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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 from 2-4 & 6-9 PM. An Eastern Star service will commence at 6:30 PM and a funeral service will follow at 8:30 PM.
Phyllis Kurtz, 93, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, NJ.
She was born in Union City, NJ to William G. and Lillian (Bahrenburg) Pierson. Phyllis was a graduate of Union Hill High School, Union City, class of 1939, and received her RN degree from Christ Hospital in Jersey City in 1942. She attended post graduate training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She returned to Christ Hospital and took a position on the faculty of the Nursing School to teach operating room procedure. Phyllis resided in Pequannock Township for 64 years. She devoted her life to family, friends, and to her nursing career at Chilton Memorial Hospital, where she worked as a labor and delivery nurse for over 26 years. Prior to her position at Chilton Hospital, she worked at the Barnert Memorial Hospital in Paterson, NJ as well as several area nursing homes.
In her youth, Phyllis was a member of the Rainbow Girls organization, serving as a Worthy Advisor. She then entered the Order of the Eastern Star and is currently a member of the Mountain View #205 Chapter. She would have been a 75 year member of the Eastern Star this year.
In addition to her parents, Phyllis was predeceased by her husband Walter C. Kurtz of 55 years and a brother; William B. Pierson. She is survived by her daughter Lillian Blair and her husband Kenneth of Rockaway, NJ, daughter Susan Lindeblad and husband David of Lafayette, NJ and daughter Barbara Howland and her husband Charles of O’Fallon, MO. Phyllis is also survived by grandchildren; Christopher Franco and wife Jessica of Ewing, NJ, Keith Franco and wife Christine of Dover, NJ, Michael Franco and wife Patricia of Succasunna, NJ and her five great-grandchildren; Juliana, Benjamin, Maximus, Nicholas, and Brynne.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Dial-A-Ride, 520 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 or to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312 would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 from 2-4 & 6-9 PM. An Eastern Star service will commence at 6:30 PM and a funeral service will follow at 8:30 PM.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 from 2-4 & 6-9 PM. An Eastern Star service will commence at 6:30 PM and a funeral service will follow at 8:30 PM.
Phyllis Kurtz, 93, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, NJ.
She was born in Union City, NJ to William G. and Lillian (Bahrenburg) Pierson. Phyllis was a graduate of Union Hill High School, Union City, class of 1939, and received her RN degree from Christ Hospital in Jersey City in 1942. She attended post graduate training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She returned to Christ Hospital and took a position on the faculty of the Nursing School to teach operating room procedure. Phyllis resided in Pequannock Township for 64 years. She devoted her life to family, friends, and to her nursing career at Chilton Memorial Hospital, where she worked as a labor and delivery nurse for over 26 years. Prior to her position at Chilton Hospital, she worked at the Barnert Memorial Hospital in Paterson, NJ as well as several area nursing homes.
In her youth, Phyllis was a member of the Rainbow Girls organization, serving as a Worthy Advisor. She then entered the Order of the Eastern Star and is currently a member of the Mountain View #205 Chapter. She would have been a 75 year member of the Eastern Star this year.
In addition to her parents, Phyllis was predeceased by her husband Walter C. Kurtz of 55 years and a brother; William B. Pierson. She is survived by her daughter Lillian Blair and her husband Kenneth of Rockaway, NJ, daughter Susan Lindeblad and husband David of Lafayette, NJ and daughter Barbara Howland and her husband Charles of O’Fallon, MO. Phyllis is also survived by grandchildren; Christopher Franco and wife Jessica of Ewing, NJ, Keith Franco and wife Christine of Dover, NJ, Michael Franco and wife Patricia of Succasunna, NJ and her five great-grandchildren; Juliana, Benjamin, Maximus, Nicholas, and Brynne.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Dial-A-Ride, 520 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 or to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312 would be greatly appreciated.
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