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October 24, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, October 28, 2012 from 2-5 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 5 PM on Sunday at the funeral home, immediately following the visiting hours.
Rosemarie Lamb, age 60 of Hollis Queens, NY died on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the Hospice of New Jersey in Wayne.
Rosemarie grew up in Hollis, Queens and graduated from Francis Lewis High School with the class of 1971. She graduated from York College in 1977 with a B.A. in Sociology and then earned her Master’s degree from Howard University in 1981. She began her career in 1981 as a probation officer in Queens. Since 1989 she worked in several area hospitals as a social worker. She started at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, Beth Israel Medical Center, and most recently with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Despite battling cancer for over two years, she continued working right up until her birthday just two weeks ago. She was a selfless person and helping others made her the happiest.
Rosemarie was very close with her mom. They were companions and dear friends. They would often have breakfast together at the local diner on the weekend. Rosemarie was very protective of her family, loving, and a very caring person. Family was important to her, and her nephews Christopher and Maxwell brought her great joy. She spent time with them whenever she could, taking them to museums and special places, and together those two boys have a trove of “Aunt Rose” memories to cherish for their lifetimes. Her dogs were family too, and she was especially fond of her cocker spaniel, Muffin, and her sister’s pug; Jake. She was a dog-lover through and through.
Rosemarie enjoyed travelling and visited some wonderful destinations including Rio de Janeiro, Aruba, South Beach Miami, Las Vegas, Martha’s Vineyard and Washington, D.C. Upon completing graduate school she treated her sister Denise to a trip to the Bahamas. She took a cruise once too with her sister Sophiea, but a hurricane storm forced them to skip Bermuda and go to the Bahamas instead. She especially enjoyed shopping at her two favorite department stores Bloomingdale’s and Saks Fifth Avenue. She lived her life well and enjoyed all the love she received from her dear family and friends over the years. She will be sadly missed by so many.
Rosemarie is survived by her beloved mom, Willie Mae Lamb of Hollis, Queens, her two sisters; Denise Martin and her husband Clarence of Jacksonville, FL, and Sophiea de Lagarde of Wayne, her husband Adrian and her two dearest nephews; Christopher Henry and Maxwell Xavier. She was predeceased by her father Henry Lamb in 1985.
Donations in Rosemarie's memory to the Susan G. Komen Circle of Promise would be greatly appreciated. Please visit www.circleofpromise.org.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, October 28, 2012 from 2-5 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 5 PM on Sunday at the funeral home, immediately following the visiting hours.
October 24, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, October 28, 2012 from 2-5 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 5 PM on Sunday at the funeral home, immediately following the visiting hours.
Rosemarie Lamb, age 60 of Hollis Queens, NY died on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the Hospice of New Jersey in Wayne.
Rosemarie grew up in Hollis, Queens and graduated from Francis Lewis High School with the class of 1971. She graduated from York College in 1977 with a B.A. in Sociology and then earned her Master’s degree from Howard University in 1981. She began her career in 1981 as a probation officer in Queens. Since 1989 she worked in several area hospitals as a social worker. She started at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, Beth Israel Medical Center, and most recently with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Despite battling cancer for over two years, she continued working right up until her birthday just two weeks ago. She was a selfless person and helping others made her the happiest.
Rosemarie was very close with her mom. They were companions and dear friends. They would often have breakfast together at the local diner on the weekend. Rosemarie was very protective of her family, loving, and a very caring person. Family was important to her, and her nephews Christopher and Maxwell brought her great joy. She spent time with them whenever she could, taking them to museums and special places, and together those two boys have a trove of “Aunt Rose” memories to cherish for their lifetimes. Her dogs were family too, and she was especially fond of her cocker spaniel, Muffin, and her sister’s pug; Jake. She was a dog-lover through and through.
Rosemarie enjoyed travelling and visited some wonderful destinations including Rio de Janeiro, Aruba, South Beach Miami, Las Vegas, Martha’s Vineyard and Washington, D.C. Upon completing graduate school she treated her sister Denise to a trip to the Bahamas. She took a cruise once too with her sister Sophiea, but a hurricane storm forced them to skip Bermuda and go to the Bahamas instead. She especially enjoyed shopping at her two favorite department stores Bloomingdale’s and Saks Fifth Avenue. She lived her life well and enjoyed all the love she received from her dear family and friends over the years. She will be sadly missed by so many.
Rosemarie is survived by her beloved mom, Willie Mae Lamb of Hollis, Queens, her two sisters; Denise Martin and her husband Clarence of Jacksonville, FL, and Sophiea de Lagarde of Wayne, her husband Adrian and her two dearest nephews; Christopher Henry and Maxwell Xavier. She was predeceased by her father Henry Lamb in 1985.
Donations in Rosemarie's memory to the Susan G. Komen Circle of Promise would be greatly appreciated. Please visit www.circleofpromise.org.
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