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Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, February 13, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa.
Maureen E. Donohue, age 73, of Wayne, died peacefully on Monday, February 9, 2015.
Maureen was born and raised in Paterson where she graduated from St. Joseph’s High School with the class of 1958.
As a little girl in third grade, Maureen met an equally young boy named Peter Donohue. Already at that tender age, she was smitten. In those days, milk was delivered right to people’s homes. Peter’s father owned a milk delivery route and as a teenager, he would help his dad with his early morning deliveries. One of the houses on the route was Maureen’s parent’s house. So one morning Maureen went outside to fetch the delivered milk from the milk box only to discover that Peter had written “Peter and Maureen” in big letters on the road in front of the house. Eventually, Maureen and Peter did get married. The wedding took place on April 25, 1964 at their church – St. George Roman Catholic Church on Getty Avenue in Paterson, right next door to Maureen’s childhood home. After a reception celebration at the Brownstone House in Paterson, the newlyweds honeymooned in Washington, DC, then settled in Paterson. Maureen continued in a job she had as a secretary with Singer Kearfott until the blessing in the form of a baby girl arrived. Maureen and Peter named her Maureen “Renee”. For quite a few years after that Maureen focused her attention on being a great mom and homemaker. In 1967, Maureen, Peter and the Renee moved to Wayne. Soon after, they were blessed with another little baby girl and Maureen and Peter named her Patricia “Paddy”. Maureen remained in the home in Wayne to this present day.
Maureen returned to the workforce in the early 1980’s, this time as a legal secretary with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 464 of Little Falls. She loved her work and the comradery she enjoyed with her coworkers. It wasn’t until this past January that her health concerns forced her to retire after thirty-one years on the job.
Maureen’s greatest loves in life could be summarized in two words – family and faith. When her daughters were young, she would always take them down to the Jersey Shore in the summer for a week to their aunt’s house in Lavallette. While her husband Peter didn’t like to travel much, that worked fine for Maureen too as a night at home spent with him was just as enjoyable. When Peter passed away suddenly at the age of 55, Maureen’s life was dealt a blow anyone would find hard to take. She turned to her faith in God which was nurtured by her church family at Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Wayne. She joined the church in 1967, as soon as she and Peter moved to Wayne. After Peter passed away, she joined a bereavement group at the church called New Journey because she needed emotional support and felt a great empathy towards other widows and widowers. There Maureen made new friends through the monthly support meetings. She also discovered that she liked to travel and she and her friends enjoyed various trips and cruises over the years. Maureen delighted in being “Grammy” to her four grandchildren: Peter, Catherine, Brenna and Sean. Her grandchildren will always have the special memory of getting cards with money stuffed inside on many of the different holidays. She loved having them over her house for sleepovers and pizza parties. She also had a special bond with her sister Bernadette from Maine, often calling her just to talk.
Maureen had one other love in her life – reading. She especially enjoyed reading about history as well as stories where the characters had to overcome great odds in their lives. You could say she had a heart for hurting people but she also had a great sense of humor. She was quick-witted and, while she could zing you with a one-liner in a second, she was equally gracious about being the butt of the joke.
Maureen is survived by her two loving daughters: Maureen Palczewski and husband Ken of Wayne, and Patricia Donohue-Dixon and husband Rich of Wayne; four cherished grandchildren: Peter Palczewski, Catherine Dixon, Brenna Palczewski, and Sean Dixon; and her dear sister Bernadette Konzelman and husband Charles of Maine.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Maureen’s name are asked to consider the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202 or at www.lls.org
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, February 13, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Friday, February 13, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa.
Maureen E. Donohue, age 73, of Wayne, died peacefully on Monday, February 9, 2015.
Maureen was born and raised in Paterson where she graduated from St. Joseph’s High School with the class of 1958.
As a little girl in third grade, Maureen met an equally young boy named Peter Donohue. Already at that tender age, she was smitten. In those days, milk was delivered right to people’s homes. Peter’s father owned a milk delivery route and as a teenager, he would help his dad with his early morning deliveries. One of the houses on the route was Maureen’s parent’s house. So one morning Maureen went outside to fetch the delivered milk from the milk box only to discover that Peter had written “Peter and Maureen” in big letters on the road in front of the house. Eventually, Maureen and Peter did get married. The wedding took place on April 25, 1964 at their church – St. George Roman Catholic Church on Getty Avenue in Paterson, right next door to Maureen’s childhood home. After a reception celebration at the Brownstone House in Paterson, the newlyweds honeymooned in Washington, DC, then settled in Paterson. Maureen continued in a job she had as a secretary with Singer Kearfott until the blessing in the form of a baby girl arrived. Maureen and Peter named her Maureen “Renee”. For quite a few years after that Maureen focused her attention on being a great mom and homemaker. In 1967, Maureen, Peter and the Renee moved to Wayne. Soon after, they were blessed with another little baby girl and Maureen and Peter named her Patricia “Paddy”. Maureen remained in the home in Wayne to this present day.
Maureen returned to the workforce in the early 1980’s, this time as a legal secretary with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 464 of Little Falls. She loved her work and the comradery she enjoyed with her coworkers. It wasn’t until this past January that her health concerns forced her to retire after thirty-one years on the job.
Maureen’s greatest loves in life could be summarized in two words – family and faith. When her daughters were young, she would always take them down to the Jersey Shore in the summer for a week to their aunt’s house in Lavallette. While her husband Peter didn’t like to travel much, that worked fine for Maureen too as a night at home spent with him was just as enjoyable. When Peter passed away suddenly at the age of 55, Maureen’s life was dealt a blow anyone would find hard to take. She turned to her faith in God which was nurtured by her church family at Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Wayne. She joined the church in 1967, as soon as she and Peter moved to Wayne. After Peter passed away, she joined a bereavement group at the church called New Journey because she needed emotional support and felt a great empathy towards other widows and widowers. There Maureen made new friends through the monthly support meetings. She also discovered that she liked to travel and she and her friends enjoyed various trips and cruises over the years. Maureen delighted in being “Grammy” to her four grandchildren: Peter, Catherine, Brenna and Sean. Her grandchildren will always have the special memory of getting cards with money stuffed inside on many of the different holidays. She loved having them over her house for sleepovers and pizza parties. She also had a special bond with her sister Bernadette from Maine, often calling her just to talk.
Maureen had one other love in her life – reading. She especially enjoyed reading about history as well as stories where the characters had to overcome great odds in their lives. You could say she had a heart for hurting people but she also had a great sense of humor. She was quick-witted and, while she could zing you with a one-liner in a second, she was equally gracious about being the butt of the joke.
Maureen is survived by her two loving daughters: Maureen Palczewski and husband Ken of Wayne, and Patricia Donohue-Dixon and husband Rich of Wayne; four cherished grandchildren: Peter Palczewski, Catherine Dixon, Brenna Palczewski, and Sean Dixon; and her dear sister Bernadette Konzelman and husband Charles of Maine.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Maureen’s name are asked to consider the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202 or at www.lls.org
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