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May 21, 2022
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, May 26, 2022, from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, May 27, 2022, from the funeral home, then to St. Philip the Apostle R.C. Church, 797 Valley Road, Clifton, where at 11:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Following the funeral mass, Susan will be laid to rest at Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa.
Susan Mary Voelkner, aged 55, of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, passed on Saturday, May 21st, 2022, and at that moment heaven gained an angel.
She was born to Herman and Mary Lou Voelkner in Paterson, New Jersey on January 7th, 1967. Susan was raised at 81 Maple Hill Rd in Clifton, New Jersey. She was a graduate of nearby Montclair State University, where she majored in Business Administration.
From 1989 until her passing she worked in the supermarket industry, with positions of increasing responsibility in Pathmark and A&P, culminating in her becoming a district manager with Acme. She was well-liked throughout her career by all her co-workers and was always very devoted to them and to their needs, traveling daily to visit all the many stores and the workers for whom she was responsible.
Despite her devotion to her job, Susan always found time to relax. She was a frequent visitor to her parents in Florida, where she had a hobby of photographing sunsets and the animals in the zoos she loved to visit. She even filled her home with various sculptures and representations of turtles. Susan’s travels usually involved her extended family: her cousins in Binghamton, New York, and her nieces in Texas. Closer to home, she frequently went to games of her beloved Giants and Mets and was a devoted sister to her three brothers, Herman, Julius, and Patrick, and to her sister-in-law Rae-Ann Voelkner.
Susan was predeceased by her father, Herman Voelkner. She leaves behind her mother, Mary Lou, her three brothers, her nieces Katherine Silvis and Megan Voelkner, and eight cousins. She loved all of them dearly.
Susan was an inspiration to all who knew her, a perfect combination of devotion both to her professional duties and to her family, and that devotion was always conveyed with humor and, especially, love. She brought admiration and smiles with her wherever she went.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Susan’s name are asked to consider:
American Cancer Society
P.O. Box 22478
Oklahoma City, OK 73123
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You can also donate by calling 800-227-2345
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memorial Processing
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105-9959
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, May 26, 2022, from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, May 27, 2022, from the funeral home, then to St. Philip the Apostle R.C. Church, 797 Valley Road, Clifton, where at 11:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Following the funeral mass, Susan will be laid to rest at Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa.
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