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February 27, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, March 3, 2013 from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 10 AM followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Mildred Umansky, “Millie”, age 63 of Cliffwood Lake in Stockholm, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 with her family gathered at her bedside.
Millie was raised in North Bergen and moved to Wayne as a junior in high school. She graduated from Wayne Valley H.S. in 1967 and began taking classes at Paterson College, now known as William Paterson University. She eventually landed a great job with Engineering Assemblies Corp. in Teterboro. She was a natural workaholic and excelled at her career. She quickly advanced to managerial positions and left the company as a Purchasing Manager. She loved her job and had travelled to China a few times to inspect their overseas suppliers.
During her college years, while at a party, she met Igor Umansky. The two of them hit it off and danced the night away. Igor declared that night Millie would never dance with anyone else and they were married in 1971 at St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church in Passaic. They enjoyed a reception at the Wayne Manor and honeymooned in the Bahamas. They travelled quite a bit over the years, including frequent trips to Marco Island. Millie was happiest where there was water, especially at home on the lake, or anywhere she could be near the ocean and a beach. Igor described their forty one years together as a “blessed event”, one he would gladly repeat.
Millie was a fabulous cook and would often entertain for large groups at her home. She hosted New Year’s Eve parties for several years with more than forty people. Families from around the lake would all come to her house, with porta-cribs for their kids lined up in the bedrooms, and they would party the night away. She also enjoyed hosting a huge Thanksgiving meal, all homemade, fresh dishes, where her uncle counted no less than 19 different vegetables on the table, and all went home with full bellies. Seeing her family together and enjoying themselves was all it took to make her happy. She was like the glue that kept them all so close.
Millie was also a natural caregiver with a huge heart and truly enjoyed helping others. Many years ago, she took it upon herself to care for her Uncle Bobby. He was an elderly veteran, ailing in Florida, with no relatives to care for him. She didn’t know him well, but she knew that he needed help. He became her mission, and she would travel to Florida several times a year to visit with him. Soon, she became his legal guardian and took care of everything for him over the course of several years before he passed. It gave her great satisfaction knowing that his autumn years were not spent alone. This sort of kindness defined who Millie was; a huge heart, selfless, and ready to help anyone in need. She will be sadly missed by many.
Millie is survived by her beloved husband of forty one years; Igor of Cliffwood Lake, her son Michael and his wife Kristen of Parsippany, her two sisters; Susan Tahan and her husband Thomas of Livingston and Sonja Kneeland of Butler, her brother-in-law; Alex Umansky of Clifton, her nephew Thomas Tahan and his wife Kaitlyn of Morris Township, niece Briana Tahan of Manhattan, and nephew Anton Petrak of Butler, and her ‘adoptive’ father; Richard Miller of Horseheads, NY.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, March 3, 2013 from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 10 AM followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
February 27, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, March 3, 2013 from 2-6 PM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 10 AM followed by burial at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Mildred Umansky, “Millie”, age 63 of Cliffwood Lake in Stockholm, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 with her family gathered at her bedside.
Millie was raised in North Bergen and moved to Wayne as a junior in high school. She graduated from Wayne Valley H.S. in 1967 and began taking classes at Paterson College, now known as William Paterson University. She eventually landed a great job with Engineering Assemblies Corp. in Teterboro. She was a natural workaholic and excelled at her career. She quickly advanced to managerial positions and left the company as a Purchasing Manager. She loved her job and had travelled to China a few times to inspect their overseas suppliers.
During her college years, while at a party, she met Igor Umansky. The two of them hit it off and danced the night away. Igor declared that night Millie would never dance with anyone else and they were married in 1971 at St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church in Passaic. They enjoyed a reception at the Wayne Manor and honeymooned in the Bahamas. They travelled quite a bit over the years, including frequent trips to Marco Island. Millie was happiest where there was water, especially at home on the lake, or anywhere she could be near the ocean and a beach. Igor described their forty one years together as a “blessed event”, one he would gladly repeat.
Millie was a fabulous cook and would often entertain for large groups at her home. She hosted New Year’s Eve parties for several years with more than forty people. Families from around the lake would all come to her house, with porta-cribs for their kids lined up in the bedrooms, and they would party the night away. She also enjoyed hosting a huge Thanksgiving meal, all homemade, fresh dishes, where her uncle counted no less than 19 different vegetables on the table, and all went home with full bellies. Seeing her family together and enjoying themselves was all it took to make her happy. She was like the glue that kept them all so close.
Millie was also a natural caregiver with a huge heart and truly enjoyed helping others. Many years ago, she took it upon herself to care for her Uncle Bobby. He was an elderly veteran, ailing in Florida, with no relatives to care for him. She didn’t know him well, but she knew that he needed help. He became her mission, and she would travel to Florida several times a year to visit with him. Soon, she became his legal guardian and took care of everything for him over the course of several years before he passed. It gave her great satisfaction knowing that his autumn years were not spent alone. This sort of kindness defined who Millie was; a huge heart, selfless, and ready to help anyone in need. She will be sadly missed by many.
Millie is survived by her beloved husband of forty one years; Igor of Cliffwood Lake, her son Michael and his wife Kristen of Parsippany, her two sisters; Susan Tahan and her husband Thomas of Livingston and Sonja Kneeland of Butler, her brother-in-law; Alex Umansky of Clifton, her nephew Thomas Tahan and his wife Kaitlyn of Morris Township, niece Briana Tahan of Manhattan, and nephew Anton Petrak of Butler, and her ‘adoptive’ father; Richard Miller of Horseheads, NY.
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