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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, April 3, 2016 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, April 4, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Ruth H. Kohler, age 89 of Naples, FL, and Wayne died on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 with her family at her bedside. She had lived in Wayne since 1959 and also resided in Naples, Florida for twenty years. She was a founding member of Our Lady of the Valley Church in Wayne.
Ruth grew up in Jersey City and graduated from Dickinson High School. Her family moved to Lyndhurst, NJ and she began working in New York City as a stenographer for AT&T. While commuting to New York on the train one day, she met a handsome young man named Charlie Kohler and she asked him “Do you have a light?” From the moment he struck that match, their love blossomed. They married on October 4, 1952 at Sacred Heart RC Church in Lyndhurst and enjoyed a honeymoon to Quebec, Montreal, and Niagara falls. They settled into a small apartment on 2nd Ave in Lyndhurst before moving to Wayne in 1959 and starting a family. In 1975, she and Charlie started their own company together, Universal Bunker Services, supplying fuel to the shipping and cruise line industry where they worked together until they retired in 1997. After retirement, they moved to Naples, Florida where they enjoyed time with friends, walking the beach and boating along with dabbling in golf and tennis. Over the past twenty years, while spending the summer months in Wayne, they travelled frequently to Europe - Venice was her favorite destination. Ruth and Charlie also were avid cruisers and since many of the cruise lines were customers of theirs, they would often receive special accommodations while onboard ship, such as complimentary champagne and dinner with the captain, which made their trips that much more memorable. From the day the met on the train, Ruth and Charlie were inseparable and celebrated their sixty third wedding anniversary last October.
Besides being a devoted wife, Ruth dedicated herself to raising her children, and she did it with grace. Her children recall how supportive and helpful she always was and how she was simply a great mom. She made their house a ‘home,’ where all felt welcome. Holiday and birthday dinners were among her favorite to host, when their house was often filled with family and friends. Ruth was an excellent seamstress too, making professional grade draperies for the house. After retirement, she took up painting. Her paintings will be treasured by her family.
Ruth is survived by her loving husband Charlie of Naples, FL and Wayne, by her daughter; RuthAnn Kohler of Boonton Township, by her son; Chuck Kohler and his wife Janet of Bernardsville, NJ, and three grandchildren; Eric Kohler of Memphis, TN, Chelsey Kohler of New York, NY, and Andrew Kauf of Boonton Township. She was predeceased by her sister; Iris Hurley and her brother; Jim Hurley.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, April 3, 2016 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, April 4, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, April 3, 2016 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, April 4, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Ruth H. Kohler, age 89 of Naples, FL, and Wayne died on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 with her family at her bedside. She had lived in Wayne since 1959 and also resided in Naples, Florida for twenty years. She was a founding member of Our Lady of the Valley Church in Wayne.
Ruth grew up in Jersey City and graduated from Dickinson High School. Her family moved to Lyndhurst, NJ and she began working in New York City as a stenographer for AT&T. While commuting to New York on the train one day, she met a handsome young man named Charlie Kohler and she asked him “Do you have a light?” From the moment he struck that match, their love blossomed. They married on October 4, 1952 at Sacred Heart RC Church in Lyndhurst and enjoyed a honeymoon to Quebec, Montreal, and Niagara falls. They settled into a small apartment on 2nd Ave in Lyndhurst before moving to Wayne in 1959 and starting a family. In 1975, she and Charlie started their own company together, Universal Bunker Services, supplying fuel to the shipping and cruise line industry where they worked together until they retired in 1997. After retirement, they moved to Naples, Florida where they enjoyed time with friends, walking the beach and boating along with dabbling in golf and tennis. Over the past twenty years, while spending the summer months in Wayne, they travelled frequently to Europe - Venice was her favorite destination. Ruth and Charlie also were avid cruisers and since many of the cruise lines were customers of theirs, they would often receive special accommodations while onboard ship, such as complimentary champagne and dinner with the captain, which made their trips that much more memorable. From the day the met on the train, Ruth and Charlie were inseparable and celebrated their sixty third wedding anniversary last October.
Besides being a devoted wife, Ruth dedicated herself to raising her children, and she did it with grace. Her children recall how supportive and helpful she always was and how she was simply a great mom. She made their house a ‘home,’ where all felt welcome. Holiday and birthday dinners were among her favorite to host, when their house was often filled with family and friends. Ruth was an excellent seamstress too, making professional grade draperies for the house. After retirement, she took up painting. Her paintings will be treasured by her family.
Ruth is survived by her loving husband Charlie of Naples, FL and Wayne, by her daughter; RuthAnn Kohler of Boonton Township, by her son; Chuck Kohler and his wife Janet of Bernardsville, NJ, and three grandchildren; Eric Kohler of Memphis, TN, Chelsey Kohler of New York, NY, and Andrew Kauf of Boonton Township. She was predeceased by her sister; Iris Hurley and her brother; Jim Hurley.
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