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November 11, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, November 15, 2012 from 6 - 9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held privately.
Susan Grale age 93 of Wyckoff, formerly of Clifton, and Wayne, died Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff.
She was born in Passaic and raised in East Rutherford having graduated from East Rutherford High School with the Class of 1937. Once married Susan lived in Lyndhurst and then Clifton for forty-eight years having lived in the Siena Village in Wayne before moving to the Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff for the past three years. It is there that she received comfort and loving care from the dedicated staff in her final years of life.
After high school Susan worked for Becton Dickinson in Rutherford and later worked for the Hoffman La Roche Corporation in Nutley as the receptionist. She was the first person you would meet once in the door and she had the perfect personality for it. She worked there for twenty-four years and when she retired at the age of 74 the company didn’t want her to leave.
Susan met a handsome young man named Walter T. Grale at a dance held at the Passaic Armory. They fell in love and married on June 7, 1940 (her daughter shares the same anniversary) at the Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church in Passaic. They enjoyed twenty-nine years of loving marriage until Walter’s passing in 1969. After his passing Susan prided herself on maintaining the family home, whether it was cutting the lawn, raking the leaves, or even cleaning the gutters, she was up for the challenge.
Susan enjoyed cooking and baking. Her specialties were apple pie, chocolate cake, lemon meringue pie, and her famous cheesecake. Holidays at her house were always a special treat!
Another of Susan’s passions was travel. Whether it was with her sisters, co-workers, or the Travel Club of the Passaic YMCA she traveled extensively.
Susan always had a smile on her face and a funny story to tell. She was always concerned about others and she always made sure you had enough to eat! Her laughter and love will surely be missed.
Susan was the loving wife of the late Walter T. Grale(1969); devoted mother of Patricia Ingrassia and her husband Eugene; cherished grandmother of Jeffrey Ingrassia and his wife Regina of Red Bank, and Christie Vanaria and her husband Matthew of Pompton Plains; great-grandmother of Sierra, Michelle and John Vanaria; devoted and loving aunt of Kimberly Rallo and Deborah Scott. Susan predeceased by five dear sisters.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, 31 Evans Terminal, Hillside, NJ 07205-2400 www.njfoodbank.org would be appreciated
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Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, November 15, 2012 from 6 - 9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held privately.
November 11, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, November 15, 2012 from 6 - 9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held privately.
Susan Grale age 93 of Wyckoff, formerly of Clifton, and Wayne, died Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff.
She was born in Passaic and raised in East Rutherford having graduated from East Rutherford High School with the Class of 1937. Once married Susan lived in Lyndhurst and then Clifton for forty-eight years having lived in the Siena Village in Wayne before moving to the Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff for the past three years. It is there that she received comfort and loving care from the dedicated staff in her final years of life.
After high school Susan worked for Becton Dickinson in Rutherford and later worked for the Hoffman La Roche Corporation in Nutley as the receptionist. She was the first person you would meet once in the door and she had the perfect personality for it. She worked there for twenty-four years and when she retired at the age of 74 the company didn’t want her to leave.
Susan met a handsome young man named Walter T. Grale at a dance held at the Passaic Armory. They fell in love and married on June 7, 1940 (her daughter shares the same anniversary) at the Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church in Passaic. They enjoyed twenty-nine years of loving marriage until Walter’s passing in 1969. After his passing Susan prided herself on maintaining the family home, whether it was cutting the lawn, raking the leaves, or even cleaning the gutters, she was up for the challenge.
Susan enjoyed cooking and baking. Her specialties were apple pie, chocolate cake, lemon meringue pie, and her famous cheesecake. Holidays at her house were always a special treat!
Another of Susan’s passions was travel. Whether it was with her sisters, co-workers, or the Travel Club of the Passaic YMCA she traveled extensively.
Susan always had a smile on her face and a funny story to tell. She was always concerned about others and she always made sure you had enough to eat! Her laughter and love will surely be missed.
Susan was the loving wife of the late Walter T. Grale(1969); devoted mother of Patricia Ingrassia and her husband Eugene; cherished grandmother of Jeffrey Ingrassia and his wife Regina of Red Bank, and Christie Vanaria and her husband Matthew of Pompton Plains; great-grandmother of Sierra, Michelle and John Vanaria; devoted and loving aunt of Kimberly Rallo and Deborah Scott. Susan predeceased by five dear sisters.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, 31 Evans Terminal, Hillside, NJ 07205-2400 www.njfoodbank.org would be appreciated
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