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January 31, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, February 3, 2013 from 2-5 PM and Monday, February 4, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, February 5 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
Sally Ann Ryerson, age 66 of Wayne died peacefully on Thursday, January 31, 2013.
Born in Newark, Sally was the older of Russell and Mary Zabriskie’s two children. Soon after birth, the Zabriskie family moved to Wayne and Sally attended first grade at Wayne’s historic Preakness School, but her father’s career moved the family to Colorado and Sally graduated from St. James Elementary School in Denver. The Zabriskie’s moved back to New Jersey and Sally went on to graduate from Wayne Valley High School. She furthered her education and graduated with her Associates Degree from Saint Alphonsus College in Woodcliff Lake.
While at college, she met Earle Ryerson, Jr. They married on April 18, 1970 at Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Wayne with Monsignor Wolsen presiding. After a reception at Lydecker’s Northwood on Route 23 in Butler, the newlyweds honeymooned in Bermuda and settled in Nutly.
Sally found a home with the Mandee Corporation, now known as Big M, Inc. of Totowa. It is with this company, her second family, that she enjoyed a long and meaningful career that continued until her passing. Most recently, she served as the corporate receptionist and because of her love for people and the genuine interest she demonstrated to everyone she met, it was the perfect job for her!
Sally adored her beloved husband Earle. It didn’t matter what they did, as long as they did it together, but they especially enjoyed sharing dinner together at The Robin Hood Inn in Clifton or The Manor in West Orange. They also loved Gallagher’s Steakhouse on 52nd Street in New York City where they would often meet Sally’s younger brother Laurie who was in college at the time. After thirty-six years of a wonderful life together Earle passed away on April 21, 2006.
Recently Sally had a beautiful cat named Bootsie. His black and white fur gave the impression that he was donning a high class tuxedo and, for the caliber of food Sally fed him, you would think a tuxedo would be required to show up for dinner. No canned cat food for Bootsie! Oh no! Sally wouldn’t hear of it. Instead Bootsie was served fresh shrimp and delicious free range chicken! He was a special boy who unfortunately passed away from cancer just the day before this past thanksgiving.
Sally had a wonderful faith in God that made her the person her family and friends knew, loved and respected. As a parishioner of Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Wayne, Sally volunteered to help the church in whatever capacity she could. As recently as this past November 11, Sally organized and helped scramble over three hundred eggs and make the Veterans Day breakfast at the church an enjoyable time for many of the parishioners. She never missed mass, not solely from an obligation to attend but for her love of Jesus! She walked close with Him and had many prayer books and written prayers throughout her home to remind her of His love for her and others. Sally’s belief in Christianity inspired her to love those she came in contact with and helped her embrace a strong feeling of compassion and an absence of judgment toward her fellow man. She was always doing things for others!
Sally also enjoyed spending quality time with her nieces and nephews. One of her favorite places to take them was the theater in New York City and she attended all of their milestone moments like baptisms, graduations and weddings.
As a child, Sally, her brother Laurie and their cousins Maryanne, Jay and Tom loved to pile into Aunt Anne’s 1964 Chevy Impala convertible and head for Rutt’s Hut for deep fried hot dogs known as “Rippers”, burgers with gravy, french fries and ice cold birch beer. The Zabriskie family also had a tradition that spanned from 1951 to 2000 where the entire extended family would spend part of their summers in Newport Rhode Island. It was like a second home for the family and a come-together place where family memories were made. While there, Sally especially loved spending time on the beach, swimming in the ocean, trips to Block Island and going to the Lobster Pot Restaurant for dinner.
Sally is survived by her brother Laurence Zabriskie and wife Donna, her niece Elizabeth Conner, her cousins Maryanne Farrell and husband Tom and Thomas Healey, and her cousin’s children: Carey Anne, Kevin, Liam, Connor and Lauren.
In lieu of flowers, as an expression of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Sally’s memory to Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherds Lane, Totowa, NJ 07512 or Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, February 3, 2013 from 2-5 PM and Monday, February 4, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, February 5 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
January 31, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, February 3, 2013 from 2-5 PM and Monday, February 4, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, February 5 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
Sally Ann Ryerson, age 66 of Wayne died peacefully on Thursday, January 31, 2013.
Born in Newark, Sally was the older of Russell and Mary Zabriskie’s two children. Soon after birth, the Zabriskie family moved to Wayne and Sally attended first grade at Wayne’s historic Preakness School, but her father’s career moved the family to Colorado and Sally graduated from St. James Elementary School in Denver. The Zabriskie’s moved back to New Jersey and Sally went on to graduate from Wayne Valley High School. She furthered her education and graduated with her Associates Degree from Saint Alphonsus College in Woodcliff Lake.
While at college, she met Earle Ryerson, Jr. They married on April 18, 1970 at Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Wayne with Monsignor Wolsen presiding. After a reception at Lydecker’s Northwood on Route 23 in Butler, the newlyweds honeymooned in Bermuda and settled in Nutly.
Sally found a home with the Mandee Corporation, now known as Big M, Inc. of Totowa. It is with this company, her second family, that she enjoyed a long and meaningful career that continued until her passing. Most recently, she served as the corporate receptionist and because of her love for people and the genuine interest she demonstrated to everyone she met, it was the perfect job for her!
Sally adored her beloved husband Earle. It didn’t matter what they did, as long as they did it together, but they especially enjoyed sharing dinner together at The Robin Hood Inn in Clifton or The Manor in West Orange. They also loved Gallagher’s Steakhouse on 52nd Street in New York City where they would often meet Sally’s younger brother Laurie who was in college at the time. After thirty-six years of a wonderful life together Earle passed away on April 21, 2006.
Recently Sally had a beautiful cat named Bootsie. His black and white fur gave the impression that he was donning a high class tuxedo and, for the caliber of food Sally fed him, you would think a tuxedo would be required to show up for dinner. No canned cat food for Bootsie! Oh no! Sally wouldn’t hear of it. Instead Bootsie was served fresh shrimp and delicious free range chicken! He was a special boy who unfortunately passed away from cancer just the day before this past thanksgiving.
Sally had a wonderful faith in God that made her the person her family and friends knew, loved and respected. As a parishioner of Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Wayne, Sally volunteered to help the church in whatever capacity she could. As recently as this past November 11, Sally organized and helped scramble over three hundred eggs and make the Veterans Day breakfast at the church an enjoyable time for many of the parishioners. She never missed mass, not solely from an obligation to attend but for her love of Jesus! She walked close with Him and had many prayer books and written prayers throughout her home to remind her of His love for her and others. Sally’s belief in Christianity inspired her to love those she came in contact with and helped her embrace a strong feeling of compassion and an absence of judgment toward her fellow man. She was always doing things for others!
Sally also enjoyed spending quality time with her nieces and nephews. One of her favorite places to take them was the theater in New York City and she attended all of their milestone moments like baptisms, graduations and weddings.
As a child, Sally, her brother Laurie and their cousins Maryanne, Jay and Tom loved to pile into Aunt Anne’s 1964 Chevy Impala convertible and head for Rutt’s Hut for deep fried hot dogs known as “Rippers”, burgers with gravy, french fries and ice cold birch beer. The Zabriskie family also had a tradition that spanned from 1951 to 2000 where the entire extended family would spend part of their summers in Newport Rhode Island. It was like a second home for the family and a come-together place where family memories were made. While there, Sally especially loved spending time on the beach, swimming in the ocean, trips to Block Island and going to the Lobster Pot Restaurant for dinner.
Sally is survived by her brother Laurence Zabriskie and wife Donna, her niece Elizabeth Conner, her cousins Maryanne Farrell and husband Tom and Thomas Healey, and her cousin’s children: Carey Anne, Kevin, Liam, Connor and Lauren.
In lieu of flowers, as an expression of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Sally’s memory to Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherds Lane, Totowa, NJ 07512 or Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church.
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