Mary R. Jacobchick

Mary R. Jacobchick, age 87, of Wayne passed Saturday, October 5, 2019.

She was born in Passaic and had lived in Clifton and Garfield before moving to Wayne fifty-eight years ago.  For many years she also had a home in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Mary was a grade school teacher at both the Pine Brook and Chapel Hills grammar schools in Lincoln Park where she worked for twenty nine years before her retirement in 1990.

She received her formal education at Montclair State University graduating with the class of 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education.

Mary was a parishioner of Holy Cross Church in Wayne and later the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Wayne where she was active with the church choir for many years.

She was a member of the Columbiettes of the Wayne Knights of Columbus Council 6354, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181, the Anthony Wayne Post of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, the Golden Key of Mountain View in Wayne, the Wayne Golden Age Circle, Saint Mary’s Bowling League of Pompton Lakes, the music director of “Up With People” of Lincoln Park, the Wayne Harmony Singers, the North Jersey Operetta Guild.  She was also a member of the National Education Association, the New Jersey Education Association, the Morris County Education Association, and the Lincoln Park Education Association.

Mary was the loving wife of the late John S. Jacobchick (d.2016); the loving mother of John W. Jacobchick (Linda) of Towaco, Maribeth Smialek (John) of Kinnelon, and Catherine Ann Kasley (Paul) of Rutherford; she was the cherished grandmother of Ryan (Tina) Jacobchick, Marc Jacobchick, Ashley Smialek, John Smialek, and Kimberly Kasley.