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March 15, 2013
Services
Visiting will be on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road in Wayne. Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, March 21, 2013 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Rosemarie O’Shea, beloved wife and mother, and longtime educator, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2013, in the presence of her family. She was sixty. Her happiness and love of life were gifts to all that knew her.
Rose was born to Mary and Joseph Spinella, grew up in Paterson in the fifties and sixties with a sister and three brothers in a three-family house on Chestnut Street, and was a member of Saint Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church.
She graduated fourth in Eastside High School’s Class of 1970 and was the Yearbook Editor and the National Honor Society Secretary.
Rose graduated cum laude from Saint Peters College in 1974, receiving her Bachelor's Degree and a Gold Key for her service as a Student Senator and Chair of the Administrative, Health and Hispanic Studies Committees.
Rosemarie fulfilled the requirements of student teacher at Kennedy High School in Paterson and then passed her New Jersey certification examinations to teach Spanish and French. Her first teaching position was at Hasbrouck Heights High School, where she taught Spanish and French, developed a new French program, and coached a Girls’ Gymnastics Team which won a State Sectional Title. Subsequently, Rose taught French at Wayne Hills High School and Spanish at Wayne Valley.
After staying home for twelve years to raise her children, she returned to Wayne Valley for seventeen years, first as a Spanish Teacher and then a Guidance Counselor, until illness forced her retirement in 2012. Rose cared about everyone she met. As a Guidance Counselor, Rose worked as hard helping troubled students receive needed services as she did developing close working relationships with college admissions officers.
Whether working or raising her family, Rosemarie continued her education nights and summers, and obtained additional certifications: Principal/Supervisor, Student Personnel Services and School Social Worker. Rosemarie earned a Master of Arts in Counseling, Human Services and Guidance in 1978 from Montclair State University. She also completed advanced graduate courses in World Languages, Creative Writing, and Counseling Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Students at Farleigh Dickinson and William Paterson.
Rosemarie played the piano and enjoyed friends, colleagues and traveling. But her love was her family. In 1978 Rosemarie married Michael J. O’Shea, and they had three children: Timothy, Mary and Michael. The family joined Our Lady of the Valley Church. In addition to her husband and children, Rosemarie is survived by her sister Kathryn and her husband Robert, brothers, Charles Spinella and his wife Linda and Joseph Spinella and his wife Nicole, many nieces and nephews, and Tim's wife, Clara. Rose's brother Vincent previously passed away.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Rosemarie to The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research www.lustgarten.org.
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Visiting will be on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road in Wayne. Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, March 21, 2013 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
March 15, 2013
Services
Visiting will be on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road in Wayne. Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Thursday, March 21, 2013 from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Rosemarie O’Shea, beloved wife and mother, and longtime educator, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2013, in the presence of her family. She was sixty. Her happiness and love of life were gifts to all that knew her.
Rose was born to Mary and Joseph Spinella, grew up in Paterson in the fifties and sixties with a sister and three brothers in a three-family house on Chestnut Street, and was a member of Saint Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church.
She graduated fourth in Eastside High School’s Class of 1970 and was the Yearbook Editor and the National Honor Society Secretary.
Rose graduated cum laude from Saint Peters College in 1974, receiving her Bachelor's Degree and a Gold Key for her service as a Student Senator and Chair of the Administrative, Health and Hispanic Studies Committees.
Rosemarie fulfilled the requirements of student teacher at Kennedy High School in Paterson and then passed her New Jersey certification examinations to teach Spanish and French. Her first teaching position was at Hasbrouck Heights High School, where she taught Spanish and French, developed a new French program, and coached a Girls’ Gymnastics Team which won a State Sectional Title. Subsequently, Rose taught French at Wayne Hills High School and Spanish at Wayne Valley.
After staying home for twelve years to raise her children, she returned to Wayne Valley for seventeen years, first as a Spanish Teacher and then a Guidance Counselor, until illness forced her retirement in 2012. Rose cared about everyone she met. As a Guidance Counselor, Rose worked as hard helping troubled students receive needed services as she did developing close working relationships with college admissions officers.
Whether working or raising her family, Rosemarie continued her education nights and summers, and obtained additional certifications: Principal/Supervisor, Student Personnel Services and School Social Worker. Rosemarie earned a Master of Arts in Counseling, Human Services and Guidance in 1978 from Montclair State University. She also completed advanced graduate courses in World Languages, Creative Writing, and Counseling Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Students at Farleigh Dickinson and William Paterson.
Rosemarie played the piano and enjoyed friends, colleagues and traveling. But her love was her family. In 1978 Rosemarie married Michael J. O’Shea, and they had three children: Timothy, Mary and Michael. The family joined Our Lady of the Valley Church. In addition to her husband and children, Rosemarie is survived by her sister Kathryn and her husband Robert, brothers, Charles Spinella and his wife Linda and Joseph Spinella and his wife Nicole, many nieces and nephews, and Tim's wife, Clara. Rose's brother Vincent previously passed away.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Rosemarie to The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research www.lustgarten.org.
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