Pauline Jurgens

Pauline Jurgens, age 89, passed into the presence of our Lord & Savior on Sunday, July 25th, 2021.

She was born in South Bridge, Massachusetts.  In her early youth the family moved to Passaic, N.J. where Pauline entered the school system.  Pauline attended high school in Passaic and volunteered at the hospital in Passaic.  She worked in the Passaic textile industry, as a key-punch operator for the Glamorene Products Company in Clifton, and finally worked side-by-side with her husband, Jack, as they owned PJ's (Pauline and Jack's) auto body shop, located on New Jersey Ave., Lyndhurst.  With Jack's talents and Pauline working as his office manager and bookkeeper, PJ's Auto Body enjoyed much success as Jack worked to restore his customer's cars to their original luster into the 1980's.  Health issues forced them to sell the business and retire.

Pauline will be lovingly remembered for her quiet, reserved way.  She was incredibly organized and saved everything including every slip of paper and even cookie tins for Jack to put small parts in.  She would balance her checkbook to the penny and if it was off she would head right over to the bank to figure out what went wrong.  She loved her cats and was always feeding the neighborhood cats as well.  Her Tuxedo cat, Peanut, will miss her very much.  Pauline had a deep Christian faith and was a longstanding member of the Midland Park Gospel Hall.

Pauline was the loving wife of Gustave "Jack" Jurgens who predeceased her on April 7, 2021; she was the devoted mother of Bruce Burgess (Susan) of North Haledon; and was the step-mother of Debra J. Guiffrida of Henderson, NV, Guy Edwin Jurgens (Jeanne) of Roseville, Ca, and the late Bret Jurgens; she was the cherished grandmother of David Burgess (Ruth), Kristin Taylor(Orlando), Teresa Jurgens and Scott Jurgens; she was the great-grandmother of Desiree, Nicholas, Gianna, Arianna, Vincent and Jayden.