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September 23, 2025
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne N.J on Saturday, September 27 from 11 a.m. -1 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. in the funeral home, immediately following the time of visitation.
Rae Josephine Padreza (nee Mauro), age 101 died Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at home while receiving the loving care of her family.
Rae was born to Clara and Patsy Mauro on March 20, 1924, and was raised on Chestnut Street in Newark, NJ along with her brothers Tony, Sal, and Mario and sister Kitty.
Later Rae lived on Mac Donald Drive in Wayne N.J. for 71 years with her adoring late husband Stanley until moving to Brookfield CT in 2023 to live with her devoted daughter and son-in-law.
Rae was the loving mother of Jill Brennan and her husband Edward of Brookfield, CT and Todd Padreza and his wife Marie of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Michelle and Brian Padreza; and loving Aunt to many nieces and nephews.
Rae met the love of her life, Stanley, while working together at IT&T in the 1940’s and were wed in 1952. Later, after starting their family, Rae also worked for the Wayne school system.
She was an avid reader of novels as well as the daily newspaper and enjoyed working on her crosswords and word search puzzles. In the evenings she would not miss an episode of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune and especially looked forward to new series of Dancing with the Stars and The Bachelor. Throughout her life a favorite time of year was baseball season when she could watch and root for her NY Yankees.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne N.J on Saturday, September 27 from 11 a.m. -1 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. in the funeral home, immediately following the time of visitation.
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