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Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, August 28, 2016 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, August 29, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where 11:00 AM Mass will be offered.
Sherin W. Favocci, age 61, of Wayne, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 23, 2016.
Sherin was born and raised in Amman, Jordan. It was a beautiful place to grow up with her parents and her siblings. When she was sixteen, her parents decided to move the family to the United States in pursuit of the American Dream.
Sherin’s family settled in North Arlington. She tested into North Arlington High School and consequently was able to skip a grade, graduating with the Class of 1971, then she earned her associates degree at Bergen Community College.
Sherin’s first job was with the Panasonic Corporation in the old Pan Am building in New York City. The company later relocated to Secaucus, NJ and Sherin enjoyed a long and prosperous career there from 1974 to 2005. While with Panasonic, she met Rudy Favocci at a holiday party in 1983. They worked together in the IT department and soon after the party, Rudy asked Sherin out for dinner. Six months later, on June 30, 1984, Rudy proposed marriage at her parent’s house before taking Sherin back to the restaurant to celebrate where they had their first date. Exactly one year later, On Sunday, June 30, 1985, they exchanged their wedding vows before God, family and friends at Queen of Peace Church in North Arlington. A beautiful reception followed at The Manor in West Orange where Sherin and Rudy danced their first wedding dance to Always and Forever by that one-hit-wonder band Heatwave. After a honeymoon in Hawaii they settled in Lincoln Park.
While living in Lincoln Park, two children arrived – first Rudy III and then Rebecca. Sherin poured herself into her kids, taking them to activities like sports, cheerleading, Scouts, and dance lessons, all while continuing to work part-time at Panasonic. Along the way she managed to earn her bachelors degree from Montclair State University in 1988. In 1992, the family moved to Wayne first to Kuiken Court and then in 1995 to Thorne Hill. In 2008 Sherin took a new job as an auditor with Toys R Us in the Wayne corporate headquarters where she worked until 2016. She had just begun a new job this past June as Assistant to the President of William Paterson University and she was loving it.
Sherin had boundless energy. She worked out on a regular basis and had done so since the days when Jack LaLane had a health club in Wayne. More recently she was into taking Zumba and Pilates full body work out classes. Extremely health-minded, she never met a fruit or vegetable she didn’t like. It should come as no surprise that Sherin also loved to dance and if she was at an event where dancing was on the menu, you could bet she’d only sit in her chair with that antsy look for so long before dragging someone onto the floor to dance. She loved competitive shows like Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, and The Voice, and she loved watching her daughter Rebecca’s dance recitals, cheerleading competitions and dancing for Muhlenberg.
Sherin loved being with people and it didn’t matter who you were. You could be a total stranger staying at the same resort and Sherin would ask, “You’re staying at the same resort as us? Great, let’s have dinner tonight!” She would talk to anyone. She had such an infectious and magnetic personality. She would host an affair at her home just to get people together for socializing and chit-chatting. Sherin loved the beach and, in the summer, she and Rudy would spend almost every weekend at the Favocci family summer home in Toms River. Sherin would sun by the pool, catch up with her sister-in-laws, play a few rounds of Words with Friends on her iPad – a game she was obsessed with and would sometimes play till what seemed like five-o-clock in the morning, then maybe visit her brother Emil who had a shore house nearby.
Above all, Sherin adored her family and would do anything for them, always putting their needs and wants ahead of hers. When her son Rudy got a dog that wasn’t allowed to stay at his apartment, the dog ended up at Sherin and Rudy’s house. Not a huge dog lover, Sherin would often say of Stella, a very large German Shepherd, “I never signed up for this.” But she must have loved Stella because you could invariably spot Sherin in her kitchen, cutting the fat off the evening chicken and putting it in a separate bowl marked in the refrigerator “for dog”. Once she made a cake for a 4th of July picnic and Stella devoured the whole thing. She calmly made another cake. She was a coupon queen, so there would typically be piles of magazines laying around from which she would find great recipes and clip coupons. Sherin loved all and consequently was loved by all who had the privilege of having her in their life.
Surviving are Sherin’s beloved husband of 31years – Rudy, Jr.; her dear son Rudy, III and his fiancée Cristina Michnea; her dear daughter Rebecca Favocci and her boyfriend Marc Brookland; and her dear siblings: Fuad and wife Khaloud Werr of Anaheim, CA, Norma and husband John Stickel of Springfield, VA, and Emil and wife Dawn Werr of Wayne, Along with 12 nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her loving parents: Nasim and Salwa Werr.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Sherin’s name are asked to consider Autism Speaks, ATTN Web Gift, 1060 State Road, 2nd Floor, Princeton, NJ 08540 please mark your checks as "The A Team". Or donate online: www.autismspeakswalk.org
Am Always With You
When I am gone, release me, let me go.
I have so many things to see and do, you mustn’t tie yourself to me with too many tears, but be thankful we had so many good years.
I gave you my love, and you can only guess how much you’ve given me in happiness.
I thank you for the love that you have shown, but now it is time I traveled on alone.
So grieve for me a while that we must part, then let your grief be comforted by trust that it is only for a while that we must part, so treasure the memories within your heart.
I won’t be far away for life goes on.
And if you need me, call and I will come.
Though you can’t see or touch me, I will be near and if you listen with your heart, you’ll hear all my love around you soft and clear and then, when you come this way alone, I’ll greet you with a smile and a “Welcome Home.”
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Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, August 28, 2016 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, August 29, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where 11:00 AM Mass will be offered.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, August 28, 2016 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, August 29, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne where 11:00 AM Mass will be offered.
Sherin W. Favocci, age 61, of Wayne, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 23, 2016.
Sherin was born and raised in Amman, Jordan. It was a beautiful place to grow up with her parents and her siblings. When she was sixteen, her parents decided to move the family to the United States in pursuit of the American Dream.
Sherin’s family settled in North Arlington. She tested into North Arlington High School and consequently was able to skip a grade, graduating with the Class of 1971, then she earned her associates degree at Bergen Community College.
Sherin’s first job was with the Panasonic Corporation in the old Pan Am building in New York City. The company later relocated to Secaucus, NJ and Sherin enjoyed a long and prosperous career there from 1974 to 2005. While with Panasonic, she met Rudy Favocci at a holiday party in 1983. They worked together in the IT department and soon after the party, Rudy asked Sherin out for dinner. Six months later, on June 30, 1984, Rudy proposed marriage at her parent’s house before taking Sherin back to the restaurant to celebrate where they had their first date. Exactly one year later, On Sunday, June 30, 1985, they exchanged their wedding vows before God, family and friends at Queen of Peace Church in North Arlington. A beautiful reception followed at The Manor in West Orange where Sherin and Rudy danced their first wedding dance to Always and Forever by that one-hit-wonder band Heatwave. After a honeymoon in Hawaii they settled in Lincoln Park.
While living in Lincoln Park, two children arrived – first Rudy III and then Rebecca. Sherin poured herself into her kids, taking them to activities like sports, cheerleading, Scouts, and dance lessons, all while continuing to work part-time at Panasonic. Along the way she managed to earn her bachelors degree from Montclair State University in 1988. In 1992, the family moved to Wayne first to Kuiken Court and then in 1995 to Thorne Hill. In 2008 Sherin took a new job as an auditor with Toys R Us in the Wayne corporate headquarters where she worked until 2016. She had just begun a new job this past June as Assistant to the President of William Paterson University and she was loving it.
Sherin had boundless energy. She worked out on a regular basis and had done so since the days when Jack LaLane had a health club in Wayne. More recently she was into taking Zumba and Pilates full body work out classes. Extremely health-minded, she never met a fruit or vegetable she didn’t like. It should come as no surprise that Sherin also loved to dance and if she was at an event where dancing was on the menu, you could bet she’d only sit in her chair with that antsy look for so long before dragging someone onto the floor to dance. She loved competitive shows like Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, and The Voice, and she loved watching her daughter Rebecca’s dance recitals, cheerleading competitions and dancing for Muhlenberg.
Sherin loved being with people and it didn’t matter who you were. You could be a total stranger staying at the same resort and Sherin would ask, “You’re staying at the same resort as us? Great, let’s have dinner tonight!” She would talk to anyone. She had such an infectious and magnetic personality. She would host an affair at her home just to get people together for socializing and chit-chatting. Sherin loved the beach and, in the summer, she and Rudy would spend almost every weekend at the Favocci family summer home in Toms River. Sherin would sun by the pool, catch up with her sister-in-laws, play a few rounds of Words with Friends on her iPad – a game she was obsessed with and would sometimes play till what seemed like five-o-clock in the morning, then maybe visit her brother Emil who had a shore house nearby.
Above all, Sherin adored her family and would do anything for them, always putting their needs and wants ahead of hers. When her son Rudy got a dog that wasn’t allowed to stay at his apartment, the dog ended up at Sherin and Rudy’s house. Not a huge dog lover, Sherin would often say of Stella, a very large German Shepherd, “I never signed up for this.” But she must have loved Stella because you could invariably spot Sherin in her kitchen, cutting the fat off the evening chicken and putting it in a separate bowl marked in the refrigerator “for dog”. Once she made a cake for a 4th of July picnic and Stella devoured the whole thing. She calmly made another cake. She was a coupon queen, so there would typically be piles of magazines laying around from which she would find great recipes and clip coupons. Sherin loved all and consequently was loved by all who had the privilege of having her in their life.
Surviving are Sherin’s beloved husband of 31years – Rudy, Jr.; her dear son Rudy, III and his fiancée Cristina Michnea; her dear daughter Rebecca Favocci and her boyfriend Marc Brookland; and her dear siblings: Fuad and wife Khaloud Werr of Anaheim, CA, Norma and husband John Stickel of Springfield, VA, and Emil and wife Dawn Werr of Wayne, Along with 12 nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her loving parents: Nasim and Salwa Werr.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Sherin’s name are asked to consider Autism Speaks, ATTN Web Gift, 1060 State Road, 2nd Floor, Princeton, NJ 08540 please mark your checks as "The A Team". Or donate online: www.autismspeakswalk.org
Am Always With You
When I am gone, release me, let me go.
I have so many things to see and do, you mustn’t tie yourself to me with too many tears, but be thankful we had so many good years.
I gave you my love, and you can only guess how much you’ve given me in happiness.
I thank you for the love that you have shown, but now it is time I traveled on alone.
So grieve for me a while that we must part, then let your grief be comforted by trust that it is only for a while that we must part, so treasure the memories within your heart.
I won’t be far away for life goes on.
And if you need me, call and I will come.
Though you can’t see or touch me, I will be near and if you listen with your heart, you’ll hear all my love around you soft and clear and then, when you come this way alone, I’ll greet you with a smile and a “Welcome Home.”
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