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September 9, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest with her husband Edward Orotosky at the Christ The King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Mary E. Orotosky – A short life story.
In a house in the stony road section of Paterson a family has grown up, grown together, and sought their own futures. It’s what we all strive to do in our lives. Their web is woven with happiness, pain, hope, laughter and hard work. They have lost someone very special in their family circle and as they, the next generation, forge into the future, they are creating positive footprints in their own life journey.
Mary E. Orotosky (nee Duffy) age 78 of Pompton Lakes formerly of Paterson died on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Her passing was quiet, peaceful, and took place at her home , with her sons loving and caring for this very special mother.
Mary is the child of good Irish stock namely Hugh and Mary Duffy. Hugh was born in Belfast and Mary Londonderry, Ireland. The economy and the political situation were not very desirable and Hugh and Mary decided to move to Paterson, NJ.
It took a lot of courage to leave behind the life they were familiar with, but their courage and staunch Catholic faith told them that there has to be a better place to raise the family they dreamed of having. When they arrived in Paterson they struggled with several jobs to make ends meet Hugh worked at Public Service Electric and Gas Company in Paterson and Mary, after she finished her personal family chores, would work as a housekeeper and cleaning lady. They succeeded in supporting themselves and their six children.
Tragedy struck the Duffy family when in a period of eighteen days both their mother and father died unexpectedly. The children had no choice but to carry on themselves and struggle to survive as a family together. Looking back it was so fortunate that Hugh and Mary moved to America and that their children had the chance to live the American Dream.
Mary a parishioner of Saint Bonaventure RC Church in Paterson where she raised her children in their Catholic faith. When she moved to Pompton Lakes she continued her dedication to faith at Saint Mary’s RC Church. Mary would be the first to tell you that in some of the most difficult times of her life’s journey her special dedication to the Blessed Mother carried her through.
Mary met Edward Orotosky and they married in May 15, 1952 and had fifty-six years of loving marriage together until Edward’s passing in May of 1981. It is interesting to note that Mary had been engaged to Ed when her parents suddenly died and wanted to break off her engagement so she could raise her siblings. Ed however changed the landscape of their relationship by saying if she married him he would help her raise her brothers and sisters. They worked together to keep Duffy family a unit.
Mary was employed at Artistic Identification Company located in Pompton Lakes as a weaver of labels as well as an office worker. She finally retired from work in 1985.
She leaves her family with many fond memories of a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Her personality was that of a quiet and shy person but able to make other people laugh. She was a champion of a fighter when it came to preserving her family with emphasis on a no nonsense approach to life’s everyday happenings. Mom’s family was a very important focus in her life and she loved to have them gathered around her for special dinners and the holidays. Perhaps the arrival of grandchildren was the most important highlight in her life journey and she loved them to pieces.
Surviving are one daughter Rosemary Miller and her husband Clark of Hanover, Pennsylvania; three sons Keith, Mark and Edward Orotosky Jr. all of Pompton Lakes; one sister Catherine Padula of Tunkannock, Pennsylvania; four grandchildren Jason Miller and his wife Amanda of Spring Grove, Pa., Erin Miller Zendak and her husband Andrew of York, Pa., Megan Miller Kochel and her husband Sam of Hanover, Pa., Stephanie Orotosky of Marlton; two great grandchildren Jack Miller and Ayden Kochel; her life long best friend Esther Peterka of Las Vegas, Nevada; Veronica Caneo her caring friend of Pompton Lakes.
She was predeceased by her sisters Margaret “Peggy” Padula and Roseann Fisher.
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Funeral services will be held Friday 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest with her husband Edward Orotosky at the Christ The King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
September 9, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday 9 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest with her husband Edward Orotosky at the Christ The King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Mary E. Orotosky – A short life story.
In a house in the stony road section of Paterson a family has grown up, grown together, and sought their own futures. It’s what we all strive to do in our lives. Their web is woven with happiness, pain, hope, laughter and hard work. They have lost someone very special in their family circle and as they, the next generation, forge into the future, they are creating positive footprints in their own life journey.
Mary E. Orotosky (nee Duffy) age 78 of Pompton Lakes formerly of Paterson died on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Her passing was quiet, peaceful, and took place at her home , with her sons loving and caring for this very special mother.
Mary is the child of good Irish stock namely Hugh and Mary Duffy. Hugh was born in Belfast and Mary Londonderry, Ireland. The economy and the political situation were not very desirable and Hugh and Mary decided to move to Paterson, NJ.
It took a lot of courage to leave behind the life they were familiar with, but their courage and staunch Catholic faith told them that there has to be a better place to raise the family they dreamed of having. When they arrived in Paterson they struggled with several jobs to make ends meet Hugh worked at Public Service Electric and Gas Company in Paterson and Mary, after she finished her personal family chores, would work as a housekeeper and cleaning lady. They succeeded in supporting themselves and their six children.
Tragedy struck the Duffy family when in a period of eighteen days both their mother and father died unexpectedly. The children had no choice but to carry on themselves and struggle to survive as a family together. Looking back it was so fortunate that Hugh and Mary moved to America and that their children had the chance to live the American Dream.
Mary a parishioner of Saint Bonaventure RC Church in Paterson where she raised her children in their Catholic faith. When she moved to Pompton Lakes she continued her dedication to faith at Saint Mary’s RC Church. Mary would be the first to tell you that in some of the most difficult times of her life’s journey her special dedication to the Blessed Mother carried her through.
Mary met Edward Orotosky and they married in May 15, 1952 and had fifty-six years of loving marriage together until Edward’s passing in May of 1981. It is interesting to note that Mary had been engaged to Ed when her parents suddenly died and wanted to break off her engagement so she could raise her siblings. Ed however changed the landscape of their relationship by saying if she married him he would help her raise her brothers and sisters. They worked together to keep Duffy family a unit.
Mary was employed at Artistic Identification Company located in Pompton Lakes as a weaver of labels as well as an office worker. She finally retired from work in 1985.
She leaves her family with many fond memories of a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Her personality was that of a quiet and shy person but able to make other people laugh. She was a champion of a fighter when it came to preserving her family with emphasis on a no nonsense approach to life’s everyday happenings. Mom’s family was a very important focus in her life and she loved to have them gathered around her for special dinners and the holidays. Perhaps the arrival of grandchildren was the most important highlight in her life journey and she loved them to pieces.
Surviving are one daughter Rosemary Miller and her husband Clark of Hanover, Pennsylvania; three sons Keith, Mark and Edward Orotosky Jr. all of Pompton Lakes; one sister Catherine Padula of Tunkannock, Pennsylvania; four grandchildren Jason Miller and his wife Amanda of Spring Grove, Pa., Erin Miller Zendak and her husband Andrew of York, Pa., Megan Miller Kochel and her husband Sam of Hanover, Pa., Stephanie Orotosky of Marlton; two great grandchildren Jack Miller and Ayden Kochel; her life long best friend Esther Peterka of Las Vegas, Nevada; Veronica Caneo her caring friend of Pompton Lakes.
She was predeceased by her sisters Margaret “Peggy” Padula and Roseann Fisher.
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