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August 6, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Monday, August 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-6 PM.
This is a short tribute to a beautiful lady who ran a long and happy life journey for ninety-seven years. A person who was devoted to her family and ran her long course in the best of health. She was truly blessed as a person.
Matilda “Mattie” Allaire (nee Perna) age 97 of Wayne died Thursday, August 6, 2009 at the Saint Josephs Hospital in Wayne. Her passing was graciously peaceful with her loving family at her side.
She was born in Hoboken the oldest of eight children to Michael and Anna Perna. Mattie spent her childhood years in Hoboken and received her formal education at Hoboken Grammar School and at Demarest High School in Hoboken graduating with the Class of 1929. She went on to study at Eagan Business School graduating with the Class of 1931 where she obtained the skills of a Legal Secretary.
She held the job of Legal Secretary for Hudson County Judge Baronio before World War II and when the War broke out she became a secretary at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
While working at the Navy Yard she fell in love with her boss George Allaire. They married in 1945 and they had twenty-seven years of “happy marriage” together until George’s passing in 1972.
She had a firm and loving grasp on her Roman Catholic Faith and instilled that faith in her children’s lives.
For Matilda the most important thing in her life was family. She simply loved nurturing her family and did so even into their adult lives. Mom was always concerned and always directed her children to be the best they could be. She leaves her family with many wonderful memories including wonderful family meals together with fabulous cooking and baking. Thanks Mom for being so special in our lives.
Left to mourn her passing and cherish her loving memory are one daughter Judi Galluccio and her husband Vincent of New York City and Woodstock, Vermont, one son Len Allaire and his wife Susan of Wayne; two sisters Margaret Ferrara and her husband Frank of Cliffside Park and Rose Lizza of West Hartford, Connecticut; four grandchildren including Robert Allaire of New York City, Amanda, Ashley and Christopher Allaire all of Wayne; she is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
She will be laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington with her late husband George Allaire who died in 1972.
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Funeral services will be held Monday, August 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-6 PM.
August 6, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Monday, August 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne where at10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-6 PM.
This is a short tribute to a beautiful lady who ran a long and happy life journey for ninety-seven years. A person who was devoted to her family and ran her long course in the best of health. She was truly blessed as a person.
Matilda “Mattie” Allaire (nee Perna) age 97 of Wayne died Thursday, August 6, 2009 at the Saint Josephs Hospital in Wayne. Her passing was graciously peaceful with her loving family at her side.
She was born in Hoboken the oldest of eight children to Michael and Anna Perna. Mattie spent her childhood years in Hoboken and received her formal education at Hoboken Grammar School and at Demarest High School in Hoboken graduating with the Class of 1929. She went on to study at Eagan Business School graduating with the Class of 1931 where she obtained the skills of a Legal Secretary.
She held the job of Legal Secretary for Hudson County Judge Baronio before World War II and when the War broke out she became a secretary at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
While working at the Navy Yard she fell in love with her boss George Allaire. They married in 1945 and they had twenty-seven years of “happy marriage” together until George’s passing in 1972.
She had a firm and loving grasp on her Roman Catholic Faith and instilled that faith in her children’s lives.
For Matilda the most important thing in her life was family. She simply loved nurturing her family and did so even into their adult lives. Mom was always concerned and always directed her children to be the best they could be. She leaves her family with many wonderful memories including wonderful family meals together with fabulous cooking and baking. Thanks Mom for being so special in our lives.
Left to mourn her passing and cherish her loving memory are one daughter Judi Galluccio and her husband Vincent of New York City and Woodstock, Vermont, one son Len Allaire and his wife Susan of Wayne; two sisters Margaret Ferrara and her husband Frank of Cliffside Park and Rose Lizza of West Hartford, Connecticut; four grandchildren including Robert Allaire of New York City, Amanda, Ashley and Christopher Allaire all of Wayne; she is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
She will be laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington with her late husband George Allaire who died in 1972.
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