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March 15, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Thursday, March 18, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Mary Rose Geusic age 83 of Wayne died Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the Hospice of NJ, Wayne with the comfort of family by her side.
She was born in Tamaqua, PA and met the love of her life, Frank Geusic at a Big Band dance in Pennsylvania. They married on October 29, 1949 at St Geromes Church, Tamaqua, PA and honeymooned in Chicago, Ill. Frank was a true gentleman and so loved Mary that he doted on her every chance he got. He would take her shopping, to the beauty parlor, actually everywhere - to the point that she never bothered got her driver’s license.
They moved to Wayne fifty-four years ago and were members of the Wayne Elks Lodge for many years. Mary Rose was a founding member of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where she a member of the Ladies Auxiliary and the OLV Ladies Bowling Team. Mary and Frank enjoyed sixty years of a loving and nurturing marriage.
The following is a poetic note that Frank wrote to his dear wife Mary on the occasion of her birthday just after their daughter Helen’s birth:
“We Love You So”
By Frank Geusic
I do not count the years that pas…..I do not keep a score ……But every birthday that you have .….I love you more and more ……I love you for your gentleness .….your sweetness and your smile …. And for the happiness of life…..that grows with every mile…..
I love you for our Helen who ….is a picture of your face ….but who could never be more sweet ….or ever take your place ….A happy Birthday, Darling, from …. Helen and from me ….. And may this be the Brightest Day …. For all our family, and may your years of life on earth, be many more …. With every moment sweeter than ….the one you had before with Mary and the Angels watching over you, for Helen and I.
Mary was a devoted mother and grandmother. The grandchildren all called her “Ma” and she loved it. She relished in their accomplishments and enjoyed the normal grandma things like sleep-over’s, taking them shopping, cooking for them(especially her rice pudding), playing games, and also some extra-ordinary things like going Disney World, and even a trip to the Daytona 500. Her sense of humor was legendary. She was extremely hard of hearing unless you were saying something she wasn’t supposed to hear! When her great-granddaughters came into her life she was ecstatic. She loved to draw and dance with them and truly idolized them.
When Mary lost her husband Frank this past December she was devastated; you could say she died of a broken heart. She was the beloved mother of Helen Petruska and her husband Mike of Wayne and Stephen Geusic and his wife Lynn of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Michael Petruska and his wife Sandy, Eric Petruska and his wife Deanna, Jared Petruska, Brittany Geusic and Stephen Geusic, Jr.; much loved great-grandmother of Madelyn Grace and Olivia Rose Petruska.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne First Aid Squad, PO Box 291, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Thursday, March 18, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
March 15, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Thursday, March 18, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 9:30 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Mary Rose Geusic age 83 of Wayne died Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the Hospice of NJ, Wayne with the comfort of family by her side.
She was born in Tamaqua, PA and met the love of her life, Frank Geusic at a Big Band dance in Pennsylvania. They married on October 29, 1949 at St Geromes Church, Tamaqua, PA and honeymooned in Chicago, Ill. Frank was a true gentleman and so loved Mary that he doted on her every chance he got. He would take her shopping, to the beauty parlor, actually everywhere - to the point that she never bothered got her driver’s license.
They moved to Wayne fifty-four years ago and were members of the Wayne Elks Lodge for many years. Mary Rose was a founding member of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where she a member of the Ladies Auxiliary and the OLV Ladies Bowling Team. Mary and Frank enjoyed sixty years of a loving and nurturing marriage.
The following is a poetic note that Frank wrote to his dear wife Mary on the occasion of her birthday just after their daughter Helen’s birth:
“We Love You So”
By Frank Geusic
I do not count the years that pas…..I do not keep a score ……But every birthday that you have .….I love you more and more ……I love you for your gentleness .….your sweetness and your smile …. And for the happiness of life…..that grows with every mile…..
I love you for our Helen who ….is a picture of your face ….but who could never be more sweet ….or ever take your place ….A happy Birthday, Darling, from …. Helen and from me ….. And may this be the Brightest Day …. For all our family, and may your years of life on earth, be many more …. With every moment sweeter than ….the one you had before with Mary and the Angels watching over you, for Helen and I.
Mary was a devoted mother and grandmother. The grandchildren all called her “Ma” and she loved it. She relished in their accomplishments and enjoyed the normal grandma things like sleep-over’s, taking them shopping, cooking for them(especially her rice pudding), playing games, and also some extra-ordinary things like going Disney World, and even a trip to the Daytona 500. Her sense of humor was legendary. She was extremely hard of hearing unless you were saying something she wasn’t supposed to hear! When her great-granddaughters came into her life she was ecstatic. She loved to draw and dance with them and truly idolized them.
When Mary lost her husband Frank this past December she was devastated; you could say she died of a broken heart. She was the beloved mother of Helen Petruska and her husband Mike of Wayne and Stephen Geusic and his wife Lynn of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Michael Petruska and his wife Sandy, Eric Petruska and his wife Deanna, Jared Petruska, Brittany Geusic and Stephen Geusic, Jr.; much loved great-grandmother of Madelyn Grace and Olivia Rose Petruska.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne First Aid Squad, PO Box 291, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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