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December 31, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday, January 4th 2011 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, Wayne.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at the funeral home.
Sandra J. Hellerman "Sandy" (nee Romaine) age 71 of Pompton Lakes passed away Friday, December 31, 2010 at Chilton Memorial Hospital. Her passing was tranquil and gracious while receiving the loving care of her family who were at her bedside.
She was born in Pompton Plains and lived there before moving to Pompton Lakes 47 years ago.
Sandy received her formal education at Pequannock Valley School and at Butler High School graduating with the class of 1957.
One of her first work experiences was at Prudential Insurance Company in Newark where she was a Secretary. She later worked for K/M Kinetic Enterprises in Butler and later for Brookside Heights Condominium Association in Wanaque as an Office Manager before her retirement in 2005.
She was a member of the First Reform Church of Pompton Plains where she was a Sunday school teacher and a Girl Scout Leader. She also served on the Board of Health in Pompton Lakes.
Sandy was gifted with an upbeat personality that made friends easily and was call "friend" by a host of people. She had a great sense of humor and was always ready with a joke or two.
Her finest dedication in her life's journey was being a mother and grandmother. Her children described her roll in their lives as a very caring, giving and loving mom. She was always concerned about their well being. She was a great cook and her kitchen was always open to everyone.
Don and Sandy met at the Alderney Milk Barn on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne. It cost Don a few ice cream cones but he won Sandy's heart and they married on January 22, 1961 and had fifty years of a wonderful "exciting" marriage together.
She leaves her family with wonderful memories of may cruises on the Hudson River with the families own boat as well as many trips to Ortley Beach where the family rented a shore house each year and the whole family took their vacation together. Somehow Mom would end up making the food for the whole Hellerman tribe and then some. At the yacht club on the Hudson where the family docked their boat she ran the snack shop.
Her whole family joins their hearts together to say "Thank You", one more time, for being such a wonderful wife, mother and mom-mom. You were the best, and will always be in our hearts forever.
Great sadness struck her life journey when in 2009 her sister Sue Whritenour passed away.
Surviving to mourn her loss are her loving husband Donald G. Hellerman; three Daughters Donna Boss of Pompton Lakes, Susan Kozak-Manna and her Husband Robert of Pompton Plains, Nancy Ficklin of Wanaque; two sisters Darlene Ahmad of Pompton Plains and Sharon Rakshys and her husband Edward of Wantage; three cherished Grandchildren Cassandra Ficklin, Deena Kozak and Jenna Manna.
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Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday, January 4th 2011 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, Wayne.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at the funeral home.
December 31, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday, January 4th 2011 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, Wayne.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at the funeral home.
Sandra J. Hellerman "Sandy" (nee Romaine) age 71 of Pompton Lakes passed away Friday, December 31, 2010 at Chilton Memorial Hospital. Her passing was tranquil and gracious while receiving the loving care of her family who were at her bedside.
She was born in Pompton Plains and lived there before moving to Pompton Lakes 47 years ago.
Sandy received her formal education at Pequannock Valley School and at Butler High School graduating with the class of 1957.
One of her first work experiences was at Prudential Insurance Company in Newark where she was a Secretary. She later worked for K/M Kinetic Enterprises in Butler and later for Brookside Heights Condominium Association in Wanaque as an Office Manager before her retirement in 2005.
She was a member of the First Reform Church of Pompton Plains where she was a Sunday school teacher and a Girl Scout Leader. She also served on the Board of Health in Pompton Lakes.
Sandy was gifted with an upbeat personality that made friends easily and was call "friend" by a host of people. She had a great sense of humor and was always ready with a joke or two.
Her finest dedication in her life's journey was being a mother and grandmother. Her children described her roll in their lives as a very caring, giving and loving mom. She was always concerned about their well being. She was a great cook and her kitchen was always open to everyone.
Don and Sandy met at the Alderney Milk Barn on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne. It cost Don a few ice cream cones but he won Sandy's heart and they married on January 22, 1961 and had fifty years of a wonderful "exciting" marriage together.
She leaves her family with wonderful memories of may cruises on the Hudson River with the families own boat as well as many trips to Ortley Beach where the family rented a shore house each year and the whole family took their vacation together. Somehow Mom would end up making the food for the whole Hellerman tribe and then some. At the yacht club on the Hudson where the family docked their boat she ran the snack shop.
Her whole family joins their hearts together to say "Thank You", one more time, for being such a wonderful wife, mother and mom-mom. You were the best, and will always be in our hearts forever.
Great sadness struck her life journey when in 2009 her sister Sue Whritenour passed away.
Surviving to mourn her loss are her loving husband Donald G. Hellerman; three Daughters Donna Boss of Pompton Lakes, Susan Kozak-Manna and her Husband Robert of Pompton Plains, Nancy Ficklin of Wanaque; two sisters Darlene Ahmad of Pompton Plains and Sharon Rakshys and her husband Edward of Wantage; three cherished Grandchildren Cassandra Ficklin, Deena Kozak and Jenna Manna.
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