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February 24, 2009
Services
A memorial service will be held at the Green Pond Chapel on Notch Road sometime in May. Family and friends will be notified of the exact time and date at vandermay.com.
Nina Hannah Goerner (nee Johnston) age 94 passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at her home in Green Pond, NJ.
She was born on August 26, 1914 in Trout Brook, New Brunswick, Canada and was the only daughter of five children. Her four brothers Thomas, Harold, Joseph and Winston Johnston all remained in Canada and had predeceased her.
At the age of sixteen she came to the United States and had her formal education at Rutherford High School graduating with the Class of 1932. While in High School Nina served as the Captain of the Girls Field Hockey and Softball Teams.
Her first employment was as an Executive Secretary in New York City until she married Gerold Gustav Goerner.
They lived for thirty years in Wood-Ridge, NJ and in 1952 she and Gus bought a summer home in Green Pond finally moving permanently there in 1960 as a year round residents.
Nina was a unique and talented woman who shared generously her passion for cooking, golf, entertaining and bridge with friends and family alike.
Her deep love for Green Pond and her home in the cove was widely known.
She was predeceased by her husband Gus after forty-six years of marriage.
Surviving are her daughter Nancy Goerner DeVries and her husband Robert, her son Richard A. Goerner all of Green Pond; one grandson Rob DeVries and his wife Lisa of New York City.
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A memorial service will be held at the Green Pond Chapel on Notch Road sometime in May. Family and friends will be notified of the exact time and date at vandermay.com.
February 24, 2009
Services
A memorial service will be held at the Green Pond Chapel on Notch Road sometime in May. Family and friends will be notified of the exact time and date at vandermay.com.
Nina Hannah Goerner (nee Johnston) age 94 passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at her home in Green Pond, NJ.
She was born on August 26, 1914 in Trout Brook, New Brunswick, Canada and was the only daughter of five children. Her four brothers Thomas, Harold, Joseph and Winston Johnston all remained in Canada and had predeceased her.
At the age of sixteen she came to the United States and had her formal education at Rutherford High School graduating with the Class of 1932. While in High School Nina served as the Captain of the Girls Field Hockey and Softball Teams.
Her first employment was as an Executive Secretary in New York City until she married Gerold Gustav Goerner.
They lived for thirty years in Wood-Ridge, NJ and in 1952 she and Gus bought a summer home in Green Pond finally moving permanently there in 1960 as a year round residents.
Nina was a unique and talented woman who shared generously her passion for cooking, golf, entertaining and bridge with friends and family alike.
Her deep love for Green Pond and her home in the cove was widely known.
She was predeceased by her husband Gus after forty-six years of marriage.
Surviving are her daughter Nancy Goerner DeVries and her husband Robert, her son Richard A. Goerner all of Green Pond; one grandson Rob DeVries and his wife Lisa of New York City.
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