January 9, 2009

Ruth Furstenberger

Wayne

Services

Funeral services will be held Tuesday 12 Noon at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne with visitation from 10 AM – 12 Noon preceding the service.

Interment will be in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson.

Ruth Furstenberger(nee Muller) age 88 of Glen Rock, formerly of Wayne and Paterson, died on Friday, January 9, 2009 with the comfort of her family by her side.

Ruth was born in the family home at 72 East 22nd Street, Paterson to Rudolf and Bertha (Stejskal) Muller. Her birth certificate lists her father as being a Baker from Switzerland. She was raised in Paterson and graduated from Eastside High School. She lived in Wayne for eight years before moving to Glen Rock thirty years ago.

She met her husband while roller skating in Hackensack and both enjoyed dancing at the local dance hall in Paterson. They married on November 20, 1942 in Warren Point, Bergen County

Ruth loved to do Counted Cross Stitch, enjoyed her garden, and hosted Christmas at her home for the family for many years including two weeks ago. Most of all she was famous for her Christmas Cookies. She would bake many different kinds and delighted in giving them to family and friends.

Wife of the late Robert Mitchell(1974) and the late Gustave Furstenberger(1986); loving mother of George Mitchell of Wayne; sister of Gladys Dewan of Wayne and the late Wilbert, Harold, and Roy Muller; dear grandmother of Lori Mitchell of Weehawken and Kimberly and Lawrence Epstein of Kinnelon; Ruth was especially thrilled to learn she was going to be a great grandmother; she was a loved Aunt and friend to many.

Those planning an expression of sympathy are welcome to send flowers or make a donation to the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 700 S. Maple Ave., Glen Rock, NJ 07452.

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Services

Funeral services will be held Tuesday 12 Noon at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne with visitation from 10 AM – 12 Noon preceding the service.

Interment will be in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson.

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