuire married Alan A. Woodruff, Jr., also of Newark, New Jersey, in 1941 after meeting Woody, as he was known, at a dance. Woody was a salesman at Columbia Ribbon and Carbon, New York, New York until he retired in 1973. He was an avid photographer and a devoted golfer. He was a member of Rockaway River Country Club, The New York Athletic Club and Packanack Golf Course. They celebrated their 61st Wedding Anniversary with a party at the Rainbow Room in New York on June 14, 2001 (Flag Day).
Alan A. Woodruff, her devoted husband, passed away May 14, 2002.
Mary C. Woodruff worked as a salesgirl at Hanes, Upper Montclair, but retired in 1949 to become a devoted Mother to Mary Eileen and Susan Ann Woodruff. Mimi, as she is known, is married to Francis A Novak of Deal, New Jersey. Currently Mimi is a first grade teacher at the Kiels School in Kinnelon, New Jersey and they reside in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. She graduated from Georgian Court College, Lakewood, New Jersey with a degree in Primary Education.
Susan is married to Jerome E. Barnett of Boscobel, Wisconsin and they are long-time residents of East 28th Street, Manhattan and more recently Hampton Bays, New York. Susan is an artist/photographer having graduated with a degree in Art History from Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York and the School of Visual Arts, New York.
In 1950 Alan and Mary moved to Packanack Lake, New Jersey, a private lake community where Woody built the renowned family home with the beautiful lawn. They resided at Packanack Lake for 61 years. Mary was often seen at the East Side beach where she sat with her friends including her dear friend DeDe Sausville, now of Venice Florida. In later years she could be seen “walking around the lake” with Gretchie Tiedeman who lived close by. One of her favorite pastimes was having lunch with “the girls” at Miranda’s, “across the lake”. Mary often ventured into New York on the 191 bus to meet her daughter Susan who then worked at an art gallery on Madison Avenue. On Saturday afternoons Mary could be seen with her daughter Mimi having lunch at their favorite restaurant Portobello’s in Oakland, New Jersey. She remained a devoted mother and considered her daughters “my greatest achievement”.
Prior to her passing she lived an independent life at her home after her husband died in 2002. She enjoyed her newspaper, her daughter’s daily telephone calls and her view of the lake. Her favorite poem was “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer which she had memorized from grade school. She could still recite it as she had a remarkable memory and keen sense of Irish wit. She attributed her long life of 98 years to her “family” as she said when asked her secret.
She is survived by her daughters, Mary Eileen (Mimi) Novak of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and Susan A. Barnett of Manhattan along with her son-in-laws Francis A. Novak and Jerome E. Barnett. She outlived her three sisters Margaret, Catherine and Elizabeth and has a surviving niece, Betsye Hanratty, of Manhattan who will attend her funeral.
Donation’s in Mary’s name can be made to Eva’s Village, 393 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07501, and would be greatly appreciated.
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