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January 9, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, January 11, 2013 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, January 12, 2013 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
Mary F. Lavelle (nee Crosby), 93, a 60 year resident of Fair Lawn, NJ, died on January 9,2013. Born in Mahanoy Plane, PA, Mary was the daughter of John and Mary Crosby and sister of the late Catherine Heckman and Dolly Crosby. Mary graduated from Bloomsburg College in 1941 with a BS in history and Latin, which she taught from 1941-1949 in Gilberton High School, PA.
Mary was the beloved wife of the late James Lavelle (1964). She loved to dance with him! After her husband’s death, Mary devoted herself to raising their three children Jean Barkovitz (Bob) of Wayne, Jim (Gail) of Bloomingdale, and Claire Reveille (Bill) of Naperville, IL. She never remarried because Jimmy Lavelle was the great love of her life! To support her children after her husband’s death, she taught English at St. Philip’s School in Saddle Brook from 1964 – 1984. A lifelong reader, Mary weekly walked her children to the bookmobile passing on her love of reading to her daughters and son.
Mary was famous for saying, “My family means everything to me!” She was “Nana” to her six grandchildren Bobby (Rebecca) and Brian Barkovitz, Michael (Shannon) and Erin Lavelle (Rich McGirr), Alison and Kristine Reveille, and her great grandson Ryan McGirr. Mary was also a special aunt to Edith Blackburn and Rosemary Heckman, with whom she shared a love of sports. She was an avid tennis, baseball and Knicks fan.
A devout Catholic who prayed the rosary daily, Mary was a founding member of St. Catharine’s Church in Glen Rock. A patriotic American, she flew the American flag outside her home and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW. A 28 year member of Fair Lawn’s Happy Seniors, Mary made many friends who remained faithful to her.
Memorial donations in Mary’s honor would be greatly appreciated. Please consider the Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org, PO BOX 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or the USO, www.uso.org, P.O. Box 96322, Washington, DC, 20090-6322.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, January 11, 2013 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, January 12, 2013 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
January 9, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, January 11, 2013 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, January 12, 2013 from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, Pompton Lakes, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ.
Mary F. Lavelle (nee Crosby), 93, a 60 year resident of Fair Lawn, NJ, died on January 9,2013. Born in Mahanoy Plane, PA, Mary was the daughter of John and Mary Crosby and sister of the late Catherine Heckman and Dolly Crosby. Mary graduated from Bloomsburg College in 1941 with a BS in history and Latin, which she taught from 1941-1949 in Gilberton High School, PA.
Mary was the beloved wife of the late James Lavelle (1964). She loved to dance with him! After her husband’s death, Mary devoted herself to raising their three children Jean Barkovitz (Bob) of Wayne, Jim (Gail) of Bloomingdale, and Claire Reveille (Bill) of Naperville, IL. She never remarried because Jimmy Lavelle was the great love of her life! To support her children after her husband’s death, she taught English at St. Philip’s School in Saddle Brook from 1964 – 1984. A lifelong reader, Mary weekly walked her children to the bookmobile passing on her love of reading to her daughters and son.
Mary was famous for saying, “My family means everything to me!” She was “Nana” to her six grandchildren Bobby (Rebecca) and Brian Barkovitz, Michael (Shannon) and Erin Lavelle (Rich McGirr), Alison and Kristine Reveille, and her great grandson Ryan McGirr. Mary was also a special aunt to Edith Blackburn and Rosemary Heckman, with whom she shared a love of sports. She was an avid tennis, baseball and Knicks fan.
A devout Catholic who prayed the rosary daily, Mary was a founding member of St. Catharine’s Church in Glen Rock. A patriotic American, she flew the American flag outside her home and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW. A 28 year member of Fair Lawn’s Happy Seniors, Mary made many friends who remained faithful to her.
Memorial donations in Mary’s honor would be greatly appreciated. Please consider the Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org, PO BOX 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or the USO, www.uso.org, P.O. Box 96322, Washington, DC, 20090-6322.
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