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November 14, 2012
Services
Friends of Mildred and family are invited to attend a brief memorial service to be held at the Preakness Baptist Church, 1441 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Saturday, November 24 at 11:00 AM. Donations to the church in Mildred’s memory (as per her wishes) would be greatly appreciated .
Born on September 19, 1920 in Jefferson City Missouri, Mildred was welcomed by parents Louis and Almira Wolff who had previously lost Mildred’s (2) brothers (Herbert and Harold) to childhood diseases. After graduating Jr. College in Jefferson City, Mildred completed her studies at the University of Missouri at Columbia where she received a B.S. degree in Elementary Education in 1942. Mildred moved to Sullivan Mo. where she taught third graders.
Friends Maureen, Gerri and Mildred attended U.S.O. sponsored dances and it was at one such event that Mildred met N.J. native Roy who was stationed at nearby Fort Leonard Wood where he was preparing for eventual deployment to Europe with a unit of Army Combat Engineers. When Roy returned after V.J. day having served in Germany, France and the Phillipine Islands, Mildred and he were married in Jefferson City on February 10, 1946. Their first home together was in Prospect Park N.J. where Mildred taught school and Roy resumed his career in banking.
In 1952, Mildred and Roy and their son Roy L (1950) moved into a house they built on Jean Terrace in Wayne; as yet a relatively sparsely populated community consisting of farms and a few residential areas with narrow, sometimes unpaved roadways. Daughter Shirley Jean was born days after the move was completed. Mildred gave birth to Valerie Esther in early 1957 and Mildred’s mother Almira came to live with the family in 1959. Her mother’s help with the sometimes obstreperous children made Mildred’s return (during nineteen sixties) to teaching positions in Little Falls and Wayne possible.
In addition to homemaking duties and employment, Mildred found time to be active in her church (Preakness Baptist) where she was a charter member (1956), a Sunday school teacher and a member of the Womens Missionary Fellowship. Mildred’s spare time activities included stamp and coin collecting, knitting, gardening and reading.
Canyons, geysers, mountains, glaciers and gorges were among the natural wonders that Mildred enjoyed viewing with her family during annual summer jaunts. Other trips to many historic sites helped to sate her curiosity and helped to educate her children who some times thought that more time should have been spent at beaches, campground lakes or in motel pools instead. Recent trips with her husband included a Safari in Kenya (1999) and a snowmobile caravan in northern Canada to see polar bears (2005).
Mildred took joy in nurturing her (4) grandsons born to daughter Valerie and son-in-law Ray in 1988. (Calvin M.) 1991, (Timothy F. ) 1994, (Bennett N.) and 1996 (Donovan T).
Mildred and Roy’s move to Cedar Crest Village in 2001 led to the development of many new friendships. Mildred’s final days were spend peacefully enjoying time with family and the beautiful Ramapo Mountain vistas from her Cedar Crest home from which she passed on to her reward on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. She will be fondly missed. We are fortunate to have benefitted so greatly thanks to her good cheer, serenity and love.
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Friends of Mildred and family are invited to attend a brief memorial service to be held at the Preakness Baptist Church, 1441 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Saturday, November 24 at 11:00 AM. Donations to the church in Mildred’s memory (as per her wishes) would be greatly appreciated .
November 14, 2012
Services
Friends of Mildred and family are invited to attend a brief memorial service to be held at the Preakness Baptist Church, 1441 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Saturday, November 24 at 11:00 AM. Donations to the church in Mildred’s memory (as per her wishes) would be greatly appreciated .
Born on September 19, 1920 in Jefferson City Missouri, Mildred was welcomed by parents Louis and Almira Wolff who had previously lost Mildred’s (2) brothers (Herbert and Harold) to childhood diseases. After graduating Jr. College in Jefferson City, Mildred completed her studies at the University of Missouri at Columbia where she received a B.S. degree in Elementary Education in 1942. Mildred moved to Sullivan Mo. where she taught third graders.
Friends Maureen, Gerri and Mildred attended U.S.O. sponsored dances and it was at one such event that Mildred met N.J. native Roy who was stationed at nearby Fort Leonard Wood where he was preparing for eventual deployment to Europe with a unit of Army Combat Engineers. When Roy returned after V.J. day having served in Germany, France and the Phillipine Islands, Mildred and he were married in Jefferson City on February 10, 1946. Their first home together was in Prospect Park N.J. where Mildred taught school and Roy resumed his career in banking.
In 1952, Mildred and Roy and their son Roy L (1950) moved into a house they built on Jean Terrace in Wayne; as yet a relatively sparsely populated community consisting of farms and a few residential areas with narrow, sometimes unpaved roadways. Daughter Shirley Jean was born days after the move was completed. Mildred gave birth to Valerie Esther in early 1957 and Mildred’s mother Almira came to live with the family in 1959. Her mother’s help with the sometimes obstreperous children made Mildred’s return (during nineteen sixties) to teaching positions in Little Falls and Wayne possible.
In addition to homemaking duties and employment, Mildred found time to be active in her church (Preakness Baptist) where she was a charter member (1956), a Sunday school teacher and a member of the Womens Missionary Fellowship. Mildred’s spare time activities included stamp and coin collecting, knitting, gardening and reading.
Canyons, geysers, mountains, glaciers and gorges were among the natural wonders that Mildred enjoyed viewing with her family during annual summer jaunts. Other trips to many historic sites helped to sate her curiosity and helped to educate her children who some times thought that more time should have been spent at beaches, campground lakes or in motel pools instead. Recent trips with her husband included a Safari in Kenya (1999) and a snowmobile caravan in northern Canada to see polar bears (2005).
Mildred took joy in nurturing her (4) grandsons born to daughter Valerie and son-in-law Ray in 1988. (Calvin M.) 1991, (Timothy F. ) 1994, (Bennett N.) and 1996 (Donovan T).
Mildred and Roy’s move to Cedar Crest Village in 2001 led to the development of many new friendships. Mildred’s final days were spend peacefully enjoying time with family and the beautiful Ramapo Mountain vistas from her Cedar Crest home from which she passed on to her reward on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. She will be fondly missed. We are fortunate to have benefitted so greatly thanks to her good cheer, serenity and love.
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