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October 12, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 19, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd, Wayne.
Patricia Spardel (nee Little), 79 of Wayne, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2018. She had lived in Wayne since 1973.
Pat had been a Mental Health Consultant for the Center for Family Resources in Ringwood, NJ for many years, and was still currently a consultant there. She had a sewing business, a private counseling business, and also taught Latin and English at Pompton Lakes High School for 2 years.
Born in Glasgow, Montana, Pat moved often as a child, due to her father’s military career. She attended three different high schools before graduating from Messina High School in Messina, NY. She went on to graduate from Kent State University with a Bachelor’s degree in 1960 and began teaching English and Latin at North Marshall H.S. in Calvert City, Kentucky. After moving to New Jersey, she earned her Master’s Degree in Counseling from Montclair State University in 1991.
In October of 1960, Pat went on a blind date with Bernie Spardel and the two of them fell in love. They were married on April 1, 1961 in Calvert City, followed by a honeymoon to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and the Smokey Mountains. They moved to New Jersey soon thereafter and ultimately settled in Wayne in 1973. Bernie describes their fifty-seven years of marriage as “wonderful” and credits Pat’s love and strength to its longevity. They were able to travel extensively in their later years and enjoyed watching their children and grandchildren grow up.
Pat was a talented seamstress. Her other talents included knitting, needlepoint, crocheting, and embroidery. She was a prolific quilter and Bernie became accustomed to driving her from Maine to Maryland to attend quilting conventions and quilting groups. If there was a quilt shop, she needed to visit it, and Bernie would drive her there. She was an active member of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Wayne, participating in Outreach, Book Worms, Council, Bible Study, Prime Timers, & WELCA. She was an active member of the Wayne Alliance. Pat was also an avid reader.
Pat is survived by her loving husband; Bernard of Wayne, four children; Steven Spardel and his wife Lisa of Verona, Karen Sajban and her husband Thomas of West Milford, Michael Spardel of Wayne, and Kurt Spardel of Pennsylvania, seven grandchildren; Samantha, Eric, Claire, Mary, Jane, Jaclyn, and Douglas, one great-grandchild; Aubrey, a sister; Susan Teed and her husband Daryl of Greenwood, Indiana, and her cherished nieces and nephews.
Donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, NJ Chapter, 986 S Springfield Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081, or St. Timothy Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 395 Valley Rd, Wayne, 07470.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 19, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd, Wayne.
October 12, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 19, 2018 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd, Wayne.
Patricia Spardel (nee Little), 79 of Wayne, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2018. She had lived in Wayne since 1973.
Pat had been a Mental Health Consultant for the Center for Family Resources in Ringwood, NJ for many years, and was still currently a consultant there. She had a sewing business, a private counseling business, and also taught Latin and English at Pompton Lakes High School for 2 years.
Born in Glasgow, Montana, Pat moved often as a child, due to her father’s military career. She attended three different high schools before graduating from Messina High School in Messina, NY. She went on to graduate from Kent State University with a Bachelor’s degree in 1960 and began teaching English and Latin at North Marshall H.S. in Calvert City, Kentucky. After moving to New Jersey, she earned her Master’s Degree in Counseling from Montclair State University in 1991.
In October of 1960, Pat went on a blind date with Bernie Spardel and the two of them fell in love. They were married on April 1, 1961 in Calvert City, followed by a honeymoon to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and the Smokey Mountains. They moved to New Jersey soon thereafter and ultimately settled in Wayne in 1973. Bernie describes their fifty-seven years of marriage as “wonderful” and credits Pat’s love and strength to its longevity. They were able to travel extensively in their later years and enjoyed watching their children and grandchildren grow up.
Pat was a talented seamstress. Her other talents included knitting, needlepoint, crocheting, and embroidery. She was a prolific quilter and Bernie became accustomed to driving her from Maine to Maryland to attend quilting conventions and quilting groups. If there was a quilt shop, she needed to visit it, and Bernie would drive her there. She was an active member of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Wayne, participating in Outreach, Book Worms, Council, Bible Study, Prime Timers, & WELCA. She was an active member of the Wayne Alliance. Pat was also an avid reader.
Pat is survived by her loving husband; Bernard of Wayne, four children; Steven Spardel and his wife Lisa of Verona, Karen Sajban and her husband Thomas of West Milford, Michael Spardel of Wayne, and Kurt Spardel of Pennsylvania, seven grandchildren; Samantha, Eric, Claire, Mary, Jane, Jaclyn, and Douglas, one great-grandchild; Aubrey, a sister; Susan Teed and her husband Daryl of Greenwood, Indiana, and her cherished nieces and nephews.
Donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, NJ Chapter, 986 S Springfield Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081, or St. Timothy Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 395 Valley Rd, Wayne, 07470.
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