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Visitation will take place from 3-7PM on Monday, March 14, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ. The funeral will be held at the Preakness Bible Church on Tuesday, March 15 at 10AM with burial at Laurel Grove Cemetery, 295 Totowa Rd, Totowa.
Patsy Ruth (Roden) Seremi, a 60 year resident of Wayne, NJ passed away March 9, 2016, two weeks after celebrating her 90th birthday on February 22nd. Patsy was the daughter of Harry R. Roden and Ruth Felter Roden and step-daughter of Marjorie Powers Roden and was born and lived her entire life in New Jersey.
Patsy’s joy in life centered on her family and her home and her strong faith. She and her husband, the late Ernest Seremi, built their home in Wayne sixty years ago from the ground up and Patsy even tiled the kitchen floor while pregnant. It was there that Patsy found the comfort she had always sought after moving so many times in her formative years. She and Ernie took up square dancing which drew in the entire family and many friends. Patsy was also a voracious reader and had an excellent vocabulary which she used to write poems and to play word games of all types. Her favorites were Scrabble, both the English and French versions, and crossword puzzles; it was all about the words.
Patsy had many interests and doted on her five daughters, making their clothing and holiday costumes, entertaining them and their friends and instilling in them a love of reading. She loved hosting family gatherings, birthday parties and picnics which always included friendly competitive games of croquet played among the gardens she enjoyed creating. She cared for many relatives and friends throughout her lifetime and volunteered for several years at the North Jersey Developmental Center in Totowa as a foster grandmother. She worked for a while at Bergenfield Lighting and went from salesperson to consultant, starting and running the gift shop where she used her artistic side to help people make selections of lighting and accessories. Patsy was a lifelong member of the Preakness Bible Church.
She loved the Jersey shore and spent numerous years at Pt. Pleasant Beach where she would don her favorite big brimmed hat which was her trademark. She would relax, visiting with the many shore friends she made over the decades. Patsy also loved to sing and had perfect pitch. She would break into song when thinking about an event in her life. And in her later years, as she spent more time at home, Patsy enjoyed the companionship of Polly the Sheltie and the cheery chirps of the resident bird.
Patsy faced the joys in life with grace and humility and the sorrows with grace and fortitude. She always chose to look to the sunshine rather than dwell in the shadows. It was her innate kindness and humanity that enabled her to seek out the best in everyone. That is why, all her life, people were drawn to her sparkling blue eyes and her smile that would light up a room. She was a woman of integrity who lived a good life and enriched the lives of all who knew her.
Patsy is survived by three daughters, Karen Francois, Linda De Young, Patsy Seremi and a brother Harry Robert (Bob) Roden. She was predeceased by the love of her life, the late Ernest Seremi, two daughters; Deborah Graham and Wendy Vesque and two sisters; Susie Page and Jacquie Roden. She also leaves grandsons Tommy Francois, John Francois and granddaughters Wendy Bianchini, Jenny Francois, Beth Ross and Juliette Panzitta and great-grandchildren, Shea and Kylee Bianchini, Nemo and Owen Francois, and Annabelle Francois, nieces and nephews as well as several loving cousins; all of whom will greatly miss her.
Memorial donations may be made to the Preakness Bible Church, 1108 Preakness Ave, Wayne, NJ, 07470.
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Visitation will take place from 3-7PM on Monday, March 14, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ. The funeral will be held at the Preakness Bible Church on Tuesday, March 15 at 10AM with burial at Laurel Grove Cemetery, 295 Totowa Rd, Totowa.
Services
Visitation will take place from 3-7PM on Monday, March 14, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ. The funeral will be held at the Preakness Bible Church on Tuesday, March 15 at 10AM with burial at Laurel Grove Cemetery, 295 Totowa Rd, Totowa.
Patsy Ruth (Roden) Seremi, a 60 year resident of Wayne, NJ passed away March 9, 2016, two weeks after celebrating her 90th birthday on February 22nd. Patsy was the daughter of Harry R. Roden and Ruth Felter Roden and step-daughter of Marjorie Powers Roden and was born and lived her entire life in New Jersey.
Patsy’s joy in life centered on her family and her home and her strong faith. She and her husband, the late Ernest Seremi, built their home in Wayne sixty years ago from the ground up and Patsy even tiled the kitchen floor while pregnant. It was there that Patsy found the comfort she had always sought after moving so many times in her formative years. She and Ernie took up square dancing which drew in the entire family and many friends. Patsy was also a voracious reader and had an excellent vocabulary which she used to write poems and to play word games of all types. Her favorites were Scrabble, both the English and French versions, and crossword puzzles; it was all about the words.
Patsy had many interests and doted on her five daughters, making their clothing and holiday costumes, entertaining them and their friends and instilling in them a love of reading. She loved hosting family gatherings, birthday parties and picnics which always included friendly competitive games of croquet played among the gardens she enjoyed creating. She cared for many relatives and friends throughout her lifetime and volunteered for several years at the North Jersey Developmental Center in Totowa as a foster grandmother. She worked for a while at Bergenfield Lighting and went from salesperson to consultant, starting and running the gift shop where she used her artistic side to help people make selections of lighting and accessories. Patsy was a lifelong member of the Preakness Bible Church.
She loved the Jersey shore and spent numerous years at Pt. Pleasant Beach where she would don her favorite big brimmed hat which was her trademark. She would relax, visiting with the many shore friends she made over the decades. Patsy also loved to sing and had perfect pitch. She would break into song when thinking about an event in her life. And in her later years, as she spent more time at home, Patsy enjoyed the companionship of Polly the Sheltie and the cheery chirps of the resident bird.
Patsy faced the joys in life with grace and humility and the sorrows with grace and fortitude. She always chose to look to the sunshine rather than dwell in the shadows. It was her innate kindness and humanity that enabled her to seek out the best in everyone. That is why, all her life, people were drawn to her sparkling blue eyes and her smile that would light up a room. She was a woman of integrity who lived a good life and enriched the lives of all who knew her.
Patsy is survived by three daughters, Karen Francois, Linda De Young, Patsy Seremi and a brother Harry Robert (Bob) Roden. She was predeceased by the love of her life, the late Ernest Seremi, two daughters; Deborah Graham and Wendy Vesque and two sisters; Susie Page and Jacquie Roden. She also leaves grandsons Tommy Francois, John Francois and granddaughters Wendy Bianchini, Jenny Francois, Beth Ross and Juliette Panzitta and great-grandchildren, Shea and Kylee Bianchini, Nemo and Owen Francois, and Annabelle Francois, nieces and nephews as well as several loving cousins; all of whom will greatly miss her.
Memorial donations may be made to the Preakness Bible Church, 1108 Preakness Ave, Wayne, NJ, 07470.
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