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August 11, 2013
Services
Mary Jane will be laid to rest at East Liberty Cemetery in Green Township, OH. A Memorial Service will take place at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 11:00 AM. A light repast will follow.
Mary Jane Schneider (nee Berry), age 97 of Wayne, died peacefully on Sunday, August 11, 2013.
Mary Jane was born and raised in Akron, OH, the fifth of John Wesley and Edna May (nee Crim) Berry’s six children. After graduating from her hometown Central High School in 1934 she went on to study at Akron University and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Secretarial Science.
A family member introduced Mary Jane to a young gentleman named Frank Schneider on Valentines Day, 1942. Their courtship lasted only five months and consisted almost entirely of letter correspondence as Frank was stationed in Seattle, Washington during service in the U.S. Army. Through the power of those penned letters, their love grew, and on July 22, 1942, Mary Jane joined Frank in Seattle and they exchanged their wedding vows. After their beautiful wedding day the newlyweds stayed in Seattle for one year before Frank was deployed to Germany to serve in World War II. Mary Jane rejoined her family back in Akron where she worked until Frank returned from the war in 1945. They promptly moved to Clifton, NJ where Frank had spent his childhood. In 1952 they bought their own home in Packanack Lake where they raised their two children, Don and Kathy and where Mary Jane had remained for the past sixty-one years.
Once her children became teenagers, Mary Jane returned to the workforce. She was first employed by the Wayne Board of Health and later, she enjoyed a long career as a payroll clerk with the County of Passaic at Preakness Hospital, Wayne until retiring in 1983 at age sixty-seven.
Mary Jane especially loved to sing choral music and was a faithful alto in the Packanack Community Church Choir, giving praise to her Lord and Savior for over forty years. She also found great delight in needlework, counted cross stitch, knitting and crocheting, crewel embroidery, and quilting. Some of her most notable embroidery creations become wall hangings illustrating fruit and pansy themes and even a map of the U.S.A. Her quilts were all made with love and one-hundred percent hand-stitched. She loved to cook and Sunday dinners at her home were always a highlight of her family’s week. She and her husband Frank did some traveling, especially after Don and Kathy had graduated from college. Mary Jane simply adored her grandson Ryan, frequently attending his soccer games at the Morris County Youth Center and Lenape Valley Regional High School.
Mary Jane will be most remembered for her honesty, integrity and strong faith in God which helped her face the challenges in her life, always making the best of any situation because she knew that her loving God was ultimately in control.
Surviving are her two dear children: Don and wife Kerry Schneider of Byram Township, and Kathy Schneider of Wayne; her adored grandson Ryan; and numerous nieces and nephews, great, and great-great nieces and nephews. Mary Jane was predeceased by her beloved husband Frank in 1974 and also her five brothers and sisters.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Mary Jane’s name are asked to consider Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, NJ 07470. Please use the memo line to designate the Friends of Music Fund.
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Mary Jane will be laid to rest at East Liberty Cemetery in Green Township, OH. A Memorial Service will take place at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 11:00 AM. A light repast will follow.
August 11, 2013
Services
Mary Jane will be laid to rest at East Liberty Cemetery in Green Township, OH. A Memorial Service will take place at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 11:00 AM. A light repast will follow.
Mary Jane Schneider (nee Berry), age 97 of Wayne, died peacefully on Sunday, August 11, 2013.
Mary Jane was born and raised in Akron, OH, the fifth of John Wesley and Edna May (nee Crim) Berry’s six children. After graduating from her hometown Central High School in 1934 she went on to study at Akron University and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Secretarial Science.
A family member introduced Mary Jane to a young gentleman named Frank Schneider on Valentines Day, 1942. Their courtship lasted only five months and consisted almost entirely of letter correspondence as Frank was stationed in Seattle, Washington during service in the U.S. Army. Through the power of those penned letters, their love grew, and on July 22, 1942, Mary Jane joined Frank in Seattle and they exchanged their wedding vows. After their beautiful wedding day the newlyweds stayed in Seattle for one year before Frank was deployed to Germany to serve in World War II. Mary Jane rejoined her family back in Akron where she worked until Frank returned from the war in 1945. They promptly moved to Clifton, NJ where Frank had spent his childhood. In 1952 they bought their own home in Packanack Lake where they raised their two children, Don and Kathy and where Mary Jane had remained for the past sixty-one years.
Once her children became teenagers, Mary Jane returned to the workforce. She was first employed by the Wayne Board of Health and later, she enjoyed a long career as a payroll clerk with the County of Passaic at Preakness Hospital, Wayne until retiring in 1983 at age sixty-seven.
Mary Jane especially loved to sing choral music and was a faithful alto in the Packanack Community Church Choir, giving praise to her Lord and Savior for over forty years. She also found great delight in needlework, counted cross stitch, knitting and crocheting, crewel embroidery, and quilting. Some of her most notable embroidery creations become wall hangings illustrating fruit and pansy themes and even a map of the U.S.A. Her quilts were all made with love and one-hundred percent hand-stitched. She loved to cook and Sunday dinners at her home were always a highlight of her family’s week. She and her husband Frank did some traveling, especially after Don and Kathy had graduated from college. Mary Jane simply adored her grandson Ryan, frequently attending his soccer games at the Morris County Youth Center and Lenape Valley Regional High School.
Mary Jane will be most remembered for her honesty, integrity and strong faith in God which helped her face the challenges in her life, always making the best of any situation because she knew that her loving God was ultimately in control.
Surviving are her two dear children: Don and wife Kerry Schneider of Byram Township, and Kathy Schneider of Wayne; her adored grandson Ryan; and numerous nieces and nephews, great, and great-great nieces and nephews. Mary Jane was predeceased by her beloved husband Frank in 1974 and also her five brothers and sisters.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Mary Jane’s name are asked to consider Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, NJ 07470. Please use the memo line to designate the Friends of Music Fund.
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