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October 31, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-7 PM on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held privately.
Interment will be in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
Ruth Nikithser, a sixty-three year resident of Clifton, passed Wednesday, October 31, 2018.
She was born in Newark to Eugene and Louisa Ensslin. She was raised in Bloomfield and graduated from Bloomfield High School where she was a twirler with the Class of 1948.
Just out of high school Ruth worked at the Prudential Insurance Company in Newark. As a young lady Ruth was walking on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights when a young man approached and said “hello Ann” to which Ruth responded “you have the wrong girl.” Well this pick-up line of John Nikithser’s worked pretty well and they fell in love. Ruth and John married on July 25, 1953 at Holy Trinity Church in Passaic, the day he was discharged from the Army. They attempted to honeymoon in Florida but as they drove down John became ill with Malaria he contracted during his service in Korea. Actually it deserves mentioning that he was a gunner in a tank and at 6’5” he just about fit in the thing. They admitted him to Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda Maryland and Ruth’s mom came to stay with her until John was released. They returned to New Jersey and soon headed for Florida once again. Ruth and John truly loved each-other and that love deepened with the loss of their seven year old son to Leukemia in 1970. Their marriage of fifty-six years, which is best characterized by the term soul-mates, ended with John’s passing in 2009.
Ruth will be fondly remembered for her off-color, inappropriate remarks and sense of humor. She had the best laugh, was loving and generous, enjoyed the beach, and loved trips to Wildwood Crest in June and September. She was fastidious about housework, did not like to fly, was terrified of cats, and wouldn’t go on a cruise for fear that sharks would eat her. Most of all she will be remembered for being a loving mom and devoted grandmother.
Ruth was the loving wife of the late John Nikithser (d.2009); devoted mother of Nancy Carluccio and her husband Art of Wayne, and the late Kenny Nikithser (d.1970); cherished grandmother of Kenny Carluccio of Little Falls and Ali Carluccio of Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 14 Commerce Drive, Suite 301, Cranford, NJ 07016 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-7 PM on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held privately.
Interment will be in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
October 31, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-7 PM on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held privately.
Interment will be in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
Ruth Nikithser, a sixty-three year resident of Clifton, passed Wednesday, October 31, 2018.
She was born in Newark to Eugene and Louisa Ensslin. She was raised in Bloomfield and graduated from Bloomfield High School where she was a twirler with the Class of 1948.
Just out of high school Ruth worked at the Prudential Insurance Company in Newark. As a young lady Ruth was walking on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights when a young man approached and said “hello Ann” to which Ruth responded “you have the wrong girl.” Well this pick-up line of John Nikithser’s worked pretty well and they fell in love. Ruth and John married on July 25, 1953 at Holy Trinity Church in Passaic, the day he was discharged from the Army. They attempted to honeymoon in Florida but as they drove down John became ill with Malaria he contracted during his service in Korea. Actually it deserves mentioning that he was a gunner in a tank and at 6’5” he just about fit in the thing. They admitted him to Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda Maryland and Ruth’s mom came to stay with her until John was released. They returned to New Jersey and soon headed for Florida once again. Ruth and John truly loved each-other and that love deepened with the loss of their seven year old son to Leukemia in 1970. Their marriage of fifty-six years, which is best characterized by the term soul-mates, ended with John’s passing in 2009.
Ruth will be fondly remembered for her off-color, inappropriate remarks and sense of humor. She had the best laugh, was loving and generous, enjoyed the beach, and loved trips to Wildwood Crest in June and September. She was fastidious about housework, did not like to fly, was terrified of cats, and wouldn’t go on a cruise for fear that sharks would eat her. Most of all she will be remembered for being a loving mom and devoted grandmother.
Ruth was the loving wife of the late John Nikithser (d.2009); devoted mother of Nancy Carluccio and her husband Art of Wayne, and the late Kenny Nikithser (d.1970); cherished grandmother of Kenny Carluccio of Little Falls and Ali Carluccio of Wayne.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 14 Commerce Drive, Suite 301, Cranford, NJ 07016 would be appreciated.
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