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July 2, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday, July 6, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 9:45AM from the funeral home, then to St. Paul’s RC Church, 286 Haledon Ave, Prospect Park where at 11AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Mary R. Schulmeister (nee Giraldi), age 100, of Haledon passed away peacefully on Monday July 2, 2018 in the presence of and while receiving the loving care of her family.
Mary was born and raised in Paterson, NJ. She was one of five children to Rosario and Quartina Giraldi. Mary was a part of a group in our society that has become known as of late as “The Greatest Generation.” These are people who were born and grew up during the depravation of the Great Depression and later as young adults bore witness to the Second World War. She grew up in Paterson and graduated from Eastside High School. After graduating she applied for a position at St Anthony’s Guild in Paterson. More than fifty people applied for the position, but luckily Mary knew someone there and got her foot in the door. She worked there for about six or seven years as a secretary.
While working at St Anthony’s Guild she attended a local dance and was asked to dance by a young man named John Schulmeister. Mary said yes and as fate would have it, they fell in love and were married on November 3, 1940 at St Anthony’s RC Church in Paterson. Mary and John first settled in Paterson after getting married and raised their two sons. In 1970, John and Mary moved to Haledon and would spend the rest of their lives there together. Immediately after getting married, Mary devoted herself to becoming a homemaker, nurturing and caring for her family. After many years of the daunting but rewarding task, Mary went back to work. This time earning a position at New Jersey Bank, now known as PNC Bank. Mary worked there first as a temp in the mid 1960’s, and eventually became Head of Public Relations and kept this position until her retirement in 1988.
Mary was active in the Haledon AARP Chapter 2997 where she was part of the Publicity Committee. She was part of the Haledon Seniors Group where she was a Recording Secretary for many years and was also a Mayor Appointee for the Haledon Library Board. Mary was not only devoted to her family, but was also extremely devoted to her Catholic Faith. She was a Parishioner of St. Paul’s RC Church in Prospect Park for many years and throughout her life, donated generously to numerous charities. But Mary’s greatest passion was for her family. Nothing in the world meant more to Mary than caring and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She and John cherished forty-two years of loving and loyal marriage until John’s passing in 1982. Mary touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.
Mary is survived by her two sons Fr. John C. Schulmeister, O.F.M. of Baltimore, MD, and Joseph Schulmeister and his wife, Cynthia of Stockholm, one brother Adam Giraldi of VA, two grandchildren Sheri Schulmeister of Stockholm, and Loren Collura and her husband Kenneth of Wantage, and two great-grandchildren Brooke and Cody. She was predeceased by her husband John Schulmeister and by her three brothers Michael, and Alfred Giraldi, as well as her sister Fina Messineo.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Mary’s name may be made to Eva’s Village Inc., 393 Main St, Paterson, NJ 07501.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday, July 6, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 9:45AM from the funeral home, then to St. Paul’s RC Church, 286 Haledon Ave, Prospect Park where at 11AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
July 2, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8PM on Friday, July 6, 2018 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 9:45AM from the funeral home, then to St. Paul’s RC Church, 286 Haledon Ave, Prospect Park where at 11AM a Funeral Mass will be celebrated.
Mary R. Schulmeister (nee Giraldi), age 100, of Haledon passed away peacefully on Monday July 2, 2018 in the presence of and while receiving the loving care of her family.
Mary was born and raised in Paterson, NJ. She was one of five children to Rosario and Quartina Giraldi. Mary was a part of a group in our society that has become known as of late as “The Greatest Generation.” These are people who were born and grew up during the depravation of the Great Depression and later as young adults bore witness to the Second World War. She grew up in Paterson and graduated from Eastside High School. After graduating she applied for a position at St Anthony’s Guild in Paterson. More than fifty people applied for the position, but luckily Mary knew someone there and got her foot in the door. She worked there for about six or seven years as a secretary.
While working at St Anthony’s Guild she attended a local dance and was asked to dance by a young man named John Schulmeister. Mary said yes and as fate would have it, they fell in love and were married on November 3, 1940 at St Anthony’s RC Church in Paterson. Mary and John first settled in Paterson after getting married and raised their two sons. In 1970, John and Mary moved to Haledon and would spend the rest of their lives there together. Immediately after getting married, Mary devoted herself to becoming a homemaker, nurturing and caring for her family. After many years of the daunting but rewarding task, Mary went back to work. This time earning a position at New Jersey Bank, now known as PNC Bank. Mary worked there first as a temp in the mid 1960’s, and eventually became Head of Public Relations and kept this position until her retirement in 1988.
Mary was active in the Haledon AARP Chapter 2997 where she was part of the Publicity Committee. She was part of the Haledon Seniors Group where she was a Recording Secretary for many years and was also a Mayor Appointee for the Haledon Library Board. Mary was not only devoted to her family, but was also extremely devoted to her Catholic Faith. She was a Parishioner of St. Paul’s RC Church in Prospect Park for many years and throughout her life, donated generously to numerous charities. But Mary’s greatest passion was for her family. Nothing in the world meant more to Mary than caring and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She and John cherished forty-two years of loving and loyal marriage until John’s passing in 1982. Mary touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.
Mary is survived by her two sons Fr. John C. Schulmeister, O.F.M. of Baltimore, MD, and Joseph Schulmeister and his wife, Cynthia of Stockholm, one brother Adam Giraldi of VA, two grandchildren Sheri Schulmeister of Stockholm, and Loren Collura and her husband Kenneth of Wantage, and two great-grandchildren Brooke and Cody. She was predeceased by her husband John Schulmeister and by her three brothers Michael, and Alfred Giraldi, as well as her sister Fina Messineo.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Mary’s name may be made to Eva’s Village Inc., 393 Main St, Paterson, NJ 07501.
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