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August 11, 2017
Services
Family and friends are invited to a service of committal at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 225 Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover, on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, beginning at 1:45 pm in the cemetery’s mausoleum. Please meet directly at the cemetery.
Our beautiful Mom and Grammy, Rosemary Anne Stephan, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 11, 2017. With her goes a piece of our hearts.
Born in Newark, NJ, Rosemary was the child of immigrant parents from Germany. After high school she was employed at the Newark Airport. It was there that she met United States Air Force pilot Henry A. Stephan.
After marriage, Rosemary and Henry initially moved to Little Falls, NJ. As the family grew, they moved to Verona, NJ where they lived for the next twenty-five years. Rosemary was employed at the West Essex High School in North Caldwell, NJ until retirement. For a time, she and Henry lived in Skaneateles, NY where she learned the craft of needlepoint and she sold her creations to local gift shops. Retirement years were enjoyed traveling across the country to visit family and to enjoy the beauty and grandeur of the U.S. National Parks.
After ten years of country living, Rosemary and Henry moved back to New Jersey to enjoy their many grandchildren. When Henry passed in 1999, Rosemary moved to the Summer Hill Senior Living community where she made many close friends and enjoyed the association of the Golden Age Club members from the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wayne, NJ.
Rosemary was an awesome cook and baker. Her family delighted in all her homemade specialties and holiday dinners. She was a fun and happy woman who cared deeply for her children and grandchildren. She always had a warm smile and was generous to all. She was also a very talented artist, skilled in pastel and drawing.
Rosemary raised, loved and supported each of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren with unconditional love. All have fond memories of the times shared together. The family treasures Rosemary for her caring, strong, graceful and fun personality, as a mother, grandmother and great-grandmom!
Numbers 6:24-26 - May GOD bless you, and keep you protect you. May the Lord make His face shine upon you with favor, surrounding you with loving kindness. May GOD lift up His countenance upon you with divine approval, and give you peace.
Rosemary is survived by her daughters and son: Diane C. Stephan of Princeton NJ, Barbara Stephan of Holladay UT, Carol Danzi of Oakland NJ and Kenneth Stephan of Windsor CA; six cherished grandchildren: Roshan, Keihan and Bijan Rasekhi, Christopher Danzi, Jenna and husband James Cullere, and Alyssa Danzi; and great-grand children: Kasper Rasekhi, James, Brody, and Chloe Cullere, and Christopher Danzi. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Henry A. Stephan and her dear brother of Arthur Benz.
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Family and friends are invited to a service of committal at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 225 Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover, on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, beginning at 1:45 pm in the cemetery’s mausoleum. Please meet directly at the cemetery.
August 11, 2017
Services
Family and friends are invited to a service of committal at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 225 Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover, on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, beginning at 1:45 pm in the cemetery’s mausoleum. Please meet directly at the cemetery.
Our beautiful Mom and Grammy, Rosemary Anne Stephan, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 11, 2017. With her goes a piece of our hearts.
Born in Newark, NJ, Rosemary was the child of immigrant parents from Germany. After high school she was employed at the Newark Airport. It was there that she met United States Air Force pilot Henry A. Stephan.
After marriage, Rosemary and Henry initially moved to Little Falls, NJ. As the family grew, they moved to Verona, NJ where they lived for the next twenty-five years. Rosemary was employed at the West Essex High School in North Caldwell, NJ until retirement. For a time, she and Henry lived in Skaneateles, NY where she learned the craft of needlepoint and she sold her creations to local gift shops. Retirement years were enjoyed traveling across the country to visit family and to enjoy the beauty and grandeur of the U.S. National Parks.
After ten years of country living, Rosemary and Henry moved back to New Jersey to enjoy their many grandchildren. When Henry passed in 1999, Rosemary moved to the Summer Hill Senior Living community where she made many close friends and enjoyed the association of the Golden Age Club members from the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wayne, NJ.
Rosemary was an awesome cook and baker. Her family delighted in all her homemade specialties and holiday dinners. She was a fun and happy woman who cared deeply for her children and grandchildren. She always had a warm smile and was generous to all. She was also a very talented artist, skilled in pastel and drawing.
Rosemary raised, loved and supported each of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren with unconditional love. All have fond memories of the times shared together. The family treasures Rosemary for her caring, strong, graceful and fun personality, as a mother, grandmother and great-grandmom!
Numbers 6:24-26 - May GOD bless you, and keep you protect you. May the Lord make His face shine upon you with favor, surrounding you with loving kindness. May GOD lift up His countenance upon you with divine approval, and give you peace.
Rosemary is survived by her daughters and son: Diane C. Stephan of Princeton NJ, Barbara Stephan of Holladay UT, Carol Danzi of Oakland NJ and Kenneth Stephan of Windsor CA; six cherished grandchildren: Roshan, Keihan and Bijan Rasekhi, Christopher Danzi, Jenna and husband James Cullere, and Alyssa Danzi; and great-grand children: Kasper Rasekhi, James, Brody, and Chloe Cullere, and Christopher Danzi. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Henry A. Stephan and her dear brother of Arthur Benz.
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