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June 19, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, June 23, 2013.
A memorial service will be held 11 AM on Monday, June 24, 2013 at the Packanack Community Church in Wayne.
Shirley “Nickie” Bogdanffy (nee Nicklin) age 84 of Wayne passed Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at home.
She was born and raised in Marlboro, NY and was once crowned the Gooseberry Picking Champion of Ulster County.
Shirley graduated from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA with a Bachelor of Science Degree in English with the Class of 1951. While at Susquehanna University she was a member of the tennis team. Years later she received her Masters Degree in English from William Paterson University in Wayne.
While at Susquehanna University she met Robert Bogdanffy. Shirley was a waitress in the cafeteria and got Robert’s attention by repeatedly taking his plate before he was finished. They eventually fell in love and were married. The newly married couple moved to San Antonio, Texas as Robert was serving in the US Army. Shirley taught English and French while in San Antonio. After several years they moved back to New Jersey and found a home in the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne. After twenty years of marriage they divorced and eventually reconciled becoming close friends.
Shirley lived in the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne for almost sixty years. She was a member of the Packanack Community Church in Wayne. She also enjoyed many years of assisting at the Oasis Haven for Woman and Children in Paterson where she read stories and helped children with their homework.
She taught at Manchester Regional High School in North Haledon for over thirty years before retiring in 1991.
She was a humble person who loved her work as a teacher. She was especially proud, after retiring, to get several letter from former students stating how she had inspired them to learn. She enjoyed gardening and was a member of the Packanack Garden Club and a member of the Friends of the Wayne Public Library. Aside from her enjoyment of teaching and learning she was a voracious reader of English and European History, Anthropology, Greek Mythology, Art, and History.
She was the loving mother of Susan Shane and her husband John in Wayne, and John Bogdanffy of Fair Lawn; cherished grandmother of Jennifer Shane and Robert Bogdanffy; dear sister of Jane Moss and John Nicklin and his wife Carol.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, June 23, 2013.
A memorial service will be held 11 AM on Monday, June 24, 2013 at the Packanack Community Church in Wayne.
June 19, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, June 23, 2013.
A memorial service will be held 11 AM on Monday, June 24, 2013 at the Packanack Community Church in Wayne.
Shirley “Nickie” Bogdanffy (nee Nicklin) age 84 of Wayne passed Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at home.
She was born and raised in Marlboro, NY and was once crowned the Gooseberry Picking Champion of Ulster County.
Shirley graduated from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA with a Bachelor of Science Degree in English with the Class of 1951. While at Susquehanna University she was a member of the tennis team. Years later she received her Masters Degree in English from William Paterson University in Wayne.
While at Susquehanna University she met Robert Bogdanffy. Shirley was a waitress in the cafeteria and got Robert’s attention by repeatedly taking his plate before he was finished. They eventually fell in love and were married. The newly married couple moved to San Antonio, Texas as Robert was serving in the US Army. Shirley taught English and French while in San Antonio. After several years they moved back to New Jersey and found a home in the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne. After twenty years of marriage they divorced and eventually reconciled becoming close friends.
Shirley lived in the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne for almost sixty years. She was a member of the Packanack Community Church in Wayne. She also enjoyed many years of assisting at the Oasis Haven for Woman and Children in Paterson where she read stories and helped children with their homework.
She taught at Manchester Regional High School in North Haledon for over thirty years before retiring in 1991.
She was a humble person who loved her work as a teacher. She was especially proud, after retiring, to get several letter from former students stating how she had inspired them to learn. She enjoyed gardening and was a member of the Packanack Garden Club and a member of the Friends of the Wayne Public Library. Aside from her enjoyment of teaching and learning she was a voracious reader of English and European History, Anthropology, Greek Mythology, Art, and History.
She was the loving mother of Susan Shane and her husband John in Wayne, and John Bogdanffy of Fair Lawn; cherished grandmother of Jennifer Shane and Robert Bogdanffy; dear sister of Jane Moss and John Nicklin and his wife Carol.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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