June 6, 2008

Rebecca Smiley

Denville

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Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday June 10, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home at 8 PM on Tuesday June 10, 2008.

Rebecca D. Smiley, age 34 of Denville, formerly of Butler and Wayne, died on Friday June 6, 2008 after a six month battle with Melanoma.

Rebecca grew up in Wayne, having graduated from Wayne Hills High School with the class of 1992 after which she received her Associates Degree from Morris County Community College.

She was employed as a Eastern Division Manager of Tower Asset Management with T-Mobile in Parsippany for ten years and was recently promoted to Process Improvements Manager. She was devoted to her career and although she complained about the travel sometimes, she enjoyed every minute of her job.

This past September she took the her first vacation in five years to Disney World with 34 of her family and friends, and they all have great memories to share from that trip.

Her family describes her as “a beautiful, vibrant woman who truly enjoyed life”. She was frequently ‘out on the town’, having a good time, and making the best of everything she did. Most recently she found joy in the fact that her family, she was too weak to go, could recieve the support of Gilda’s Club, located at the Hackensack Hospital. Those wishing to make a memorial donation in Rebecca’s name are asked to consider Gilda’s Club of Northern New Jersey, 575 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601.

Rebecca is survived by her father Charles Smiley Jr. and his wife Laurie of Wayne and her mother Karen Burdett Kocher of Lincoln Park, her brother Charles Smiley III of Elizabeth, her fiancé Eric Heppel of Denville, her uncles; Joseph Burdett and his wife Charlotte and David Burdett and his wife Terri along with several cousins, three step-sisters; Adrian Skinner and her husband Luke of Saratoga Springs, NY, Alexis Platte and her husband Jesse of Portsmouth, VA, Lauren Eastmead and her husband Mark of Okinawa, Japan, her step-brother Richard Pocsi and his wife Kelly of Oakland, NJ, her niece Riley and nephew Garrett Skinner both of Saratoga Springs, NY, nephew Christopher Eastmead of Okinawa, nephew Dylan Burlum of Wayne, and nephew Charles Platte of Portsmouth, VA.

Those planning an expression of sympathy in Rebecca’s name to Gilda’s Club can print out a donation form by clicking below. Using this form will insure that your donation is properly acknowledged to the family.

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