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February 2, 2008
Myrtle Conklin (nee Hudson) age 97 of Pinehurst, N.C. died on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Pine Lake Health Care Center in Carthage, N.C.
Born in Glen Rock, NJ in 1910, Myrtles long life included much struggle but she was never one to complain or speak an unkind word, and she has left her family with many fond memories of a caring, loving, compassionate woman.
Myrtle grew up in a family of twelve children, four of which didn’t live past infancy. She had her appendix removed at the age of 14, before the discovery of antibiotics, and the doctors told her parents that she would not survive. That was 83 years ago. She also survived the Great Depression, begging on a daily basis just to survive. At seventeen years old she married John Conklin, Jr. and was able to keep it a secret from her parents for five months, when she turned eighteen. They lived in a home in Waldwick, near the railroad tracks, that her family describes as a very old wooden house, which had no running water or electricity. She worked very hard to raise her four children there, working many jobs as a housekeeper, including a number of years at the Hermitage in Waldwick for the Rosencrantz family.
After her husband John passed away in 1962, she moved to Ridgewood to live with her daughter Betty Cecere. She continued to work as a housekeeper for Mrs. Ruth Honig, a prominent attorney in Waldwick and she tended to their house in Allendale, helping to raise the Honig children. She served their family for forty-six years before retiring in 1977, at the age of seventy-seven. She then moved to North Carolina in 1995 with her daughter Betty and Betty's now deceased husband, Joseph Cecere.
She was quite modest, yet always meticulous about her appearance. She would dress up exquisitely for her commute, which was usually on the bus or walking, and then change into her work clothes once she arrived. However, almost all of her fancy clothes and high-heeled shoes were graciously given to her by the Honig family. She was extremely appreciative of everything she had, big and small; most certainly an attribute she gained as a result of her Depression era experiences.
Her family remembers her as a kind, giving person who never argued about anything, would never have anything bad to say about anyone, and she could be trusted to keep her promises. Her grandson Bud remembers that she wasn’t very helpful however, when he injured himself as a little boy and came running into the house looking for her help to stop his bleeding. At the sight of his injury and blood, his grandma began screaming and ran out of the house! Bud was left to tend to his own wounds.
Her granddaughter, Nancy Rogers, fondly refers to Myrtle as her ‘soul mate’ and ‘second mother’. Myrtle has lived in North Carolina near Nancy for many years and they attended church together at the Sandhills Assembly Church in Southern Pines.
Myrtle is survived by one sister, Florence DeVoe of Alabama, two children; her son June Conklin of Marchfield, Wisconsin and one daughter Betty J. Cecere of Pinehurst, NC. Ten grandchildren: Thomas Conklin of New Mexico, Wanda Routier and her husband Donald of Wisconsin, Nancy Rogers and her husband Paul of Carthage, North Carolina, Robert ‘Bud’ Randle and his wife Helen of Wayne, New Jersey, Robert Conklin of Washington, New Jersey, Kevin Conklin and his wife Melissa of Washington, New Jersey, Angelyn Conklin of Budd Lake, New Jersey, Billy Joe Scully and his wife Lisa of Oak Ridge, New Jersey, John Scully and his wife Charleen of Kinnelon, New Jersey, Brian Scully and his wife Sissy of Oak Ridge, New Jersey. Nine great grandchildren: David Routier of Wisconsin, Jacob and Chelsea Conklin of Ohio, Elyssa Conklin of Washington, New Jersey, Carla Ann Conklin of Washington, New Jersey, and Sophia Conklin of Kinnelon, New Jersey, and Jillian Marie Za
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February 2, 2008
Myrtle Conklin (nee Hudson) age 97 of Pinehurst, N.C. died on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Pine Lake Health Care Center in Carthage, N.C.
Born in Glen Rock, NJ in 1910, Myrtles long life included much struggle but she was never one to complain or speak an unkind word, and she has left her family with many fond memories of a caring, loving, compassionate woman.
Myrtle grew up in a family of twelve children, four of which didn’t live past infancy. She had her appendix removed at the age of 14, before the discovery of antibiotics, and the doctors told her parents that she would not survive. That was 83 years ago. She also survived the Great Depression, begging on a daily basis just to survive. At seventeen years old she married John Conklin, Jr. and was able to keep it a secret from her parents for five months, when she turned eighteen. They lived in a home in Waldwick, near the railroad tracks, that her family describes as a very old wooden house, which had no running water or electricity. She worked very hard to raise her four children there, working many jobs as a housekeeper, including a number of years at the Hermitage in Waldwick for the Rosencrantz family.
After her husband John passed away in 1962, she moved to Ridgewood to live with her daughter Betty Cecere. She continued to work as a housekeeper for Mrs. Ruth Honig, a prominent attorney in Waldwick and she tended to their house in Allendale, helping to raise the Honig children. She served their family for forty-six years before retiring in 1977, at the age of seventy-seven. She then moved to North Carolina in 1995 with her daughter Betty and Betty's now deceased husband, Joseph Cecere.
She was quite modest, yet always meticulous about her appearance. She would dress up exquisitely for her commute, which was usually on the bus or walking, and then change into her work clothes once she arrived. However, almost all of her fancy clothes and high-heeled shoes were graciously given to her by the Honig family. She was extremely appreciative of everything she had, big and small; most certainly an attribute she gained as a result of her Depression era experiences.
Her family remembers her as a kind, giving person who never argued about anything, would never have anything bad to say about anyone, and she could be trusted to keep her promises. Her grandson Bud remembers that she wasn’t very helpful however, when he injured himself as a little boy and came running into the house looking for her help to stop his bleeding. At the sight of his injury and blood, his grandma began screaming and ran out of the house! Bud was left to tend to his own wounds.
Her granddaughter, Nancy Rogers, fondly refers to Myrtle as her ‘soul mate’ and ‘second mother’. Myrtle has lived in North Carolina near Nancy for many years and they attended church together at the Sandhills Assembly Church in Southern Pines.
Myrtle is survived by one sister, Florence DeVoe of Alabama, two children; her son June Conklin of Marchfield, Wisconsin and one daughter Betty J. Cecere of Pinehurst, NC. Ten grandchildren: Thomas Conklin of New Mexico, Wanda Routier and her husband Donald of Wisconsin, Nancy Rogers and her husband Paul of Carthage, North Carolina, Robert ‘Bud’ Randle and his wife Helen of Wayne, New Jersey, Robert Conklin of Washington, New Jersey, Kevin Conklin and his wife Melissa of Washington, New Jersey, Angelyn Conklin of Budd Lake, New Jersey, Billy Joe Scully and his wife Lisa of Oak Ridge, New Jersey, John Scully and his wife Charleen of Kinnelon, New Jersey, Brian Scully and his wife Sissy of Oak Ridge, New Jersey. Nine great grandchildren: David Routier of Wisconsin, Jacob and Chelsea Conklin of Ohio, Elyssa Conklin of Washington, New Jersey, Carla Ann Conklin of Washington, New Jersey, and Sophia Conklin of Kinnelon, New Jersey, and Jillian Marie Za
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