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May 20, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, May 24, 2010 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held 9AM on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Phyllis A. Maguire (nee Lorenzi) age 71 of Rockaway died Thursday, May 20, 2010 at the Compassionate Care Hospice, Dover.
She was born and raised in Elmwood Park having lived in Saddle Brook, Pompton Plains for twenty-five years, before moving to Rockaway nine years ago.
Phyllis graduated from Lodi High School, Lodi with the Class of 1957. She continued her education at then Paterson State College, now William Paterson University, in Wayne having graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education with the Class of 1961. In college she was active with the Fencing team.
She met her husband to be Robert (Bob) Maguire during a young adults mixer at St. Leos Church in Elmwood Park. They married at St. Leo’s on June 17, 1961 and enjoyed forty-six years of a loving marriage. They were true partners in marriage and were said to be inseparable
Soon after college, Phyllis dedicated herself to raising her family. She is said to have made one of the best homemade chicken vegetable soups ever. She served as a substitute teacher and was said to be the only sub to hand out homework to the students. She also donated her time and talents to the Learning Center and Library at St. Phillip the Apostle School in Saddle Brook while her children attended. She also served as a Girl Scout leader in Saddle Brook for many years.
Phyllis most enjoyed spending hours on the beach in Lavallette, reading, and hosting all holiday and family celebrations. She was an avid tennis player right up until recently. She took great pleasure in watching her grandchildren compete in sports and dance. She enjoyed camping when her children were younger and they shared memorable summer camping excursions with close friends to places from Niagara Falls, New York to Nashville, Tennessee. She enjoyed traveling with Bob to places from Branson, Missouri to Florida and among her favorite trips was an Alaskan cruise they took together. She could often be found listening to her favorite music which included: Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Fats Domino and many country music artists.
Phyllis was a parishioner of St. Bernard Church, Wharton.
She was the beloved wife of the late Robert J. Maguire(2007); devoted daughter of Mary Lorenzi of Barnegat and the late Aladino Lorenzi; loving mother of Mary Billera of Vernon, Robert P. Maguire and his wife Lia of Wayne and Vincent J. Maguire and his wife Kimberley of Hardyston; cherished grandmother of James Billera, Marissa, Jenna and Vincent Maguire; loved sister of Annette Guadagnino of Barnegat.
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Friends may visit with the family on Monday, May 24, 2010 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held 9AM on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
May 20, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, May 24, 2010 from 4-8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held 9AM on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Phyllis A. Maguire (nee Lorenzi) age 71 of Rockaway died Thursday, May 20, 2010 at the Compassionate Care Hospice, Dover.
She was born and raised in Elmwood Park having lived in Saddle Brook, Pompton Plains for twenty-five years, before moving to Rockaway nine years ago.
Phyllis graduated from Lodi High School, Lodi with the Class of 1957. She continued her education at then Paterson State College, now William Paterson University, in Wayne having graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education with the Class of 1961. In college she was active with the Fencing team.
She met her husband to be Robert (Bob) Maguire during a young adults mixer at St. Leos Church in Elmwood Park. They married at St. Leo’s on June 17, 1961 and enjoyed forty-six years of a loving marriage. They were true partners in marriage and were said to be inseparable
Soon after college, Phyllis dedicated herself to raising her family. She is said to have made one of the best homemade chicken vegetable soups ever. She served as a substitute teacher and was said to be the only sub to hand out homework to the students. She also donated her time and talents to the Learning Center and Library at St. Phillip the Apostle School in Saddle Brook while her children attended. She also served as a Girl Scout leader in Saddle Brook for many years.
Phyllis most enjoyed spending hours on the beach in Lavallette, reading, and hosting all holiday and family celebrations. She was an avid tennis player right up until recently. She took great pleasure in watching her grandchildren compete in sports and dance. She enjoyed camping when her children were younger and they shared memorable summer camping excursions with close friends to places from Niagara Falls, New York to Nashville, Tennessee. She enjoyed traveling with Bob to places from Branson, Missouri to Florida and among her favorite trips was an Alaskan cruise they took together. She could often be found listening to her favorite music which included: Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Fats Domino and many country music artists.
Phyllis was a parishioner of St. Bernard Church, Wharton.
She was the beloved wife of the late Robert J. Maguire(2007); devoted daughter of Mary Lorenzi of Barnegat and the late Aladino Lorenzi; loving mother of Mary Billera of Vernon, Robert P. Maguire and his wife Lia of Wayne and Vincent J. Maguire and his wife Kimberley of Hardyston; cherished grandmother of James Billera, Marissa, Jenna and Vincent Maguire; loved sister of Annette Guadagnino of Barnegat.
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