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May 15, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary, 580 Ratzer Rd., Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Mary Pelak (nee Szilagyi) age 90 of West Milford died Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the VanDyke Care Center, West Milford.
She was born in Romania and came to this country at the age of one. The family settled in Passaic and she lived in Clifton before moving to West Milford three years ago. Mary was of Hungarian descent. Her grandfather was in the Austro-Hungarian Army.
Mary went to IBM Keypunch School in New York City and worked as a keypunch operator for the Curtis Wright Corporation, Woodbridge and later worked for Eastern Overalls Company, Garfield, the Lightcraft Corporation, Passaic and Clifton Savings & Loan, Clifton before taking a position at Hoffman La Roche, Nutley where she worked for twenty years before retiring in 1983.
On the occasion of her retirement the following was written about Mary:
“The lobby in the Research Tower(Building 76) is not the same…and what’s missing is Mary Pelak with her marvelous smile and warm personality at the reception desk.
Mary retired after working for 20 years at Roche. She began her varied career as a billing clerk. When computers began to dominate the picture, Mary decided on a new direction by changing to keypunch operations for a period of 8 years. Because of medical restrictions, Mary was then given another opportunity to change direction, and she became a Secretary and held the receptionist position for the past 10 years.
Mary’s background included attending Feakes Business College where she obtained her secretarial training together with some keypunch courses. Sawyer School of Business was in Mary’s future, and at the age of 55, she received her diploma. As receptionist, her duties were varied, including attending to visitors, conference room reservations, chauffeur requests, helping visiting retirees, and many other secretarial tasks.
Because of her personality and basic love for people, Mary was very well suited for her position. She developed camaraderie among her fellow employees, which developed into a large circle of friends.
She maintains a very active life by devotion to her family, extensive traveling, furthering her educations, and hobbies of many varieties. She also finds time to volunteer her services to local hospitals. Mary is a lifetime member of the Deborah Hospital Foundation and devotes much of her time to this effort.
Involvement with Roche retirees is in Mary’s future, and so we shall see her from time to time.
Mary has been extremely supportive to CWR, and we wish to express our sincere thanks.
We will miss you, Mary – the times when some of us stopped to chat, your warm receptive smile, and above all, your understanding. Our wish for you is that you have excellent health and much happiness in whatever you choose to endeavor during your retirement.
ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU LEFT A LEGACY FOR US…YOURSELF.”
She was a devout Catholic having been a parishioner of St. Andrew’s RC Church, Clifton and a member of their Rosary Society and 39rs Club. She was also a member of the Hoffman LaRoche Retiree Club, Concerned Women of Roche, the Botany Leisure Village, Clifton, AARP of the Ridgefield Church, Clifton and the Felician College Older is Better Club.
Mary was very active having played performed as a Hungarian dancer as a child, playing Bridge, golfing and bowling in her younger years. She was also a terrific cook specializing in Hungarian foods such as Chicken Paprikash, Kifle Cookies, Hungarian butter cookies and poppy seed and nut bread. She was also a skilled artist focusing her talent on water color painting.
Mary traveled extensively having been to such international locations as China, Israel, Majorca, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Hawaii, London, Ireland, Italy, Budapest, Haiti and the Dominican Republic to name a few.
She was the beloved wife of the late Peter Pelak(1962); loving mother of Lois Patuto and her husband James of Wayne, the late Peter Pelak(1973), and Carol Mesce and her husband Thomas of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Jeremy Patuto and his wife Jennifer, Amy Nazarko and her husband Edward, Dana Muro and her husband Christopher, Alissa, Vincent and Nicholas Mesce; loved great-grandmother of Isabella Patuto and Lily Nazarko; devoted sister of Helen Braeunig of Toms River, Joseph Szilagyi and his wife Ann of Manchester and Evelyn McDonald and her husband Arthur of Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Deborah Hospital Foundation, PO Box 820, Browns Mills, NJ 08015-0820, where Mary donated her time and talent, would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary, 580 Ratzer Rd., Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
May 15, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary, 580 Ratzer Rd., Wayne where a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Mary Pelak (nee Szilagyi) age 90 of West Milford died Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the VanDyke Care Center, West Milford.
She was born in Romania and came to this country at the age of one. The family settled in Passaic and she lived in Clifton before moving to West Milford three years ago. Mary was of Hungarian descent. Her grandfather was in the Austro-Hungarian Army.
Mary went to IBM Keypunch School in New York City and worked as a keypunch operator for the Curtis Wright Corporation, Woodbridge and later worked for Eastern Overalls Company, Garfield, the Lightcraft Corporation, Passaic and Clifton Savings & Loan, Clifton before taking a position at Hoffman La Roche, Nutley where she worked for twenty years before retiring in 1983.
On the occasion of her retirement the following was written about Mary:
“The lobby in the Research Tower(Building 76) is not the same…and what’s missing is Mary Pelak with her marvelous smile and warm personality at the reception desk.
Mary retired after working for 20 years at Roche. She began her varied career as a billing clerk. When computers began to dominate the picture, Mary decided on a new direction by changing to keypunch operations for a period of 8 years. Because of medical restrictions, Mary was then given another opportunity to change direction, and she became a Secretary and held the receptionist position for the past 10 years.
Mary’s background included attending Feakes Business College where she obtained her secretarial training together with some keypunch courses. Sawyer School of Business was in Mary’s future, and at the age of 55, she received her diploma. As receptionist, her duties were varied, including attending to visitors, conference room reservations, chauffeur requests, helping visiting retirees, and many other secretarial tasks.
Because of her personality and basic love for people, Mary was very well suited for her position. She developed camaraderie among her fellow employees, which developed into a large circle of friends.
She maintains a very active life by devotion to her family, extensive traveling, furthering her educations, and hobbies of many varieties. She also finds time to volunteer her services to local hospitals. Mary is a lifetime member of the Deborah Hospital Foundation and devotes much of her time to this effort.
Involvement with Roche retirees is in Mary’s future, and so we shall see her from time to time.
Mary has been extremely supportive to CWR, and we wish to express our sincere thanks.
We will miss you, Mary – the times when some of us stopped to chat, your warm receptive smile, and above all, your understanding. Our wish for you is that you have excellent health and much happiness in whatever you choose to endeavor during your retirement.
ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU LEFT A LEGACY FOR US…YOURSELF.”
She was a devout Catholic having been a parishioner of St. Andrew’s RC Church, Clifton and a member of their Rosary Society and 39rs Club. She was also a member of the Hoffman LaRoche Retiree Club, Concerned Women of Roche, the Botany Leisure Village, Clifton, AARP of the Ridgefield Church, Clifton and the Felician College Older is Better Club.
Mary was very active having played performed as a Hungarian dancer as a child, playing Bridge, golfing and bowling in her younger years. She was also a terrific cook specializing in Hungarian foods such as Chicken Paprikash, Kifle Cookies, Hungarian butter cookies and poppy seed and nut bread. She was also a skilled artist focusing her talent on water color painting.
Mary traveled extensively having been to such international locations as China, Israel, Majorca, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Hawaii, London, Ireland, Italy, Budapest, Haiti and the Dominican Republic to name a few.
She was the beloved wife of the late Peter Pelak(1962); loving mother of Lois Patuto and her husband James of Wayne, the late Peter Pelak(1973), and Carol Mesce and her husband Thomas of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Jeremy Patuto and his wife Jennifer, Amy Nazarko and her husband Edward, Dana Muro and her husband Christopher, Alissa, Vincent and Nicholas Mesce; loved great-grandmother of Isabella Patuto and Lily Nazarko; devoted sister of Helen Braeunig of Toms River, Joseph Szilagyi and his wife Ann of Manchester and Evelyn McDonald and her husband Arthur of Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Deborah Hospital Foundation, PO Box 820, Browns Mills, NJ 08015-0820, where Mary donated her time and talent, would be appreciated.
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